A Golden Easter...

It was a Golden Easter this year. All of Tanya's family (Gediks, Gurneys and us Rookes) had arranged to go away to a lovely, luxury house in Bamburgh, Northumberland, to celebrate Nana and Baba Gedik's Golden 'Getting Together'. This slightly unusual celebration does break somewhat with the tradition of Golden Wedding celebrations, but it appears that Nana and Baba were somewhat greedy and had a few weddings in 1965, so never quite knew which one to actually celebrate as their official anniversary. Oh well, we thought what the heck, let's celebrate them all!

For those of you that have not been to Bamburgh it's really worth a stop. It features an imposing castle home to the Kings of Northumberland in the first millenium; a stunning and expansive beach and sand dunes to climb; and a lovely and well-kempt village with some wonderful houses to ogle at. We were lucky enough to all be spoiled staying in a lovely house in the village, which became the centrepiece for a weekend full of food, sun, conversation, merriement, game playing, adventures and chocolate. A brilliant time was had by all, particularly as the kids are now at an age where they seem to entertain each other, so the adults all got to relax as well. It was a really memorable time and a truly fitting celebration to 50 years together for two lovely, lovely people.

Happy Golden "Getting Together" Nana and Baba :-)

 The happy couple with a party cannon

View of Bamburgh Castle from the garden (we had terrible weather)

 An Easter Supreme Being

 The local wildlife

 The girls (minus Rosie and Ciara)

 Three generations

 Local street urchins

 Searching for the stars

 One happy Easter Egg hunt champion

 Sunset on Bamburgh