Up, up and away
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Date: 28 February 2009 10:47:30
The whole story is documented on Flickr - unfortunately in reverse order, so you do best to go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/24947446@N00/sets/72157614520426986/ and do the slideshow if you're that stuck for something to do to while away the hours!
This was, though, the most memorable event of the whole holidays. As my sister and I offered encouragement from the dining-room window, armed with cups of coffee, the team of my nephew, his wife, and the Smudgelet - later joined by my brother-in-law - set to work on a great experiment...
They tied two pieces of string on so that they wouldn't lose it.... but some daft fool gave the strings to the Smudgelet to hold....
Good job it landed in a tree on the far side of the busy main road, and not a few metres nearer. In fact, it was only slightly damaged so my niece-in-law slipped off her shoes and socks (to the Smudgelet's utter surprise and horror, forgetting that she is newly arrived in the UK from her home in Kenya where shoes and socks are not deemed practical footwear for tree climbing!) and deftly retrieved it, ready for next time.