Danny and I seem to have turned into some kind of party animals this week. Three times we've been out drinking, three! I don't know what has happened to us. I think the stress of work has all got a bit too much and the only way to try to rectify that is to all go out and drink a couple of glasses of wine each. It's actually really nice to hang out with everyone from work without actually working, you discover you do work with some really nice people when you aren't all running your arses off trying to keep an entire restaurant under control! Or is that the wine talking?
Our day off on Monday FINALLY rolled around, and we made the most of the sun by going on a bike ride to Canmore. The Legacy Trail is such a nice ride, pretty easy, no steep hills but still a nice little distance. I did find myself almost falling off my bike several times as I ended up just staring into the distance at all of the mountains and beautiful views I was going by. We sat out on the terrace at The Wood for a couple of drinks and a light lunch before wandering around town and enjoying the sunshine. Obviously I was too busy sipping on my mojito to think about putting on suncream and now have some delightful tan lines across my back. Such a good look I'm sure you'll agree. Danny went on his climbing course at the Sally Borden indoor climbing centre which of course he excelled in and loved every second of. I am going to try and get him to write a post for me on these climbing things and Patagonia bits because he has loads of interesting things to say that I couldn't possibly begin to try and write down, so watch this space.
And then came Tuesday. MY BIRTHDAY!!! And it was certainly a different one. It was my first year not having any kind of celebration with my family and it was super weird, but I've got to be honest it has been an absolutely amazing one. I am so incredibly lucky to have Danny, he made every single moment of the day special and like a home away from home. It was such a fun and interesting day, I definitely have a lot to live up to when his birthday rolls around in a couple of weeks time.
I won't lie, I started off the day pretty hungover from last nights antics and was brought tea and breakfast in bed (he's a keeper I know) and then a lovely Skype call from my family. Mum had made me a cute little cake, and Libby tried her hardest to blow out the candles which was pretty entertaining for us all. She also did a great job at singing Happy Birthday, even if it wasn't quite directed at me, and more directed towards the strawberries on the cake - but she tried and it put a huge smile on my face. She's pretty good at that!
We then pulled ourselves out of bed, picked up some picnic items from the store, and cycled to Two Jack Lake. On the map it's really not that far, but half way there you encounter a rather large hill, and then another, AND another one. It's fair to say I wasn't best pleased but I persevered and boy was it worth it, the views were just stunning and made for a birthday setting I will never ever forget. We sat and drank ice tea, had fresh fruit, took some picnics and Danny decided to tick skinny dipping off of the bucket list. It was pretty entertaining, from his reaction the water was extremely cold!
It started to drizzle a bit so we got on our bikes and headed back, which of course took a third of the time to the way there as the entire journey was downhill. Obviously we had worn ourselves out so put on a movie, had a nap, and got all dolled up ready for dinner at The Three Ravens. My God the food is out of this world, by far and above the best meal we have eaten in Banff.
And finally today. We are absolutely exhausted after the last couple of fun packed days so we had a lovely long lie in, rolled out of bed and had a little look around the farmers market (no where that does hog roast sandwiches like Oundle though). We then popped into The Park Distillery, a new restaurant in town, for a drink on the balcony in the glorious sun. Then onto the boring stuff like food shopping, bill paying and now off to work. Cross your fingers that it's not too busy for us, I'm not sure I'm ready for that just yet.
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