Magic Carpet Days

Mr S, explored his early memories in his blog this week and I decided it was time to get off my bum and explore mine. I heard a song, by Ocean Colour Scene on Alex Lester's show two weeks ago (hence the title) and I had this idea for a Blog. The Git watches something called 'The Witches of Waverley Place' on Disney. It is a sickly sweet tale of kids with a moral to every story. A bit like the Famous Five I suppose...sounding grumpy now but how I wish.... The Git read as much as I did at that age. I had already been through all of Enid Blyton. C.S Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien. I finally started on Daphne Du Maurier in my 11th year. The Git was 12 on Sunday. I think his thing is technical books and not fiction. By the way my Beautiful Welsh Witch of a Grandmother lived in Waverley Place on the Island of Jersey. Funny That!

So, this Blog is about The Most 10 Wonderful Moments in my life.

My 10 Magic Carpet Days were thus....

(Erm... note Children's Births, etc... do not count...).

10. My dad putting me on his back (I was five) and swimming out to the reef in Famagusta, teaching me to snorkel and showing me the delights of the underwater world.

9. Being in Secondary school in Taunton (I hated it) and my mum soothing and supporting me and making sure I had a wonderful, warm, welcoming home.

8. Terribly excited at my Dads posting to Cyprus. Travelling home from Jersey with Dad and both of us packing up the house as it was short notice,

7. My first crush...not sure if it was Marc Tyley, Dutch Van Spall or James Brudenell!

6. Being a natural at waterski-ing and spending wonderful days at The Club. The smell of petrol as we got the boats out at 04.30. Gaining my Boat master qualification, teaching others to enjoy the blast. My first time on the slalom course, looking good and having so much fun.

5. Arriving in London. Finding a job at The Hilton and the fantastic social life that went with it. Dancing on a table at 'Witchety's on Ken High Street at 4 in the morning. Spending the whole weekend out with friends.

4. Flying into ASI. Meeting old friends and new. Climbing 30 feet up to The Maersk from a Rib. Re-fuelling a Tri-Star with the engines still running. Bar room brawling, running down Green Mountain, attending The Queens Birthday at The Residency, with 'Land of Hope and Glory' playing on the lawn.

3. Going to Spain to live there for a over a year and dragging 3 lovely kids with me and managing to speak the language. Yeah I was good at Spanish, but Spain wasn't the place for me. I am much happier with the Greeks.

2. Managing to keep The Git in Mainstream School. It has been a tough one but despite going through four Primary Schools in two years, we got there. Thank you Robartes!

1. Meeting lots of like minded people from my school days in September 2009 and having a wonderful time...thank you FB. Re-Connecting with our past is a huge thing, we were so nomadic and I adore being in touch with all of you.

It was difficult to pick these moments in time. There are many more in my life and many more to experience. Life is good. Be positive and embrace it.