The night out for our eldest granddaughter went to plan - we had to be at the venue first as we had the balloons for the tables - Mr S insisted on parking fairly close to the door - I said "we can't park here, she will see our car" - clever DIL spotted our car as they turned into the car park and distracted her - phew!
We were in a quite wonderful room off the main eating area - the room is dedicated to the 'Stevenson Brothers' who make the most incredible rocking horses - there was the hugest, beautiful rocking horse high up in the ceiling rafters, we all spent some some time marvelling at that and all of four of the children aged between 3 and 8 were very interested in it- but the old woodworking tools which line the walls were only of interest to our littlest grandson who wanted daddy and granddad to explain the use of each one - the girls couldn't have cared less!
Anyway - lovely surprise for our eldest granddaughter - she had been a bit worried about her passing out parade as she found the 'marching bit' quite challenging! She has her 'warrant card' now which she has to carry 24/7, who knew!