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Today was the TNC Summer party. We had 2 hours of private access at the Roxy Ballroom, where you could bowl, play pool, etc and then there was food and free drink. We then went to the Forum Cafe & Bar where we had the outdoor area. There was burgers which were nice and they also had an ice cream truck which I went back for 2nds and 3rds to.

Grandma and I went to Kilworth House Theatre to see Anything Goes. I had no clue what it was about before going, but it was all set on a ship and was a fantastic performance!

Happy Fathers Day! Ethan got me the Shrek Lego Brickheadz which look really cool and I am looking forward to building them.

I have been slowly chipping away at the garden every evening this week, getting the skip loaded up, digging out for the path, clearing up and carrying blocks round. This morning I put some type one down on the path and then wackered it down before barrowing loads of sand round to bring it up to the right level. Dad then worked on bedding the blocks on to make the path and I worked on block paving the pergola base and the circle, with Dad dropping behind me to do any cuts required. We then finished off at the end of the day by putting down the kiln dried sand, sweeping it in, giving it a wacker and then sweeping more kiln dried sand in. Im really happy with how it looks.

Rachel took part in the Loros Glow and Glitter Walk this evening. Ethan, Joy and I went to meet her and her colleagues from the school at the finish line. She raised a lot of money and we are really proud of her.

We are going to relay the slabs at the back of the house, so we decided to jetwash them clean before doing so. We hired a big industrial jetwash and it was really powerful and got all of the dirt that were on the slabs and block pavers off. They have come up like new!

It was another early start again. Dad started on the pergola, cutting all of the wood and fixing it together while I dug all of the soil out under it. Once I had dug all of the soil out it was wackered before barrowing in 1 tonne of type 1, which was then wackered down. I then moved onto doing the same for the circle while Dad laid the blocks around the edge on a bed of concrete. We then barrowed the sand into the base and circle.

It was an early start this morning. We did a lot of digging to get the ground ready. Then we cut all of the wood down to make the raised beds and fixed it all together. We then got the posts for the pergola dug and into the ground and finished off by concreting them in.

This evening we went to my Parents to have a games night with my Sister and Thomas. Mum and Dad cooked everyone fajitas and then we played on Mario Kart on the Switch, then played One Night Ultimate Werewolf, which is great fun with loads of people. We had a great night and the weather was lovely so we could also just spend some time in the garden together.

Today all of the materials and skip arrived for our garden project. I spent the evening clearing all of the rubbish from the garden and digging out some of the circle for when we start at the weekend.

We were planning on going for a local bike ride this morning, but decided to look at where else we could go and decided to go to Hicks Lodge in Swadlincote. We went on the Shell Brook trail which was 5.5 miles down hill and through the forest which was great fun. We then had a play on the park before heading to McDonalds on the way home for some lunch.