Having picked up our car in
Friday Harbor we drove the 1400 miles to Denver where we visited friends and
put our car up for sale. It was great to be back in Denver where we lived for
over 6 years. It is a wonderful place with the best climate (for me) any where
I have ever lived or visited, if only Colorado had an ocean.
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| North Cornwall |
We arrived in the UK on the 23rd
July to cloudy skies, rain and only 58f. Welcome back to a British summer! But
it is good to be back not only to see family and great friends but for a whole
host of other reasons including a pint of good old warm English beer.
It has been two months since we
arrived in the UK and we have spent much of the time staying at my father’s
house on the borders of Wales and England with rolling green hills and lovely
country pubs. We have also taken the advantage of visiting as many of our
friends and family as possible, travelling all over the country.
We took the train down to London
and visited some of the wonderful museums and art galleries: The Victoria and
Albert, Natural History, Tate modern….and walked around the streets of London
for once being the tourist. My first cousins on my father’s side live in London
and we had a lovely evening catching up with them and their families which was
simply wonderful. If there is one thing I miss from the UK its family and
friends.
Arriving back to the country
where I was born and lived for a long time but having moved away 12 years ago
sparks a whole host of emotions. We moved away in 2003 for a number of reasons:
wanting to do something different and travel, frustration at the dreary British
weather. We left behind a beautiful country packed with culture, history and
soul and family and friends. It has been four years since I have been back in
the UK and it is great coming back but could I live here again, probably not, It
is just too busy here, the roads are a constant traffic jam, the infrastructure
is overburdened, mobile phones don’t work well, the weather is dreary and this
is summer but as I said there is so much I love about the place especially
family and friends.
The last two months has flown by
and we are preparing to fly back to the US later this week where we will
collect some packages to take back to Mexico (Thanks V much to Jake and
Danielle on ‘Ohanna for receiving the packages). We will spend a few days in
Arizona before catch the bus back to Mexico to prepare our beloved Sarita for
going back in the water.
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| Rog, Amber and Katya |
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| Richard and Gill's lovely cottage |
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| Callum and Katya baking at Ty Gwyn |
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| Dom and Hannah's country garden |
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| Dom in his bee keeping gear |
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| English village competition |
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| Jude and Dom |
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| Hannah's honeycomb |
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| Pure honey |
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| Boscastle, Cornwall |
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| Boscastle |
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| Lyme Regis |
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| Cerne Abbas |
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| Bath |
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| Katya's figure made entirely out of Baby Bel cheese wax and wrapping |
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| Victoria and Albert museum London |
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| How handsome am I? |
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| Amber and Katya in LOndon |
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| Outside the Tate Modern |
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| Tending to mum's grave in Wales |
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| The girls with Boris |
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| Brittany |
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| Josselin Chateau. Brittany |
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| Le Mont St Michel. Normandy. France |
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| Dinan. Brittany |
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| Paris. |
