Well they say time flies when you are having fun, and it's also a function of getting older. No sooner has Christmas become a thing of the past and than it's summer time.
Sue and I have been as busy as ever with travel to foreign parts as we continue to give lectures on various cruise liners.
In February we made our first ever trip into the Arctic Circle as we searched for and found the Northern Lights, fantastic scenery and most interesting places, the ice hotel and the most northern city in Europ though it was pretty cold, minus 20C at times.
I've already written about my birthday but in April we went to Cyprus to join our first Thomson ship. This company made us very welcome and we enjoyed cruising around some parts of Greece, Sicily, Italy, Spain and Portugal back to Liverpool. The following few pictures tell the story
Sue and I have been as busy as ever with travel to foreign parts as we continue to give lectures on various cruise liners.
In February we made our first ever trip into the Arctic Circle as we searched for and found the Northern Lights, fantastic scenery and most interesting places, the ice hotel and the most northern city in Europ though it was pretty cold, minus 20C at times.
I've already written about my birthday but in April we went to Cyprus to join our first Thomson ship. This company made us very welcome and we enjoyed cruising around some parts of Greece, Sicily, Italy, Spain and Portugal back to Liverpool. The following few pictures tell the story
In May we were pleased to see our cousins from Australia, David and Elizabeth arrive for a tour of the UK, we had a good time showing them the best of the Yorkshire Dales, while David took literally thousands of photos to take back "down under". The bridge is the famous Ribble Viaduct. we did see a pub or two as well.
My Grandson George was the star of a Tunbridge Wells production of "Oliver", here he is in scenes from that production.
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We celebrated Sue's birthday late in June by having a family weekend with Sam and Georgie in Whitstable, rented a small house there and had a very nice time with plenty of local oysters as you can see.
Some people, Sam and Sue were actually brave enough to go in the sea! Mad fools.
Some people, Sam and Sue were actually brave enough to go in the sea! Mad fools.
Two more cruises followed in fairly quick succession in July, first one was a wine cruise to France and Sue was the lecturer, That finished up on Guernsey and we enjoyed Sark very much with horse drawn carriages being the principle form of transport. The second one was a return to Norway, this time in the Summer, incredible scenery, I'll let let the pictures speak for them selves, heres the speaker...
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 In August we had another very good thing to celebrate.Professor David was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, which in the scientific world is about the highest honour you can receive. Sue and I went to London for the ceremony where we met up with David and Juliette and David's Mum Carol and her partner Malcolm. There were many distinguished guests at the event which was followed by celebratory champagne and a good dinner in"Boulestin" a very nice French restaurant. Well done David! That's our summer so far, pretty good. August we are spending in Yorkshire, when we are not visiting friends and relatives and trying to keep the garden under control! |
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