this weekend has reminded me how proud i am to be british.
just incase you have been hiding under a rock recently, this weekend the country has been celebrating with various events to mark 60 years of the queen's reign. the events that have caught my eye have been the thames river pageant, the three queen's visiting southampton docks, the concert outside buckingham palace and the various street parties up and down the country.
i have been enjoying strawberries, scones and the excuse to get the bunting out! if i could have bunting out all year round, i really would... although i'm not sure that tony would be quite so happy about it.
william and i also participated in the 'netley jubilee knees up' as all aboard bike reps. we cycled all around netley abbey as part of the parade and ended up being interviewed at the end of it! it was then time for candyfloss and a play in the park before the cycle back to aab hq.
i had organised an all aboard bikes marketing event which unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the awful weather. this was really disappointing as we had all of the bikes ready to go as well as the participants ready with their homemade picnics! there will of course be another event in the near future so keep your eyes peeled! this did, however, mean that team sainsbury had some spare time on our hands so we headed over to mayflower park in southampton to visit the three queen's, have some fun on the fairground rides and get absolutely soaking wet - william loved it!
community spirit. it exists. in this modern, busy world it still exists. seeing people celebrate together in our streets rain or shine has been an experience that i will not forget and i hope william will remember parts of it too. seeing the union jack everywhere has been a treat; it seems to have come back in fashion once more. i hope that everyone else has had fun over this long bank holiday weekend?
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