Boxing Day Amazing Race at the Polo Club

Corinna rode Estella once of the Polo Ponies and had to pair up with one of the younger riders. They spent 1 1/2 hours doing a treasure hunt on horse back, around the polo field, in the jungle, apple bobbing and other lovely exploits.

pre christmas supper with friends

Christmas Cake icing by Archie and Tom, too tasty to wash up!

Alex celebrating his 14th birthday with nothingn better than a Chocolate log

pre Christmas celebrations, Keith off to Australia, Jill and Simon and boys to Japan and Helen and Stephen and boys to Vietnam

or Frank Spencer ish, a strange use for a football

Archie looking scarily turbanesque

party time at the Circus

Hanayo, Corinna and Hojeong the Lion Tamer

Corinna enjoying a fun pony club rally and riding lesson

Ninna on Mo

Pony Club Christmas Show!

love the chocolate display Sue

bareback on Cupcake!!

Centaurs Rugby Tournament and Cup of Nations 5&6th December

Doug in the thick of things

Keith as a spectator rather than a coach

All the sponsors for the Tournament, including WSS

Doug in his element

Wilder playing for Scotland

all the Nations teams

Doug playing for Fiji with some of his school and club friends

Taking a break for a coffee

Keith, Charlie Maclean and Niall

its taken 40 or so years to get together, but it was worth the wait

Niall enjoying a proper cup of coffee

Keith in scary black rugby clothes, Wilder and hot Sarah

I wish I could play

Hector Maclean - 2nd cousin once removed ??

Hector is in Archie's class and house and rugby team!

The saturday was taken up by age group club rugby matches with teams coming from all over Asia, 2000 kids were there. Archie was the U10 mascott as he wasn't fit enough to take part after his ankle fracture, but enjoyed tucking into a good breakfast, and carried about 30 boxes of water for his team over the weekend!

Cheers

tasty turkey, crackers and too much wine!

More Christmas photos

The swimming pool glimmers in the garden
Guada, you are getting shorter! Maybe you should stop feeding Douglas!
Guada went to spend Christmas with Juliana, we gave her a stocking full of presents.


Land that was once a Nutmeg Plantation was purchased in 1860 for the building of the Tanglin Barracks for the British. St George's Church was built in 1911 and was the garrison church. In 1968 British forces withdrew from Singapore and the Church was handed over to the Singapore Government and became a civilian church.

With all the arched open windows, and ceiling fans, it is relatively cool in church.

Christmas in Singapore

shorts and snowy white legs on Christmas day!
Archie's icing looked good, and tasted even better.
boys and their fireworks, brought from the UK in my suitcase!!
Rocky enjoying his bone
Jet loves Rocky really!
Archie and Father Christmas Teddy
Top Gear gets all around the world and the boys love it
Christmas orchids
making gravy
one of the 6 photos for Niall
Cheers and Happy Christmas
Ikea paper gets around the world too!

wishing you all a very happy Christmas. We enjoyed a Carol Service at Eden Hall, the Bitish High Commissioners house a couple of weeks ago, a family service on Christmas Eve, followed by drinks with Charlie and Sophie and family.

We spent Christmas day at home, with a beautiful Noble Fir Christmas Tree - we think the best we have ever had!

We had Turkey and all the trimmings except for an open fire, misletoe and holly, and sadly no family or friends from the UK. We had a peaceful day, then took the dogs for a rainy walk. We are in the rainy season now, so have had a rainstorm each afternoon.

Douglas helped with cranberry and bread sauce and Archie iced the Christmas Cake, but resorted to a Waitrose Christmas pudding! Its rather hot in the kitchen when its 30c outside!

Jet and Rocky celebrated with tinsel and a bone each. Doug and Archie enjoyed some 'indoor' fireworks outside!