Category: 2017 England & The Netherlands

Today was Father’s Day in Australia so the plan hatched at the recovery BBQ yesterday was for the Kinnane clan to assemble for breakfast at The Dragon in Willington and have a group FaceTime chat with Vince. That was scheduled for 8:00 am to match a workable time in Australia. After that we would go our own ways.

At about 10 hours the wedding celebration yesterday was a major event but that was not the end. Months ago we had been invited via Facebook to Bas & Anna’s BBQ Recovery at the farmhouse where Angela and family were staying. That was scheduled for midday until 8:00 pm but the word last night was that a mid to late...

This day had been at the core of our travel plans for more than a year. Bas (Sebastian) Pelly, youngest child of Angela and Liam, was to be married to Anna Heale in Derbyshire. From the time the invitation arrived more than a year ago we had been going to be here along with all of Majella’s siblings and many...

Our key goal for today was to drive a bit more than 400 km to our accommodation in Derbyshire in preparation for the wedding tomorrow. Once there we had sone other things to do but getting there as soon as we could was our priority.

Highlight for this morning was to be the Kinnane sisters meeting for brunch in London. Beyond that we were headed for Doc Martin territory, Port Isaac (aka Port Wenn) in Cornwall. That required driving about 380 km so we needed to be on the road as soon as we could manage.