The River Avon at Christchurch
Mike's 70th Birthday, Christchurch, Dorset - 12th March 2005
Mike celebrates his 70th Birthday in Christchurch at the Fish Works seafood restaurant near the Priory. Before that, there's a chance to roam around some old childhood haunts down at the river, and there's a very late Christmas session around Neil and Caroline's.
next album: A Walk Around Lymington, and Luke Leaves Qualcomm Cambridge - 13th March 2005
previous album: Athlete and Doves at the UEA, Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk - 11th March 2005
Place Mill, by the river
Christchurch Priory and golden Salmon weather-vane
Another view of Christchurch Priory
Church Street, Christchurch
Church Street, and our destination for the night
Thatched Cottage on Bridge Street
The legendary Copper Skillet restaurant/café
The bandstand in Christchurch park
A tourist-info hut
A swan preens its feathers
Neil and Caroline open late Christmas presents
Mother opens a gift
Grandmother and Mother
Grandmother looks at an oversized card
In Fish Works restaurant, some fizz arrives
There's a toast
Mike reads out his gift of a rally day
Mike chats to Hayley
Neil and Caroline
In the Fish Works kitchens
Nosher scopes out the restaurant kitchens
Stainless steel: Nosher's dream kitchen
Service! Seafood ready to go
Mike and Mother
The Grandmother
There's another toast
Sis is flustered
A big birthday cake arrives
Mike and his cake
Mike asks around if anyone wants some cake
Mike looks pensive
Onions, Fennel and Lemons at the checkout
The gang outside the restaurant
Kim holds the remains of the cake
Mike carries his balloon to the taxi
Mike gets his helium-filled fish stuck up a tree
The fish in Neil and Caroline's
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The River Avon at Christchurch
The River Avon at Christchurch
Place Mill, by the river
Christchurch Priory and golden Salmon weather-vane
Another view of Christchurch Priory
Church Street, Christchurch
Church Street, and our destination for the night
Thatched Cottage on Bridge Street
The legendary Copper Skillet restaurant/café
The bandstand in Christchurch park
A tourist-info hut
A swan preens its feathers
Neil and Caroline open late Christmas presents
Mother opens a gift
Grandmother and Mother
Grandmother looks at an oversized card
In Fish Works restaurant, some fizz arrives
There's a toast
Mike reads out his gift of a rally day
Mike chats to Hayley
Neil and Caroline
In the Fish Works kitchens
Nosher scopes out the restaurant kitchens
Stainless steel: Nosher's dream kitchen
Service! Seafood ready to go
Mike and Mother
The Grandmother
There's another toast
Sis is flustered
A big birthday cake arrives
Mike and his cake
Mike asks around if anyone wants some cake
Mike looks pensive
Onions, Fennel and Lemons at the checkout
The gang outside the restaurant
Kim holds the remains of the cake
Mike carries his balloon to the taxi
Mike gets his helium-filled fish stuck up a tree
The fish in Neil and Caroline's