14th August
The day after Pete's birthday, We woke up to a message from Olly that my grandchild may be on it's way. Luckily, Pete had moved the car a short way down the canal, so we boated through Claydon Locks, moored up and I drove to my Mum's, where she and I waited for news which came in fits and starts by excited and exhausted Olly texts! Pete moved on to Cropredy to spend the night and the plan was that I would drive our car home after the big event had taken place and subsequently take the train to meet him in Banbury.
Two days later I became a grandma, Olly and Fran's son arrived at 1.21am 16th August. It was all I could do to wait until 3pm visiting time to see him and his parents. I drove to London with mum and had one of the best experiences of my life meeting this new little person. Thrilling.
Meantime, grandpa Pete pressed on to Banbury by himself - we plan to return to London to see them and Dan again and wet the baby's head once we are on the Thames. Can't wait.
I returned the car to home and caught the train back to Banbury on 18th to meet patient Pete and get back onboard to resume our travels. Banbury is a good mooring especially as there are shops on your gunwale-step. Our fridge was full once again and Pete had had plenty of time to clean the boat! Managed to dodge that one quite well!!
I have the dearest grandson - no-one else has ever had one as special.
The day after Pete's birthday, We woke up to a message from Olly that my grandchild may be on it's way. Luckily, Pete had moved the car a short way down the canal, so we boated through Claydon Locks, moored up and I drove to my Mum's, where she and I waited for news which came in fits and starts by excited and exhausted Olly texts! Pete moved on to Cropredy to spend the night and the plan was that I would drive our car home after the big event had taken place and subsequently take the train to meet him in Banbury.
Two days later I became a grandma, Olly and Fran's son arrived at 1.21am 16th August. It was all I could do to wait until 3pm visiting time to see him and his parents. I drove to London with mum and had one of the best experiences of my life meeting this new little person. Thrilling.
Meantime, grandpa Pete pressed on to Banbury by himself - we plan to return to London to see them and Dan again and wet the baby's head once we are on the Thames. Can't wait.
I returned the car to home and caught the train back to Banbury on 18th to meet patient Pete and get back onboard to resume our travels. Banbury is a good mooring especially as there are shops on your gunwale-step. Our fridge was full once again and Pete had had plenty of time to clean the boat! Managed to dodge that one quite well!!
I have the dearest grandson - no-one else has ever had one as special.
Location:Cropredy
How could you drag yourself away from that little sweetie ? the baby ,that is,not Pete.Glad you've resumed your blog though.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the best club of all. Nothing quite like being grandparents. Looking forward to sharing notes and photos very soon! Won't we be a doting foursome now when we meet!xx
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