Angela's 30th Birthday Celebrations

Over the last week Angela has celebrated her 30th birthday - I say the last week because she has made sure that its lasted as long as possible. Last Saturday (the 27th of Jan) her birthday party started at 4pm when we had a family hour for friends with kids. Dom & Heidi Dumville turned up with their little two, and Ben and Becs Rexworthy joined without kids - but still enjoyed themselves anyway! The main party kicked off at 8pm and we had a house full of nearly 45 guests! I was in charge of keeping the glasses topped up and making sure there was enough food on the table while Ang enjoyed herself chatting with all the guests.

On Tuesday we went to a Chinese restraunt to celebrate Ang again, but this time she had to share the honour with 3 other friends - all with birthdays this week. Helen turned 29, Ang 30, Miriam 31 and Rowena 32 - it was a great evening with great food.

On Wednesday was Angela's real birthday and we spent the day in London. We started off going to the National Gallery before heading off to the Tate Britain - unfortunately there was a strike of gallery workers so we weren't able to see everything we wanted, but we still saw enough to keep us interested and happy! We then took the tube to Oxford Street where Ang was in heaven as she looked around all the clothes shops -keeping an eye out for the bargains. The highlight of the day was a trip to the theatre where we saw the Sound of Music with the recent winner of BBC's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Connie Fisher the main lady. It was the first West End musical that Ang and I had gone to and it was thoroughly enjoyable. We finished the day with a bit more shopping on Oxford Street before heading back to Cambridge in the car.


Finally, we spent this weekend in a cottage in Norfolk, with surprise (to Ang) visitors Tim and Debs Yau turning up to help celebrate. It was a fantastic weekend... pictures of the weekend will follow in a seperate blogg entry.

Here are links to the photo albums described in this blogg:

Ang's 30th Birthday Party

Angela's Birthday Day in London