I thought we had to travel far to get to Brendan’s birthday all the way in the Shire, but that’s nothing compared to the lengths his girlfriend went to. Nat flew half way round the world just for his birthday, now that’s impressive! Nat, I think we’re all expecting surprise appearances later in the year okay?

The venue was The Como Hotel. It’s a pretty cool pub, even though it’s in the middle of nowhere. And just a note, don’t go there in the afternoon on an empty stomach, especially on a day when the chip machine so happened to be broken! I was absolutely starving and had to wait till 6pm for a feed. On the flip side my feed was ginormous!

It was the biggest plate of Marinara I’ve ever seen and I can proudly (or embarrassingly) say I almost finished it. The chips are awesome too!

Dessert was pretty good, but I thought the Toblerone ice cream tower tasted a bit like medicine. Strange…

Happy Birthday Brenda!