80 years old.....

.....my Dad, that is, not me!  He turned 80 on 6th August, and the weekend before we had a family celebration at The Brudenell Hotel, which is right on the seafront in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.  It's a very nice hotel, with great food and friendly staff, and we had four lovely days there.

 

My sister, Amanda, daughter Beverly and I paddling in the sea at Southwold.  The beach at Aldeburgh is very pebbly so it was nice to walk over a mostly sandy beach to get to the water at Southwold ~ even if we did sink into the sand in a rather alarming manner!

Sam, my son, joined us for a photo but declined our suggestions that he might like a paddle LOL

Dad, Adrian, Sam and Beverly took themselves off for a little walk in Aldeburgh ~ we ladies were much more sensible, choosing instead to stay at the hotel and have a nice sit down in the shade.  Beverly took this photo just before we placed our order for drinkies!

We had the birthday celebration dinner on the Saturday evening, in a private room at the hotel.  It was lovely, and the staff looked after us beautifully.

The floral centrepiece was so pretty.

Birthday cake, made by your's truly :-)

Adrian and I...

Mum and Dad...

Dad and his girls...

Grandad with the "gruesome twosome" (In case you didn't know, Sam and Beverly are twins). 

About to blow out the candles...

looking suitably pleased with himself afterwards! 

Amanda supervising the cutting of the cake.

Dad solved the issue of getting all those unruly balloons up to the bedroom by tying them to Mum's walker... 

and commandeering the lift!

This was the view from Adrian's and my bedroom ~ he took the photo when he woke up early one morning whilst we were there.

Thanks for a fab weekend, Dad :-)