Congratulations

CONGRATULATION

Michelle and Derek

On Getting Married. I hope you have a fantastic life together

Yes my Little sister Michelle, got married on the 6th October 2007 to Derek , an old friend from my childhood, we used to hang out when we were about 9 - 13 years of age.

He has finally got my sister to settle down and i think they are well suited. The Actual day was ok weather wise pleanty of sun although a bit of a chill in the air. The service was held at Harbledown church near Canterbury. It was a good service and was conducted by two Vicar's (always been greedy has Michelle).

My brother Mick gave her away and looked the part in his suit and Derek's Uncle Michael was Best Man

The Bridemaids looked fantastic along with Josh (Michelle's son)who was ring bearer.

Michelle could not wait to hit the booze

Derek, Michelle and Transport (Nice) Derek and Daughter

The Day Was Saddened by the Death of Our Mum on the 6th October 2007

We know you were there Mum We All love you and will Miss you loads.

R.I.P

Holiday 2007

Our Butlin's Holiday

We spent a week at Butlins in Bognor Regis. I think a week is too long at this place, entertainments starts to repeat itself and it's a struggle to find things to do during the day. We enjoyed the first 3 or 4 days but then unless you had an unlimited supply of money to spend on the arcades, there was not a lot else to do. We went out a couple of times and i spent a few hours walking the south downs, i visited Chantonbury Ring which was great.









Some of the Evening Entertaiment was ok, With the likes of Ben Mills from the X-Factor


Also (keep this to yourself's) Chico was very entertaining and really quite good.

Not being a big drinker, i enjoyed 2 or 3 pints a night at the centre stage which as you can see is more than enouth for me.



















But at least i did'nt pig out on the ice creams Deanna











I think my girls are too old for Butlins now as it seems the holiday camp is geared more towards the younger kids, 4-12 years. Yes a week is too long and it was a struggle to find things to do, but we did have some fun there and have some good memories. I don't think we will be going back again soon though.

The Fishing Trip

Derek's Stag Fishing Trip

On the 7th September 2007, went on Derek's fishing trip for part of his stag do (getting Married to my sister Michelle). I was really looking forward to this trip having not done any sea fishing for over 20 year, this was gonna be fun!.

Wrong. Both Mick my brother and myself discovered we did not have any sea legs and both suffered from sea sickness, Mick worse than me (he was vomiting a lot). It was a shame as it was great weather and we felt we let Derek down a bit as we both had to lay down for quite a lot.

Mick Wishing he was on Dry land













The rest of the group had a great time though and everyone except me caught some fish (even Mick who fished for about 30 minutes). I think Dan caught the most, about 10 or 11 in total.The main catch were or Dog Fish and pouting.

Matt and Dan watching their rods and Mick laying Down.

Derek With a Dogfish

Paul And Derek discuss the days fishing as we pull into Ramsgate harbour.

Would i go again (i would have to say no) not on a boat. I enjoyed the fishing and the company but the nausea was too much and spoilt it for me. If i had more money, i would have paid the skipper to take me back to dry land and take the others back out, but i was skint .

Derek and Matt

Our Camping Trip

Michelle an I spent the weekend in Sussex on the South Downs Camping. The girls stayed with their auntie Sara. The weather was Great, Hot and sunny all weekend and allowed us to do some hiking over the downs.








We Camped at Henfield and visited a few local beauty spots like, Ditchling Beacon, Devils dyke and the Jack & Jill Windmills.








The views were fantastic and because the weather was so good, the Sunsets were spectacular.

The highlight of the weekend was an 8 mile hike across the Seven Sisters country park and back.

Cuckmere River

A View into Devils Dyke

Katie Powell

This is Katie, our youngest daughter. She was born on 29th December 1993.
She is also A teenager and if she was a boy we could have called her Kevin (Kevin and perry) That is who she is like. No motivation at all to do anything. she hates walking anywhere, she struggle to get dressed in the mornings and has her Nintendo DS glued to her hand 24/7. Her interests are, Telly and her Nintendo, she also still likes Pokemon?.

Katies does spend time on the computer talking to her mates via webchats and goes out at weekend to meet her mates down the town.

Deanna Powell

Deanna was born on 8th January 1992. So yes, she is a teenager now with all that goes with being that age. She is heavily into her music, she is a bit of a rock chick i think. She is also into Boys (Which i don't like ;) ).

She is interested in working with animals when she leaves school. she has had a work placement with the local vets, which she enjoyed and did well. She also works on a farm once a week (work experience).

Deanna has a Rat called Scooter, he is very affectionate. she has had him for a couple of years now and is very fond of him.

Michelle Powell

This is Michelle. Wife to me, Mother to our girls and Rock for the whole family.

Michelle was born on 29th August 1973 in Canterbury and lived there with her parents John and Linda until 1990. She is a full-time housewife and works hard at her job (I make loads of mess).

Hobbies are limited, she likes Reading (mills & Boon) and romantic novels. She occasionally does Cross-stitch. Michelle also enjoys the occasional walk in the countryside with me.

Jim Powell (Me)

This is Me. I was born on 26th July 1960. My full name is James Ian Powell, everyone calls me Jim. I was born in Canterbury, Kent UK and lived there most of my life, currently live in Whitstable, thats about 6 miles from Canterbury. I live here with my wife Michelle and 2 daughters, Deanna and Katie. I work for a Hair Product Company which i joined in 2001.

My Hobbies are Walking/Hiking and Photography. I enjoy going out at weekends, walking parts of the NorthDowns Way or other local trails and Footpaths while taking Photo's of the scenery.

North Downs Way
My Country Pictures