Updates from the UK (1)

On North Walsham beach.  Sunshine but cold!

So here I sit in sunny (for the moment after two days of torrential rain) UK just over one month taking leave of Cyprus for the winter period.  The second successive year of having done so after the first wet and cold experience of the winter of 11/12.  On elf the last jobs on leaving was the turning off of the garden irrigation system as surely the rain would be sufficient?  Checking the weather in Pervolia each day with the excellent Weather Live iPhone app it is now a worry as there does not appear to have been any rain.  Will our plants all be dead by the time we return?

The first few days back in the UK were a rush of sorting admin things, hospital visits, visits to parents in Clacton, brother Kevin and wife in their splendid new home in Wickham Market, coupled with a visit to Portman Road to watch Ipswich v QPR and a trip to the north of Norfolk to see Debbie and Bob in their new home.  Whilst rushed it was a good time on all accounts. A walk on the deserted beach of North Walsham watching seals diving and playing close to the shore was a highlight to be repeated on our trip to South Africa.  To follow in update 2.