Family Gathering

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We've been up north today. Darlington, County Durham to be more specific, for a family gathering - my dad's side. You know that thing where you all go "we should get together sometime, we really should meet up as a group, do something, have a meal or something" and never get round to doing it? Well we finally got round to doing it. It's not as if we're a million miles apart from each other - some of us live in the same town, some in London, some in Darlington - it's just that we've all got such different lives and (as the fact that three of us had to go and do some work after the meal on a Sunday is testament to) we're all busy busy busy.

Today was the day though - and a lovely lunch in a private hotel dining room - a very laid back affair where the kids mostly played outside and the grown ups had a good ol' chin wag. Lovely time, lovely food, lovely people.It's lovely seeing each others kids growing up. The not seeing them for several months / years then seeing them is often quite surprising - how much they've grown and changed.

This was a nice moment - Here's a picture of my bro and my daughter... one of many nice moments.  I'm very fortunate to be part of a lovely family.

Daughter with UncleSee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›