10th of June and return home day. Most of the journey was without hassle, but just south of Worcester things began to change. There were the odd heavy shower and the traffic suddenly ground to a halt. Just to rub it a passing car threw stone at us making a large chip on the windscreen. (Later in the week it was repaired by an 'Autoglass' man. He found the stone chip lying in the shelf in front of the windscreen.) We eventually arrived at service station, had refreshments and changed drivers. The delay meant that we were in rush hour traffic from the Birmingham section and along the M42/A42.
Shortly after arriving home we were treated to thunder and hail.
I was able to put in a couple of hours marking in the evening and get my camera kit ready for the Saturday11th wedding.
More marking during the morning interspersed by fixing a white ribbon on the car bonnet. While Irene was helping get the hall ready for the Bexton wedding I was taking David, the groom, to the registry office and waiting to take the first photographs. In fact we all waited and waited. The bride was late and was not allowed to park near the office and her mother was even later. But the ceremony got underway.
The cake was pretty special.
The next task was to meet the 15th June deadline of marking 1280 items. Since it looked doable I got my head down and had achieved this by Tuesday; hitting the bonus. However, this was not the full number of items contracted to mark. There was some leeway for this, but at midnight on Saturday more items would be available for any marker who had completed their allocation.
Working on the marking and preparing the photos and DVD slide show for Alan I completed this by Friday and also the photo task.
Sturday 18th was going to be a busy day. In the morning we visited Nan at High Clere. In the afternoon we went to give Izzie her birthday present and Iona a shared present. We are told that the girls think 'Labyrinth' is the best game in the world. I think they told us.
This is the large 'Scrabble' set that Margaret gave Nan for her birthday.
Izzie asked for a few pencils
The game was well received
The evening was spent helping my brother and Veronica to celebrate their Ruby Wedding. It was good to meet up with them, their children, Anne, Sid and George and Aunty Mary, cousin Rita and her husband John. It was a 60's do, so we were able to join in some of the dancing. The food was too good.
Names withheld for obvious reasons
This was the long weekend of the long month. From 2.00 pm. to 8.00 pm. I was carrying out the Castle Donnington wedding assignment.
The Hand Fasting ceremony - Hands tied and drinking punch - Hands tied and jumping a broomstick
The wonderful cake
By Wednesday the exam work was over. The wedding work was to begin, bringing to end the long month.
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