Rutland Water: 5 May 2007

R-L; Babah, Suboohi, Abhishek and Dawn

It's only normal to hear how great it is to work with his workmates from Babah. He enjoys going to work and love working with his great friends. Ever since he began his working life, I hardly hear him complain about his team. Mostly all positive. He once said; it probably feels like going to the nursery rather than to work!

Last bank holiday weekend, they have arranged a barbecue outing at Rutland Water. The place is about 1.5hrs from our house. We used the countryside route (quite hilly and winding) but we love the scenic view along the way.

Let's get the party started:

Dawn with her gigantic match.

I vaguely remember who had to bring what? I remember we brought the meat, chicken (marinated overnight) and some vegetables. Suboohi brought the disposable bbq set and some games. Abhishek was responsible for snacks (including yummy chocolate cake!) and drinks. And if I heard this right from Babah, Dawn had to bring 'everything and anything else'.

Peppers cut and prepared by Bilal

Well done, please

Babah with his small portion of food.

View of our little corner

Abhishek

It was forecasted to be a great weather, but the first half of the day was quite cloudy and chilly! Luckily we brought our jackets and warm clothing.

Row, row, row your boat

Just before 3pm, we (Richard mainly!) spring cleaned the place only leaving behind the still glowing charcoal behind for a boat ride around Rutland Water. We rushed to "Rutland Belle" the name of the boat that took us on a cruise around the man-made reservoir.

The above is Normanton Church Museum. It's brief history here.

Other than the boat ride, there are also activities like water sports, trout fishing, bird watching and cycling. Oh, of course the area near the museum is quite beautiful too.

The Sports Headlines

The day was far from over. Right after the boat ride, we started to get a generous amount of sunshine that we thought of lazing around for a bit more. So we went back to our barbecue spot. Suboohi and Bilal brought with them badminton rackets, a ball and frisbees.

Popular Suboohi among the children.


Football time with Sarah.


Frisbee session with Amar.


This is how you catch it people!


and don't go throwing it into the water!


The Frisbee rescuer! (A rescue mission by Babah. The frisbee was accidentally thrown into the lake.)

The fun family outing

Also during the second half of the outing, we spent the time finishing the rest of the food! There was generous amount of fruits, cakes and sodas.

Dawn with her fruit kebab.

This is how you 'change' a wriggly baby. Demonstrated by Richard.


The ground was huge. Ample space for the kids to run around.

"Gotcha, Adhi!"

It's just that the parents have to watch out for their kiddies so that they don't jump into the water. Sarah was very good. She knew it was dangerous. But it still gave you those anxious feelings whenever she stood too near to the water. I saw Amar sitting at the edge of the bank and moving bit by bit to get into the water! He didn't get into the water which was (I think) very much to his disappointment.

Otherwise, it was really a nice venue for a family outing. I love the above photo.


and this one too.


and this one of Ame!

There were tonnes of Ame's photos. She was the centre of attention that day!

After meeting with Babah's friends, I can understand why he enjoys going to work so much. They are just a bunch of super nice people with great enthusiasm and sense of humour too. In short, our day out was excellent especially because of the great company we were with. Thank you all!