It turns out that Dan is good at surprises, very good in fact.
I woke up on Tuesday morning to be given a little gift bag. Inside, wrapped carefully in white tissue was my badge to Royal Ascot the following day!
I've never been to Royal Ascot before. I had a whole day to get excited before waking up bright and early on Wednesday. I slipped on my dress and big pink hat and happily skipped to the car (and our friendly driver, John) that were waiting for us.
Our good friends Tim and Nicola were in on the plan, and had prepared the most amazing picnic. Everyone sits by their cars and soaks up the atmosphere before heading in to the races.
The sun came out after a while, and so did the money spiders.....if you look really closely you can see the tiny one hanging off Nicola's beautiful new engagement ring. We decided it was a lucky sign and quickly set to studying the form guides in the papers.
Once inside we watched as the Queen arrived in her horse and carriage, and quickly set to placing our bets for the first few races.
By the third race we had a winner!
A lovely horse named Al Kazeem came in first!
The rest of the day went by in a blur of Pimms, horses and people watching. And all to quickly it was time to go home.
Doesn't my man look dapper?
The most perfect birthday surprise, and now I've got the bug - I would love to go again next year!
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