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The Dominy Diary

Nov 99 - Dec 00 – 4-month period in Bangkok! Aidan starts school.
2001 Diary - Phil changes jobs twice! IT –> Forecaster -> International
2002 Diary - includes the move from Winnersh to Whimple! Stasia starts school.

[Some photo links are missing from the above pages – I’ve run out of memory!]
2003 Diary – Phil finishes weekly commuting and Met Office, Exeter, opens.

2004 Diary (Jan-Jun) – S-CLUB-11 kicks off! Rebecca starts a new job, as administrator at Pinhoe Primary School. Aidan starts at Manor House School.

2004

• July 4-10 Whimple Village Week - lots of Fancy dress & Festivity!
• Jul 11 - Phil competed in the ‘Iron man’, a local mini-triathlon!
• Jul 31-Aug 6 - to a friend’s caravan on North Devon beach (Putsborough Sands). Good weather for rock pooling and body boarding!
• Aug 8-14 - "New Wine" Christian Family Conference again! ‘Camped’ in the luxury of another friend’s caravan. Niece/cousin Georgia had her 7^th birthday there! Stasia with her 3 best friends and a cuddly bear!!! As a family helped on a Community Day in Bristol, picking up rubbish and clearing a path through a wood.
• Aug 19 - Stasia's 7th Birthday  - a horse riding party!
• Aug 21 – Phil (as Chairman of Whimple Scouts) organised a big working party to clean and clear out our old Scout Hut!
• Aug 22-28 - to Norfolk to stay at Bec’s sister’s huge house and heated pool! And out and about in Norfolk. E.g. to Blickling Hall
• Sep 4 – Flower Festival in Whimple Church, some amazing displays.
• Sep 11 – Phil and Aidan went on a sponsored bike ride round 15 churches between Whimple and Budleigh, raising £150!
• Sep 12 - S-Club-11 started up again!
• Sep 21 - Stasia started Brownies
• Sep 29 – Aidan played his first ever Rugby match for Manor House!
• Oct 14 – Phil on a Golf Day with Honiton Church at picturesque Honiton Club.
• Oct 23-27 - To Paris & Disneyland!!! Take a look at the best snaps.
• Oct 29 – To friends Pete & Val Marshall’s wedding in Marlborough.
• Oct 31 – To niece/cousin Amber’s baptism in Blandford Forum church.
• Nov 15-16  - Phil in Madrid on business, demonstrating new Linux ‘Horace’ software system for forecasters.
• Nov 28 – Phil & Aidan sang in Whimple Choir Advent Carol Service.
• Dec 3 – All to Beauty & the Beast panto!
• Dec 19 – S-Club-11 & Impact Special Christmas Celebration, even with a mini-band/orchestra!
• White Christmas with Arnolds (snowballing in Herefordshire), then to Dominys (presents in Dorset).
• New Year’s Eve in Whimple

2005

• Jan 9 – S-Club-11 celebrated its 1^st Birthday!
• Jan 15-16 – Phil flew Exeter to Edinburgh to see his Best Man, Bill; not met up in 10 years! Met partner Laura and new baby Claudia too.
• Feb 2 - Aidan’s 10th Birthday, went to watch Exeter play Accrington Stanley! Back home for party with some friends!
• Feb 6 – All New Revamped Family ‘Celebration’ Service started at Whimple! Phil (violin), Aidan (trumpet), & Stasia (recorder) all join the mini-band/orchestra.
• Feb 9 – Aidan’s first ever school football match – can you spot him in goal?!
• Feb 22 – Phil showed Aidan’s Manor House class round the new Met Office.
• Mar 5 – First met baby Emma Riley, 3^rd daughter to Phil’s sister Fiona and Pete.
• Mar 18-20 – Surprise weekend away: Phil took Rebecca to Bath!
• Mar 21 – Aidan got Grade 1 Trumpet with a Merit!
• Apr 9 – Cousin Richard Dominy & Cathy’s wedding in Southampton. 3 young girls made excellent ‘unofficial’ bridesmaids!
• Apr 11-15 - Phil in Madrid again on business, installing new Linux ‘Horace’ software system and training forecasters. (Forgot camera!)
• Apr 25-29 – Phil to Bourges (south of Paris) for NATO meetings. This time remembered my camera! Famous for its beautiful cathedral, but hotel restaurant was equally dramatic!
• May 21 – Arsenal win the FA Cup – much to Aidan’s delight!!
• May 23-27 – Phil away yet again! This time to Washington DC for an IT conference: W2COG (World-Wide Consortium for the Grid). En route home had a day in New York, but then managed to lose my camera!
• May 29 – Jun 1 – To remote cottage in the South Hams, with amazing view, and near Salcombe, Slapton and Dartmouth. To Lannacombe Bay: surfing and kiting!
• Jun 10 – Stasia won a special Book Track award for reading 100 books – she was even in the local paper!
• Jun 11 – Manor House School Fete: Aidan ran football competition, Stasia fought ‘sumo-style’ with cousin Georgia, and Phil competed in egg catching contest!
• Jun 12 – SClub11 BBQ! Great fun with an obstacle course and the parachute was a hit again this year!
• Jun 13 – Phil & Rebecca started a 6-week ‘How to Drug-Proof your Kids’ – early prevention is better than cure! Strongly recommend it –excellent!
• Jul 3 – Stasia played piano in her first concert – open-air!
• Jul 4-10 Whimple Village Week – Rustic fun including walking village treasure hunt, country sports, and cow-pat betting!!
• Jul 9 – Colyton Grammar School Open Day – visited with Aidan.
• Jul 11-12 – Aidan in school production of 101 Dalmatians.
• July 21 - Phil & Bec's 15th Anniversary!
• Jul 25-29 – to Norfolk again to stay with Bec’s sister’s family and heated pool!
• Jul 30 – Aug 6 - a week at "New Wine" Christian Family Conference again! (in a kindly-lent camper van!).
• Aug 13-20 – staying in bungalow on hill above Polperro, S Cornwall.
• Sep 11 - S-Club-11 starting up again!
• Oct 3 – Phil to start out on a 3-year part-time MBA At Exeter Uni.
• Nov 19 – Aidan sits his Colyton School test. (Results not ‘til March!)
• Easter 2006 – May visit Bec’s sister’s family in Phuket – working with World Vision to rebuild after the Tsunami.