Happy Halloween ?????

Our Halloween sleepover was a twenty four hours of two parts, the before and the aftermath.

Before, The Towers had been scrubbed, primed and prepared to an inch of its life ………

…… everything carefully planned and in position ……

……. from the table setting………..

…… festive treat supply …….

……. and cocktail bar.

And then within said twenty fours hours, ten of which we were actually doing the “sleeping over” ……..  we were left with what seemed absolute carnage ……

……. bless our little, beloved guests cotton socks!

We rode on Evesham Vale Light Railway to play at The Fort for a good hour and then spent a rigorous and robust session at the Soft Play at The Valley down the hill …….

…… before heading home for one of Darrell’s Chinese feasts …….

….. and a master class in cocktail making ………

…… with recipes carefully recorded for prosperity, should we ever wish to sample their delights again at another one of our junctures of celebration.

The council helped furnish us a personal and most wonderous firework display, accompanied by the romantic ringing of bells from the Bell Tower, which although it was actually well over a mile away, as the crow flies, were both still visible and clearly heard from the deserted (except for us) park on our estate.

Hot chocolate and brownies were obligatory, naturally, sat sitting on one of the park benches,  as was the dropping of goodness knows how many glow sticks along on our journey there, so that we could magically find our way back to The Towers at the stroke of, what Iris and Bertie believed was midnight!

Then, after quickly climbing into our pyjamas, the watching of Hotel Transylvanian 3 ensued with buckets of popcorn, before we all finally crashed exhausted into our beds.

I think we will be cleaning up for the next week at least, goodness only knows what delights we’ll be finding under the settee, table etc., but you know we wouldn’t have it any other way ……. I can’t believe I’m saying this but roll on New Years Eve for another unforgettable and precious Towers sleepover.