Weekend Away

As part of Maff's Birthday present (see previous post), a group of us went to stay at Woodhill Country House in Otterburn. It's basically a huge country home on the outskirts of a small village in rural Northumberland. The house had everything we could possibly have asked for and then some! See Flickr pics for a record of the weekend.
We got there at around Friday lunchtime, and after a quick tour, the lads all piled down to the local pub in Ian's 'Venga Bus', whilst the girls made themselves at home. It was during this time that the snow started and helped make the pics all that more picturesque!
We all sat round the massive dining table in the evening for a meal and more drinks. As the night wore on and everyone got more drunk, the girls made a dash for the hot tub! Lee and I cottoned on to this and quickly joined them, followed by everyone else. Yep at one point there were 12 people in there!! I made the mistake however of taking my digicam! After taking the group timer shot, there was a 'plop' as the camera fell in the water!! That's that knackered. Later in the evening Mark and Cathryn arrived for the weekend.
Next day (Mark's Birthday) after a bleary start, and a cracking breakfast the remaining guests arrived - Anne, Graham and Cheryl, as well as Maff and Kelly's parents to take the kids off their hands. Once the kids had gone and we'd had more food, everyone piled down to the pub again. About 5 hours, and £360(!) later it was time for another druken night of food and drink at the house.
Everyone left at around Sunday lunchtime, and I can safely say a cracking time was had by all. It was something totally different and exactly what we needed to start our week off work with a bang!!

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