Thursday 22 August 2013

Last few days...

San, Libby, Joe & Adam in Peasholme Park.
Heaving Scarborough front.
 We took our elder grandchildren to Scarborough last Friday.  Without being biased I have to admit they are an absolute pleasure to take anywhere, such well behaved kids are a rare commodity these days but equally they are all full of quick witted banter too to which end we had a fantastic day at the seaside.  Of course I did try to steer the boys away from from the amusement arcades explaining that they were just designed to relieve you of the burden of carrying money but all to no avail.  So the immensely rich Corrigan family add some of our money to their coffers, bahh, humbug....

Adam and Joe try to make Jo Corrigan even richer.
Libby "I'm a Supa Mogal"
 On Saturday we set out for our much delayed visit to see Mo & Mark at Wyke.  Maureen was in excellent form, probably the best I've seen her for some considerable time.  Mark however, was feeling rather ill and in pain so he didn't manage to surface from bed all day.  I think in many ways things are improving for them both but no where near as quickly as we all would have wished, and Marks latest surgery doesn't really seem to have been the success we would all have hoped for but neither have the risks the surgery entailed come to fruition either so we should be grateful for small mercies.  Maureen is becoming a modern day female Percy Thrower, she is getting an expansive horticultural knowledge behind her and putting it all to great use in their garden which seems to be somewhat of a sanctuary for her.  Good luck you guys see you over the winter sometime.  

Scarborough Beach.

The tram bus down to the beach.
 The rest of the week has been spent in preparing for the return from God's chosen county to the lands of the Gods.  We have been having last minute visits to friends and relatives who we have not managed to see or those we have only seen briefly and packing stuff away.  As anyone who knows San will vouch she likes to be as far ahead of the game as she possibly can be very rarely do we have the last minute panics, it more likely that we've packed away things we still need to use.

Deb and Jez's dolphin encounter
I had a memo from Jez and Debbie earlier in the week from somewhere in the Amvrakikos gulf whilst cruising.  They came across a school of dolphins which kept them company for some time and they sent the attached photos for which they get the credit and I acknowledge their copywrite and the reproduction fee is currently winging it's way across the ether...
Amazing criters.




Anyway, as far as the UK is concerned this will be our last missive  before we leave on Monday for Corfu and hopefully we'll see the Lefkadians next week and the Yorkies sometime over the winter.  Sorry to anyone we didn't get to see this time but I'll write on Sandra's report "Must try harder" :-)

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