Bimble & Lunch to celebrate The 39 Steps !!!

[Elen Sentier]

Just celebrated 39 years of wedded bliss - we called it doing The 39 Steps !!! - with a brief bimble (more of a trundle really) up on Merbach Ridge. We followed it with a smashing lunch at The Butcher's Arms, Woolhope - recomended if you're ever in the area but bimble first as you'll be too full of ballast to do anything after .



Here's where we went ...

We're expecting Survival Medals to arrive soon ... wonder if we get bushcraft knives to go with ??? Possibly not a good idea ...

 

[welchyd1]

Attachments aren't working for me Elen. Might just be my stupid phone though. Congratulations anyway.

They work now ignore me.

 

[John Fenna]

Congratulations!
I have will have been with my better half for 38 years this August (34 years actually married) - it gets better with each year!

 

[Outdoordude]

Congrats elen. looks like a great day. What did you eat at the pub? The picture 2nd from the right looks like something out of Africa!

 

[WULF]

Wonderfull Elen,what a way to celebrate the anniversary. Nice to hear people stay married......
Im on year 26Nice pictures too.

 

[Karl82]

Congrats looks like a lovely place to celibrate.


Sent from my Baobab Tree.

 

[Niels]

Congratulations! It was nice weather too by the looks of it.

 

[Goatboy]

Congratulations Elen to you both. Sounds like a nice day out - good walk, good company & good food. 39 years is impresive too. 26 together with a small break in the middle here.
All the best for the next 39
Colin.

 

[Elen Sentier]

Congrats elen. looks like a great day. What did you eat at the pub? The picture 2nd from the right looks like something out of Africa!

Paul (Hubby) had a babaganos with flatbreads and olives followed by chickpea tagine. I had black puding roll followed by salitmbocca with pork rather than veal as it's local from just up the road from the pub. I had a pud and some French pudding wine (Monbazilla). We are both now fat as pigs and have smug expressions! The "out of Africa" pic is the view from the top of Merbach Ridge out over the Wye and to the Welsh hills - it's gorgeous!

 

[Elen Sentier]

Congratulations!
I have will have been with my better half for 38 years this August (34 years actually married) - it gets better with each year!

Well done John . We count from the day we got together (actually 1st April ), we eventually got hitched about 7 yrs later (I think) - it was a definitely less important day

 

[Elen Sentier]

There's some good long times together here - well done you guys :You_Rock_ it's probably about evolving together

 

[bilmo-p5]

Congratulations to you both. It'll be 9yrs for us come August.

 

[Goatboy]

There's some good long times together here - well done you guys :You_Rock_ it's probably about evolving together

I put it down to us living in different continents/time zones for the last 16 or so years . Hey it works for us.

 

[TurboGirl]

Gosh, thats a hill with a view- and some wind too, by the look of the lonesome tree

I thought of you guys a fair bit yesterday, pondering why we all thought April Fools day was such a good karma day for marriage We're only babbies on 8yr but 20 together... well, didn't want to impulse buy We had a looooong pub afternoon which ended in himself having a binge evening with his wingmen, glad to be home alone with the Youngling tbf as a non drinker

 

[crosslandkelly]

Congratulations Elen, a lovely way to celebrate.

 

[John Fenna]

There's some good long times together here - well done you guys :You_Rock_ it's probably about evolving together

And letting her have her way on everything!

 

[Elen Sentier]

I put it down to us living in different continents/time zones for the last 16 or so years . Hey it works for us.

And letting her have her way on everything!

Whatever works, guys - everybody's different ... and I'm altogether sure I believe you John

 

[copper_head]

Congratulations Elen. Looks like a nice day out to boot

 

[bivouac]

Woolhope is my very favourite part of the world and i feel lucky to have it my doorstep. I usually wander along Marcle ridge & drop down into Woolhope for a pint. The Crown next to the church has good food and ales too. Nice pics & thanks for posting. Googled Merbach Hill and it's now very much on my to-do list. Nice pubs round there too. Cheers.

 

[Harvestman]

What a beautiful day for a bimble.

This July will be 17 years plus 5 without me working out what she sees in me...