Well my intrepid readers here we are in the UK once again, for the hurricane season.
Thanks first to my mother who has put up with us the longest in Sandwich, as usual home cooking has meant that I have put a few extra kilos on!
Next we travel down to the cottage to do some house work in the form of window painting etcetera. Our first real outing of the visit was the Eden Project. Last year we visited in November and it was too hot to use the Tropical walkway! This year it has been discontinued , however the Tropical Biome does have an air conditioned room to chill out in (if you need it)
The shop supports the foundation by selling ethically sourced products and look what we found:
Coconut Candles! Next up was a hike along to Loe sands, the water was crystal clear and we could see huge jelly fish in the water too.
Our first visitor was Gaye my housemate from early in my career.
Our friends Raymond and Helga came to visit so we took them to Polo on the beach at Newquay, this being a shot of the venue, still underwater from high tide. A few hours later the event began and was terrific fun- if a little slower than the real type of Polo at Windsor Great park.
Next a visit to our dear friends Denise and Anton at Postling, this is a walk we went on after a massive lunch cooked by Denise. Plus who else is there but Maria who visited us this year looking for Papillion -in Martinique!
This is a shot is of the Sailing Club at Theale with Malcolm helping his old buddies rig their boat,
Now a picture of the walk we did at Sidmouth while passing through. Sidmouth was hit by a storm last winter which took part of the sea wall away. It has subsequently been restored for us walkers.
Finally we stayed with Gill and Paul for a week while the holiday makers used the cottage, we had a pleasant day out at Silchester Roman Ruins this being the amphitheater.
The present "Dig" site which is below the Roman ruins, is now down at the Iron Age. Unfortunately English Heritage who owns the site will loose the band of archaeologists from Reading University this year. The grant has expired so the site will be re-covered to preserve it !
We also had time to Visit our 'old ' friends in Darby Green , namely Vi and John ex-neighbours, then Shirely and David- just look at Shirelys' quilt:
James and Franke at Reading, Patti and Peter in wildest Berkshire plus Malcolms' sister and family in Basildon, giving everyone the usual invitation to visit us in the Caribbean.
I am writing this sitting at my mothers while cooking the evening meal, we have had a wonderful stay with sun-kissed weather.
My Uncle Chump is 90 years young on the 9th of August I'm sure it will be a grand family gathering but by then we will be back in Trinidad. Yes we will raise a glass!
