Thursday 15th October Farewelled Jenny at Brockenhurst at 10 & went to Winchester where we had lunch with Lucilla & Gareth. Moving on we drove to Kintbury to see Ann, one of Dick's favourite cousins. By chance we were early so we walked out of her side gate into the pathway & there she was returning from lunch in the village. Jane & Ann spent the next hour & a half correcting family data for the family tree before we left on the final part...

Left Brockenhurst at 6.15 am in plenty of time to get to Kensington by 9 am, we had no trouble getting to the M25 when we had a little hiccup with the navigator eventually got to about 10 miles out and over an hour to go when we hit the traffic jam, we finally made it by 9.30. Managed to have a quick coffee with Owen who we hadn't seen for about 3 years, it was great catching up with his news we all had to leave by 10 am we only had 30 minutes on the meter for 3 ...

We packed up and left in plenty of time to catch the 7.30 am vaporetta to the airport for a 11.30 flight to London, thinking it may take up to an hour to get there but it was only a 20 min ride. It was too early to check in. The flight seemed so quick we had a great view after take off of the islands where we had been the day before, it gave us a great overall view. Picked up the hire car at the airport, it was all very easy and headed off towards Brockenhurst, i...

Saturday 13th April Walked across to M & S & were underwhelmed with the range. Took a bus up to Oxford St & raided Primark where d*** got a cashmere jumper for £30. Wandered along Oxford St, had lunch in a pub & returned to the flat before taking a bus down to the Embankment & visiting the Tate Gallery. The mixture of pictures was amazing with quite a few famous ones from various periods. We returned & then set out for Bethnal Green ...