Our family life

Hi everybody, what a fab idea about having a family blog, i'm not sure that i've got anything to add just now - my mind has gone a blank (typical).

emma xxx

When I returned from Valerie and Brain's wedding anniversary celebrations I met with Ping in Angle. We went to a really nice coffee shop for a desperately needed cuppa. Experience it yourself below.

Next to the coffee shop was a art exhibition of new artists. We wondered through the works admiring and disadmiring the many works. We stop on a display of rather beautiful illustrations. While we were admiring the works the friendly artist who was standing right next to us started to talk to Ping. Ping and Jasmin (the illustrator) engaged in deep conversation about her works and all the issues surrounding a struggling artists attempts to get recognized. See an example of her work here.

After the exhibitions we walked to the canal then on to a restaurant for a quick bit. We had decided that we would take in a haunted walk of London, but we only had 30 minutes to go from Angle to Monument. So in true Challenge Anika style we jumped on and off buses, ran down streets, pestered passers-by and annoyed bus drivers, until we reached the Monument, just in time.

The walk lasted for about 90 minutes and took us from Monument, to the river, up through many church yards and ended at the Guildhall.

This weekend Valerie and Brain celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with the family at a hotel in Swindon.