Big 50 trip- Day 3 Sun Sept 20th 2015

Sunday morning was breakfast and fond farewell's to Mike and Cathy. This was followed by the road trip to my sisters house just outside Farnham in Surrey stopping off for coffee on route. Jane is having some work done on their house, so it is a little like camping there at the moment but it was what we expected and exciting to see some of the changes.

My mum and step dad Ron also drove down from Birmingham and all of us went for a walk with the dog down by the river to stretch our legs and make the most of another lovely day. This sign made me smile...

Wish there were!

That evening we went out for a lovely meal with the family in Farnham- complete with a surprise chocolate birthday cake covered in Maltesers- for my American friends, these are chocolate malt balls and a play on the fact that I was born in Malta.

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