Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Saturday 4 August - Kate's hen do!



















































Current location: Bristol
11.11pm, In Bristol somewhere, celebrating Kate Dann's hen do. She is my oldest friend (I've known her since we were four) and she has always stayed an important part of my life – so it was ace to be celebrating a very important part of her life!

I'd arrived in Bristol the night before, and we all went out for way too much food (but were very restrained on the wine). Staying in a gorgeous hotel in the city centre, it already promised to be a fab girlie weekend.

The next morning we were up bright and early for a swim and a big breakfast to prepare us for It's a Knockout. This involved pitting us against 15 other teams and having to do a variety of challenges, mostly in fancy dress and almost all forcing us to get drenched. Our competitive sides came out (as did our natural athletic ability), which results in loads of laughs, lots and lots of water and a joint second place position!

I would wholeheartedly recommend this for anyone thinking of a hen/stag/birthday idea – it was so fun, almost everyone could join in and got us all bonded pretty quickly! It ended with Kate getting thrown in the pool (with us all jumping in after her) then warming up with Pimms and food.

Heading back to the hotel, we barely had time for a rejuvenating nap before we were donning sailor attire (probably not exactly what real sailors wear) and heading to Kate's room to play games. These were interrupted only by some watching of the Olympics – and it was very nice of Jess Ennis, who is Kate's idol, to win a gold just for Kate.

The games got sillier, we got louder and out we went, to try out Bristol at night and do some of the dares that every hen do needs.

The night gets blurrier, and funnier, in my memory, but we all ended up eating chips at not-too-late an hour after Kate decided she couldn't possibly walk up a hill. So off back to the hotel we went, to chat, get in our pjs and make the most of our new/old friendships!

(Pictures © Lily Pickles and me)

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