Pies key to exam success

Congratulations must go to Supergirl Pie who received her GCSE results last week. In total 2A*, 7A's & 3B's were gained allowing the supergirl to progress to the next stage of her academic studies.

It was revealed in conversation that the key to success in one exam (English) had been achieved by the judicious use of Pie in the answer. Well done Supergirl we are all very proud.

Ps Please tidy your bedroom (Requested by West Cheshire and Chester Council Environmental Services)

Matthew St Festival

Bank Holiday Weekend saw the tribe and friends head for Liverpool and the Matthew Street Festival. Principally six stages around the city centre with a variety of themes including Beatles, Motown, Rock, Alternative, etc with original artists and cover bands. As well as these there were plenty of buskers, street artistes, markets, display, exhibitions and all sorts of things going on.

One of the best features is that a large number of the roads are closed off to traffic which makes wandering about much more pleasant and most of it is free! We had a great time and the only bad thing was the weather which started raining towards the end of the afternoon.

Le Grand Coudrais

This year the Pie tribe headed for the Auvergne region of France and the Allier Department. We rented a Gite fairly close to where Nanny Pie used to live. Half of us travelled by car and the other half flew by plane to Limoges.

The Gite was roomy enough and there was a swimming pool to use, happy days. As with Le Souci the we were surrounded by small fields, cows and silence.

Lots of favourite markets, places and friends were visited. We enjoyed walking, talking, fishing, canoeing, horse riding, eating, drinking, bird watching, snake catching, swimming, laughing, railway cycling, chilling, reading, boules, cards, games, travelling, star watching, cat stroking, gift buying, cake eating, boating, giggling, sun bathing, laughing, relaxing, sleeping, wandering, listening to silence, pear eating, pie munching ............................................

The weather apart from the first day was fantastic with wall to wall blue skies and ever increasing temperatues hitting 41 C in the second week. Below is the Gite early in the morning with Tumbleweed, one of the Le Coudrais cats to the foreground.