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Jamie’s 13th Birthday

Jamie was keen to go Karting for his birthday. So, we searched the web to find quite a few karting tracks within driving distance of Düsseldorf, and selected one that had a ‘kids time’ on Saturdays. So, off I went with Tom, Jamie and my bud Dean with his son Joe the weekend before to test the place out.karting_jamie_13 36

We all had a few goes each, 10 minute sessions costing between 8 and 10 Euros which seems pretty cheap compared with the UK. Kids all got the hang of it and Dean and I have a quick 10 minute race which he won by 0.3 of second. I blame it on having a slower car…..

So on his birthday, fresh in knowledge of the track we all went back, with a few of Jamie’s friends for another go, only to find out they had reversed the track, bummer. But, good fun was had by all, Tom was fastest of the kids, Dean beat me ‘again’. Still working on an excuse for that one.

Some photo’s below, a bit grainy and blurry as ISO setting had to be high as flash wouldn’t cope with the fast movement. Better than nothing though.

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Sailing in Brixham

Just spent a great few days with the family, Mum & Dad etc on their shiny new yacht in Brixham. Weather was good, not too hot, but not cold either.

We all managed to get to see my sisters’ baby, Polly, so hopefully we have put Tom off having kids any time soon ….. Tom and Polly

Kids spent a lot of their time on the dinghy, motoring around the harbour and acting as water taxi when we went to the fish and chip shop. Much quicker by boat, though why my Dad is pulling a funny face is beyond me. Dinghy

Tom learnt to fish, and I did manage to catch a decent sized Mackerel off the back of the boat; only the once though, couldn’t repeat it, think I caught the only one in the sea.

We all went to Dartmouth for a short visit, and pottered around the bay for a very relaxing break.

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Venice

Well, what can I say. Welcome to The Parkers, and our first post from our recent trip to Venice, minus the kids (who we sent off to ‘Boot Camp’ for the week to learn some German).

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Taba – Egypt October 2009

In October half term week, we all trooped off to Taba in Egypt for the week, that is us lot, my Mum and Dad, and my sister and her boyfriend/fiance never know which at the time :)

Very nice hotel with views of the read sea, Jordan in the distance and of course all the pools. IMG_1724

Beautiful place having been there before a couple of years before. Hot, mid 30′s most days, sunny and fairly quiet.

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