Exmouth

May 30, 2013

Today Heavens and I decided to go to Exmouth for the day. We got into town and walked along the beach to the water taxi. We took the little water taxi to the River Exe Café which is a floating barge in the middle of the river that is a restaurant. It is really cute with wooden tables and blankets in case you are cold. We had a window seat so we could see out onto the water and had some amazing food for lunch. We both got the fish and it was the best fish I have ever eaten. It was amazing. Then we took the water taxi back to land, along the way seeing a seal! We walked into town and saw the festival that was going on, most random festival ever. There was a cute little garden area with toys for all the little kids to play with and mums everywhere then next to it was a stage with punk rockers screaming their heads off. It was hilarious! We walked through town a bit then off to meet with some people for a surprise……J Then subway for dinner and back home to relax. It was a lovely day with my girl and we had the most amazing lunch. Exmouth was beautiful!

Until next time,

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GO APE!

May 16, 2013

Today was Hess’s birthday so Kate, Katie and I decided to take her to GO APE! This was a very big thing for me as I’m scared of heights to begin with and I was voluntarily, even paying, to climb up very big trees and walk over bridges, bits of wood, rope and god knows what else before zip lining to the bottom! We learned how to use our harness; the instructors don’t go with you!! They show you how to use it and let you go! It was very scary and the first course I was not very happy having to lean out over the ledge to grab my clip then jumping and swinging into a rope! However, that was the only time I had to do that and as the courses went on they seemed to get a little easier…at least with my fears they did. My favourite part was the net that surrounded you and you just walked through lol. Perfect for me! We had 5 courses to complete, each one with about 4-5 different types of ways to get across, some you had to do and some were choices and then a zip line to end it. That was how you got back down on the ground. We eventually mastered the approach of swinging your legs in the air like an idiot to make sure you landed feet first, although we took a few spills along the way getting sawdust in every crevice. Overall it was a good day and at the end we got certificates to certify that we officially went APE!

Until next time,

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RCH Party

May 11, 2013

Today Heavens and I organised an RCH party for our house. It was a celebration of Bessie’s Birthday, Divya’s soon to be birthday, and Matthew’s half birthday (since we won’t be here for his), as well as a goodbye party for Katie and a pre-wedding party for me and Heavens. We began the night with dessert. We gave them their presents- a cake for all, a beer cake for Matthew, and We Survived RCH 2013 t-shirts each. We all signed the back of the shirts, ate some cake and headed out. We began our journey by heading to the Mount Radford Pub for some drinks and food. We created our own huge table, ordered food and prepared for the night. Once we were done eating we headed to our next pub- where we decided to quickly have a shot- a very nice shot- and move on again. This time we went to a pub with a night club and ordered pitchers. Unfortunately at this point we lost some of our group due to not remembering their passports, but we still had about 6-7 of us so we carried on. We danced and shared 4 pitchers. Next we headed to the Ship Inn, our local favourite to play the game Would You Rather…some of it the normal version, some of it our own and had a drink. Afterwards we headed to a new pub- the John Gandy, actually quite nice, although we lost more of our group and wound up with only 4. We did meet up with a few other people though and had another shot- this time not so nice- and a drink. Matthew at this point stole Katie’s phone which turned into quite an event to try to get it back lol. Finally we made our way to the Old Firehouse, a place where we’ve spent many a nights before and a great way to end the night. We got a drink and managed to squeeze ourselves into a table. It started off fine, until Matthew decided to talk to the girls sitting next to us, which Katie did not like at all. Katie began texting Divya, although only she could make sense of what she was typing. After a while we decided to head home and confirm that Divya did make it back okay, chatted for a bit in her room then off to bed. Overall it was a wonderful night, especially for the Fantastic Five and we are going to miss Matthew and Katie loads! 

Until next time,

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Anniversary Zoo Date

May 5, 2013

Today was mine and Heavens 1 year and 9 month anniversary. This is a very special anniversary for me because it is officially my longest relationship ever. And will be forever more! Heavens decided to plan a special day for me and it included a place that is her very first memory. Not necessarily a good memory but we were going to change that. We got on the train and headed to Paignton. She took me to the Paignton Zoo. Unfortunately, Heavens memory includes her at 3 years old, next to the Oryx pen, pulling on the chain fence, making the oryx so angry it decided to charge at Heavens. Being as innocent as she was she did not stop pulling on the fence and the oryx put its’ horns through the fence and up Heavens nose, lifting her off the ground as her Dad ran to get her, splitting her nose open and blood everywhere. She was then rushed to the medical booth and had to go to the hospital to get stitches and is now reminded of this event everyday with a scar. Today we would change that memory to a happy memory! Luckily there were no longer oryx’s at the zoo to bring back those memories!

We began walking around the zoo looking at all the animals. It was a cool little zoo with some interesting places to walk through and see some animals. Then about lunch time we made our way to the giraffes. My favourite!! We sat down across from where they were to eat and low and behold they all came outside! How nice of them to enjoy their lunch with me. Once finished we headed up to the Elephants to watch the elephant being fed and then back to the inside enclosure for the giraffes, well get this…they all came inside! It was lovely! I spent a good 20 minutes there just staring at these lovely animals. Then we continued our walk around the park seeing all the different animals and even the new baby orang-utan! Once finished with all of the animals we took the little train ride (one Heavens uncle used to drive) around the park and finally onto the gift shop. Heavens said I could pick anything I wanted, but I didn’t want to go for something I usually go for so I found a cute little giraffe wind chime and we headed home to relax and hang out. It was a lovely day at the zoo and a wonderful way to spend our anniversary!

Until next time,

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