Sapper Supper

Apologies for this late blog. The week following Olivia's birthday party was pretty hectic and for the last 7 days we have been on a little Canadian roadtrip in our hired RV(Recreational Vehicle), which I will write a separate blog about shortly!

Olivia's party was a great success (no injured children!)and she was a very happy 5 year old, particulary with the sack full of presents she received! That week, Leigh & I also hosted the annual 'Sapper Supper' in our garden. Every year the Engineers throw a big party(for no other reason than throwing a party I think!) and our garden was
turned into 'Fort Sapper' by about 12 soldiers; complete with hay bails, fire bins, seating for 90, a large Canadian Canoe full of beer and a freezer full of wine...and of course lots of jugs of Pimms. Even the BATUS VIP Chef turned up to do the BBQ! The usual Sapper games of log-sawing & nails were laid on and it was a really great evening (well it couldn't really fail with the amount of alcohol on offer!). All 90 invited guests turned up and we then had about 20 more when gate-crashers appeared after the pub kicked out! There were still a few left in
the garden when the soldiers turned up the next morning to clear up (no surprise that Leigh was one of them!) So all in all I think just about everyone in Ralston was at our party - Leigh & I are now looking forward to all the return invites!