Hedgey the Hedgehog appears in the garden
Bob and Bernice's 50th Wedding Anniversary, Hinton Admiral, Dorset - 25th July 2014
It's old school-friend Phil's parents' 50th wedding anniversary, held at the Old Vicarage on the A35 at Hinton Admiral, just outside Highliffe in Dorset. Nosher and the gang get an invite but nearly don't make it, on account of traffic jam after traffic jam on the M25, M3 and (somewhat predicatbly) Lyndhurst - taking nearly eight hours for a four hour trip. Once again we're staying at the Premier Inn in Highcliffe, which is nice and handy for a trip to the beach. Following that, we visit Little Granny in nearby Burton, and meet up with Sean and his gang at the Plough Inn, Tiptoe.
next album: The BSCC at Harleston, and a Visit From Cambridge, Brome, Suffolk - 31st July 2014
previous album: A Week on the Rails, Stratford and Liverpool Street, London - 23rd July
Isobel and Fred roll up like Hedgey the Hedgehog
Harry has a go at roaring at Bob
Fred's placename
Harry and Isobel
Phil and the baby Simon
Bernice inspects a shoe
Anniversary guests
Bernice takes Simon around
Phil
Bernice works the room
Bob does a speech
Phil and Simon
Phil does a speech
A toast to fifty years
Fred makes a funny snail
Fred makes a clam out of his magazine gift
Isobel mingles
Fred shows off his creations
Harry finds a friend
Harry and Isobel look at a wedding album
Bob in the garden
Gabes wanders off
The Old Vicarage in the dusk
Harry's in bed
Harry looks out of the window in the morning
Fred at breakfast
Harry wanders about in the Globe's beer garden
Harry climbs tables at the Premier Inn, Highcliffe
Harry and Fred are being conspiratorial
Fred finds some helicopter seeds
Fred collects some helicopter seeds
The closed-down Much Loved Pets in Highcliffe
Highcliffe's high street
A corner junk shop
The Highcliffe Sports and Social Club
Launderettes are the most exciting places in town
Fred and Isobel wander down to the sea
Classic Highcliffe flats on Waterford Road
On the beach
A small dog runs past
The crowded beach at Chewton Bunny
Harry and Isobel in Cliffhanger Café
Bob waves to arriving guests
Phil and Tanya's table
Bob does cheers
Harry's all 'knives and stabbing weapons'
Harry and Isobel eat lunch
Cliffhanger Café
G&Ts Discount store in Highcliffe
The 'Plonkers on Tour' bus on Lymington Road
Highcliffe Garage and its out-of-the-70s sign
Sitting on the cliff top, watching the waves go by
Harry has a sleep in the car
Fred shows Little Granny his things
Granny gets the Jaffa Cakes out
In Little Granny's lounge in Burton
Harry roars at Little Granny
Fred shows more things
Granny and Harry
Fred gets a kiss goodbye
A three-generation group photo
Nosher, G and the boys
Fred's not sure about his pizza slice
The Plough Inn beer garden
Harry holds court
Michelle shows off her new big long one
Fred runs around with Rowan
Harry's not quite got the idea of football
Harry picks up the football again
Fred, Harry and Sydney
Sydney picks fleas out of Sean's hair
Harry and Sydney
Isobel and Fred at the Premier Inn reception
Harry has apple juice for breakfast
Fred pours some honey onto a slice of bread
Fred at 'breakferast'
Fred's found a shield bug
In the lift
Fred's got a pillow thing on his head
Harry looks pensive
Leaving the Premier Inn
We stop off at Michelle's shop in Bashley
Sydney chats to Harry in the shop
Fred buys a thing
Michelle chats to Isobel and the boys
Dots and Stripes - Michelle's shop
Fleet Services 'time-warp' link bridge over the M3
The M3, looking towards London
Another view of the link bridge over the M3
M3 looking southbound
Isobel and Fred in the services café
Isobel and Harry roam the car park of Fleet Services
A return to a major theme of the trip: traffic jams
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Hedgey the Hedgehog appears in the garden
Hedgey the Hedgehog appears in the garden
Isobel and Fred roll up like Hedgey the Hedgehog
Harry has a go at roaring at Bob
Fred's placename
Harry and Isobel
Phil and the baby Simon
Bernice inspects a shoe
Anniversary guests
Bernice takes Simon around
Phil
Bernice works the room
Bob does a speech
Phil and Simon
Phil does a speech
A toast to fifty years
Fred makes a funny snail
Fred makes a clam out of his magazine gift
Isobel mingles
Fred shows off his creations
Harry finds a friend
Harry and Isobel look at a wedding album
Bob in the garden
Gabes wanders off
The Old Vicarage in the dusk
Harry's in bed
Harry looks out of the window in the morning
Fred at breakfast
Harry wanders about in the Globe's beer garden
Harry climbs tables at the Premier Inn, Highcliffe
Harry and Fred are being conspiratorial
Fred finds some helicopter seeds
Fred collects some helicopter seeds
The closed-down Much Loved Pets in Highcliffe
Highcliffe's high street
A corner junk shop
The Highcliffe Sports and Social Club
Launderettes are the most exciting places in town
Fred and Isobel wander down to the sea
Classic Highcliffe flats on Waterford Road
On the beach
A small dog runs past
The crowded beach at Chewton Bunny
Harry and Isobel in Cliffhanger Café
Bob waves to arriving guests
Phil and Tanya's table
Bob does cheers
Harry's all 'knives and stabbing weapons'
Harry and Isobel eat lunch
Cliffhanger Café
G&Ts Discount store in Highcliffe
The 'Plonkers on Tour' bus on Lymington Road
Highcliffe Garage and its out-of-the-70s sign
Sitting on the cliff top, watching the waves go by
Harry has a sleep in the car
Fred shows Little Granny his things
Granny gets the Jaffa Cakes out
In Little Granny's lounge in Burton
Harry roars at Little Granny
Fred shows more things
Granny and Harry
Fred gets a kiss goodbye
A three-generation group photo
Nosher, G and the boys
Fred's not sure about his pizza slice
The Plough Inn beer garden
Harry holds court
Michelle shows off her new big long one
Fred runs around with Rowan
Harry's not quite got the idea of football
Harry picks up the football again
Fred, Harry and Sydney
Sydney picks fleas out of Sean's hair
Harry and Sydney
Isobel and Fred at the Premier Inn reception
Harry has apple juice for breakfast
Fred pours some honey onto a slice of bread
Fred at 'breakferast'
Fred's found a shield bug
In the lift
Fred's got a pillow thing on his head
Harry looks pensive
Leaving the Premier Inn
We stop off at Michelle's shop in Bashley
Sydney chats to Harry in the shop
Fred buys a thing
Michelle chats to Isobel and the boys
Dots and Stripes - Michelle's shop
Fleet Services 'time-warp' link bridge over the M3
The M3, looking towards London
Another view of the link bridge over the M3
M3 looking southbound
Isobel and Fred in the services café
Isobel and Harry roam the car park of Fleet Services
A return to a major theme of the trip: traffic jams