Schools various
Last Sunday our French Association held a French market at a local school grounds, to fund-raise for the bilingual programme there. It was an amazing success --with crowds approaching 4000 attending and all the 40 stallholders reported good sales . Citroen and Renault were there with vintage cars and there
Malta 2018
A last trip to Valletta, Max and Mary in Roald Dahl's Cafe 'Twit' and me reading our book to Louis .
UK Holiday 2018
The weather has finally come good and we walked (and Louis rode) to 'Cafe Twit'in Gt Missenden, through the fields and Angling woods, with the bluebells.
UK Holiday 2018
Louis has weekly lessons in a pool in a private house nearby. He was very confident in the water. Very important for visiting us in Sydney--so near the water. Another boy who swims there, is the son of a clarinet and sax teacher -Andree Baudet, in Prestwood, whose clarinet
UK Holiday 2018
As Friday draws closer so does our departure at 12.30pm on that day, so it is time to thank all those family and friends that we have met during our 9 weeks here, some of whom hosted us--Sally and Robin, Myra and Trevor and Ginny and Robert--thanks
UK Holiday 2018
Friends Ann and John drove up from Ashtead to meet us at Hughenden. Somehow we didn't get any pictures of them. They did however,get one of me in a gown of some high order of state in the 'dressing up' room. I felt that it
UK Holiday 2018
This afternoon, on leaving Rowledge, we drove to an NT property called Hinton Ampner, home of the 8th Earl of Sherborne, art collector who died unmarried and with no heirs. The house had been in the family for over 400 years but Ralph Dutton died unmarried and without heirs (or
UK Holiday 2018
Rowledge is the village where friends Ginny and Robert reside. They have a great garden and Ginny pulled a newt from their pond to show me. Mary was desperate to see bluebells so we went to Winkworth Arboretum, where there were field after field of them. We had an evening
UK Holiday 2018
We met with friends Mike and Vicky at The Old Swan at Lees near Great Missenden for a meal and to catch up on three years of events. They are seen here autographing a card for one of their fans back in Sydney.
Malta 2018
A number 225 bus (photo)took us across the island to the only sandy beaches on Malta- and very popular they are too, but no comparison for Cronulla. Quite a long set of steps down as well. We didn't swim but walked in the hills behind for views
Malta 2018
A coach took us to a northern ferry terminal where we crossed (only 20 mins) to the island of Gozo. In spite of a population of maybe 30,000, the island has not just one cathedral, but two Basilicas--a grade up from cathedral and rare in church architecture. They
Malta 2018
We took the buses via Valletta to the pretty fishing village of Marsaxlokk. What they don't tell you, is that , like Kurnell in Sydney, it's hemmed in by, not an oil refinery but a power station and the container port terminal! It was market day, so