Tim's Family...

Today we drove to Barlaston near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire only 3 hours drive North on the M1 from London. This is where Tim, our dear son-in-law's family comes from and we've come up here to meet everyone. We've already met Tim's Aunt Janet and his Uncle Frank when they came to Australia a couple of years ago so we make our way to their home just in time for a sandwich. Charlotte and 2 year old Harris are here so it's lovely to meet them for the first time, then we follow Frank and Janet to a little village called Stone and only 10 mins away where they have an Apartment that we can make our own while we're here. The Apartment is new and built on the site of an old Wharf on the Trent and Mersey Canal which was built in the late 1700's to bring in clay and coal for the Wedgwood Factory... it's very peaceful with views of paddocks and Allotments across the canal.

Frank comes back later in the afternoon to take David out for a pint at one of the local Pubs... just perfect for David eh?? Then we head back to Barlaston for an evening meal and to meet the family. Tim's Grandfather is a very spritely 83 and enjoys a joke or two, he and Doreen his 'Girlfriend' as she told me to call her make a delightful couple, then there's Tim's brother Simon whom we met in Australia just before we came away but it's lovely to meet his wife Stephanie and 5 year old son Matthew. Tim's cousin Charlotte, her partner Martin and young Harris are here as well. Dinner is delicious being a joint effort I think... Janet cooking up the majority of course.

It's so lovely to meet Tim's family after all these years, we didn't come to England when Tim and Nerys got married because life was just too hectic at home and when we come to England we like to stay here for months not weeks plus Tim and Nerys decided to live near us in Australia so we never got to meet his family... till now! We have a great, fun, family evening and when everyone has gone home we head too our little apartment on the Canal!
Janet and Frank
Simon, Matthew and Stephanie
Martin, Charlotte and Harris