Judith, Grandmother, Sis and Caroline at Barton
Grandmother's 80th Birthday, South Coast - 11th September 2004
There's a gathering of the clans in Burton, Christchurch, on account of it being Grandmother's 80th birthday. Relatives from near Plymouth, London, Suffolk and Switzerland are in attendance for the dinner at a place right on the beach at Southbourne, which is a regular café by day but a fancy bistro by night. Before that, we haul Grandmother out for a walk at Barton-on-Sea, but it's a bit windy so we have to leave her in the car.
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It's a bit windy near the Beachcomber
Matt, Sis and Neil continue the walk
Nosher's favourite groyne
A stormy aspect towards Hengistbury Head
Neil, Sis, Caroline and Matt on a windy beach
Matt stands up to the wind
The Isle of Wight
The shops on Marine Drive, Barton
Neil scopes out a Jaguar
We walk back past the Beachcomber
Grove Road in Barton
We walk across Long Meadow
Sis crosses the Long Meadow bridge
The old gaff of Ford Cottage is looking unloved
Matt and Sis by Ford Cottage's front gate
Matt is amused by dog poo and stink-lines
Neil pours some fizz
A toast to Grandmother
Caroline brings out nibbles
Grandmother grabs a nibble
Sis and Matt
The three siblings: Mother, Judith and Neil
We pile in to a couple of big taxis
Mike and Mother in the back of a taxi
A faint rainbow over the sea at Southbourne
The taxis drop us off
A view over the beach huts
There are quite a few intrepid surfers
A surfer heads up the beach
Judith and Neil
That's how close the sea is
Sis and Grandmother scope the menu out
Grandmother and Judith
Matt and Sis get their starters
Mike and Caroline share a joke
The fammerly table
Caroline is amused by photos
Mother
Judith and Neil
Mother and Mike
Later on, Grandmother opens some presents
For some reason, Caroline does South Pacific
Mother starts singing
Mother does a final South Pacific flourish
The next morning, Neil sorts some breakfast out
Neil and Caroline's garden
Matt, Sis and Mother
Breakfast in Burton
Neil looks up
We vist Granmother's house in Burton
Grandmother comes out of her kitchen
A blurry lounge scene
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Judith, Grandmother, Sis and Caroline at Barton
Judith, Grandmother, Sis and Caroline at Barton
It's a bit windy near the Beachcomber
Matt, Sis and Neil continue the walk
Nosher's favourite groyne
A stormy aspect towards Hengistbury Head
Neil, Sis, Caroline and Matt on a windy beach
Matt stands up to the wind
The Isle of Wight
The shops on Marine Drive, Barton
Neil scopes out a Jaguar
We walk back past the Beachcomber
Grove Road in Barton
We walk across Long Meadow
Sis crosses the Long Meadow bridge
The old gaff of Ford Cottage is looking unloved
Matt and Sis by Ford Cottage's front gate
Matt is amused by dog poo and stink-lines
Neil pours some fizz
A toast to Grandmother
Caroline brings out nibbles
Grandmother grabs a nibble
Sis and Matt
The three siblings: Mother, Judith and Neil
We pile in to a couple of big taxis
Mike and Mother in the back of a taxi
A faint rainbow over the sea at Southbourne
The taxis drop us off
A view over the beach huts
There are quite a few intrepid surfers
A surfer heads up the beach
Judith and Neil
That's how close the sea is
Sis and Grandmother scope the menu out
Grandmother and Judith
Matt and Sis get their starters
Mike and Caroline share a joke
The fammerly table
Caroline is amused by photos
Mother
Judith and Neil
Mother and Mike
Later on, Grandmother opens some presents
For some reason, Caroline does South Pacific
Mother starts singing
Mother does a final South Pacific flourish
The next morning, Neil sorts some breakfast out
Neil and Caroline's garden
Matt, Sis and Mother
Breakfast in Burton
Neil looks up
We vist Granmother's house in Burton
Grandmother comes out of her kitchen
A blurry lounge scene