Monday, 3 August 2015

31/52: Our last day out for a while

For week 31 of the weekly portrait project I wanted to write about what we did on my last day with my two boys for three weeks. The boys are spending the majority of the summer holidays with their dad who lives over 300 miles away so I am not quite sure yet how I am going to be able to complete weeks 32, 33, and 34. I am hoping their dad will send me some photos over of what they have been up to together.

For this week I was hoping to use photos from our train journey but as the train was overcrowded, this was impossible to get any nice photos. Instead I am going to show photos from our last day out in Plymouth where I treated the boys to a boat trip and a posh meal at the Royal William yard.

“You are the bows from your children as living arrows are sent forth" Kahlil Gibran
31/52
We took the ferry from the Plymouth hoe to the Royal William yard harbour which used to be an old navy base. The yard has now been developed into restaurants, shops, businesses and apartments. I love the atmosphere there, it is very relaxed and a great place to socialise. The boys very much enjoyed the thirty minute ferry ride even if it was slightly chilly and we were splashed a couple of times by the waves. 
 When the ferry landed in the harbour we decided to have a quick walk around to stretch our legs and explore all the little hidden places. The boys especially loved a little shelter by the popular restaurant River Cottage. They ran around in circles and tried their best to hide from me.
 I had intended on taking the children to eat at the River Cottage canteen which is owned by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. However they had stopped serving lunch when we arrived which I was a little  disappointed about. 
 The children are massive fans of pasta and Pizza so I thought there would no where better to take them than Prezzos located at the opposite side of the harbour. Everyone was sat out side enjoying a nice glass of wine, soaking up the sunshine but we decided to eat in to avoid the noise, bugs and of course the sun burn. 
 The children went for meatballs and pasta which I was quite jealous of. It looked so nice. 
We really enjoyed our meal at Prezzos. The food was delicious so we may have to return for seconds when the boys come home from their dads. The only thing was that we were so full that we thought it best to not take the ferry back to the city centre. Instead we took the bus straight home but we really enjoyed our little day out together. 

Gem x
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Sunday, 2 August 2015

My Sunday photo: Welcome to Plymouth

For this weeks My sunday photo I am posting a photo I took while we were on a boat trip around the Plymouth sound. 
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