This photo shows how I spent the same Saturday night!!
I was fortunate enough to go to the Centenary Camp at Harewood House last year and met some fantastic people - yes they are in the phonebox!
We have all kept in contact via Facebook and have talked a lot about getting together - last weekend was the first time we had been able to all get the time to do it - although one of the crowd was unable to make it at the last minute :(
6 of us made the convoluted trip to Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday afternoon/early evening and one even brought along Centenary Bear which she bought at Harewood. He was lucky to travel with us for the next 24 hours!
Lots of girly talk, laughter, food and of course alcohol later we left the pub at kicking out time and decided to see the sights of Stratford by night! Centenary Bear got to visit lots of areas too and we had great fun trying to find a different place each time!
We of course went back in the daytime and behaved much more respectively!
We all had a fantastic time and plan to meet up much sooner this time rather than leave it for 15 months!
The plan is to meet up in the Spring but maybe we may be able to meet up for Thinking Day in London -maybe even be lucky enough to get tickets to to Westminster Abby for the service - fingers crossed.
Yet again it makes me realise how much Guiding has given to me and how lucky I am to have met so many people while travelling along the great Guiding highway!
Looks like a fun night - but you do know Thinking day at the abbey has changed and since this year it is for award winners and other dignitaries? Something about not being too churchy in guiding, though how that equates to "only the dignitaries get to go and not us ordinary guiders and girls who looked forward to going every few years" I don't know!
ReplyDeleteOhhh don't you worry, you go and have the fun, I'll stay home and get sore fingers !!
ReplyDeleteHi Jen - thanks for letting me know about the Westminster Abbey bit- that's a bit sad - maybe we will just get toegther anyway :)
ReplyDeleteBarn Owl - you know you loved doing it :)