Who would\u00a0believe it? Anna, 40 years old already. We did of course tease her suitably about this landmark age, but not too much seeing as many of us are already way past this age! We also marked the day with something of a party.<\/p>\n
I’d been working on the garden\u00a0in the sunshine for a few weeks preparing it for the big garden party, the lawns were mowed, the flower beds were neat and tidy, weeds had been eradicated and everything was looking nice. Thursday and Friday were then spent shopping, cleaning the house and setting to work on a massive bake-off.<\/p>\n
All lovingly prepared. We were planning a morning out\u00a0in the woods playing laser tag, followed by lunch. Then, afternoon tea and cakes and finally\u00a0supper in the garden. So as well as the cakes, various lunch snacks were readied and some food suitable for supper were prepared too.<\/p>\n
Invitations had been sent, plans made, a massive OTT chocolate cake had been ordered and everything was under control. Everything that is\u00a0except the weather. It had been gorgeous all week but the forecast had been promising rain for Saturday. That was bound to change by the time Saturday came around though so we remained hopeful. However as it approached, the forecast rain simply changed to a forecast of torrential<\/strong> rain. And rather than just coming in the afternoon, it was now going to be all day long! This was made even worse by the fact that it was supposed to be really nice again for the following week.<\/p>\n There was nothing we could do about it though as we rushed to the car to avoid a soaking and drove towards Nanteos Mansion to meet Shoreline, the organisers of the Laser Tag. We stopped off en route to collect James and then Morgan and Tom. All the while, the torrential rain was simply getting heavier.<\/p>\n Luckily it had eased a little as we pulled into a muddy forest layby ready for a morning running around a sodden woodland shooting each other. Everyone else soon started arriving. Annamarie and Evie, Steve and Biddy, Laura, Lee, Saffron, Anakin and Cerys, Martine, Rhys and Sarah, along with me, Anna, Morgan, James and Tom. Dennis & Sophie didn’t quite make it but I’m sure we’ll see them soon.<\/p>\n Waterproofs were checked, boots adjusted and we were off, running through the woods like crazed soldiers, wielding our bright orange guns and shooting each other. The guns were easy to use and after the first short game we all had the hang of it. It worked really well with fairly short games to keep the interest up and a variety of different formats. The teams were well balanced and we soon had various tactics to employ. Everyone seemed to be loving it.<\/p>\n As it was Anna’s birthday we handicapped her somewhat by making her wear a hi-vis jacket and a bright purple wig. At least we\u00a0didn’t make her wear her birthday onesie as well!<\/p>\n\n\t\tLaser Tag – Wet, Muddy and Great Fun<\/h2>\n