summer 2009 (Ascot)

I`m now home from the most fabulous cruise around the Med. We stopped at 9 different places so loads of blogging to be done! With 600 photos at the last count I`m in danger of boring everyone so today I editted them and got it down to 578(!)Ive now put them onto a disc and labelled them (OMG OMG I am SO SO SO proud of it!!)

Our holiday started with a day out at Ascot races with Cub and Guy, (well it was on the way to Southampton.Yippee!) and then a fortnight on the Norwegian Jade sailing to

Malaga, Barcelona, Cannes, Florence, Rome, Gibraltar, Lisbon, Vigo

missing both our daughter`s 20th birthday and the England cricket team collapse.

Nixen Pixen made Drake a lovely cake but we couldn`t do anything about the Aussies battering us at cricket!



It was Betfair weekend at ASCOT, sponsors of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a Class 1, Group 1 race for 3year olds and up which was won by the 13-8 favourite CONDUIT.(The last 5 years have seen the race won by the favourite). Michael Stoute had a great day, he trained the first 3... Conduit, Tartan Bearer, Ask.

It was a brilliant day, it always feels brilliant when you get a winner at the races and we had several between us.And what a bonus, I had a bet for my lovely friend Celine, STANSTILL (because, as keep fitters, we don`t) and I won her £18.60!! whoop whoop!