Friday 20th January - Ally's Birthday. I took off as I wasn't feeling much up to anything. I had puffy eyes and was very drained and emotional. I spent the day getting some things from my old place and keeping myself busy. In the afternoon I met the girls at Hammersmith station and we made our way out to Heathrow to meet up with Matt & Bek and pick up our cars for the weekend. Ally & I wanted to do something really different as we were going to be celebrating our birthdays in winter for once! So we booked a log cabin in the Forest of Dean. I guess I wasn't the best company given the news from home, however it was such a blessing for me to have some of my closest friends there. I didn't have to try and force happiness, there was no pressure to snap out of it, if I wanted to be quiet I could, sad I could, talk I could. And Matt is such a goose that he has this natural ability to cheer you up and make you smile. It was a really lovely weekend. On the Friday night we arrived fairly late. And we only had 1 towel. I had arranged towels for £10, but it was actually £10 per person, hence only having 1. When the girl explained to me, I said WHOH right in her face haha!
Saturday 21st January - The next morning we had an easy start and then went for a really lovely walk in the forest. We had lunch at a pretty seedy pub, the food wasn't that great to be honest. That night Matt cooked us crêpes and they were amazing! We also played some Scrabble and just relaxed. I'd forgotten my swimmers but some of the guys used the hot tub.
Sunday 22nd January - My birthday. Went to Wales for my birthday! We went for a lovely drive around the countryside and found the ruins of Raglan Castle. Jen & Bek bought foam swords from the gift shop before going in and it did actually make the experience a lot more enjoyable. Wales was very pretty. In the afternoon we ended up in Cardiff and enjoyed a Sunday Roast lunch. Then we headed back to London where we had to farewell Jackie and Jenny who were heading home the next day. Given the circumstance of Nan having just passed away my friends did a brilliant job of giving me a lovely birthday!
1st time all of us together since December 2010
Bek, Jen, Ally, Jackie, Matt, Me
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