We are flying to Paris this morning on a 9.15am flight, which means being up very early!! The taxi was arranged to pick us up at 6.30am, Sheila and Sharon arrived just after 6.00am but we already had a drama happening because Bonnie, Maris and John's dog had ripped one of her claws out. A couple of quick phone calls to the dog sitter, fixed the problem and we were all soon under way on our family trip to Paris and the dog on her way to the vet with the dog...

Hi Everyone, Still on slow down and family time, the colds for both of us are still taking their course, hopefully will be better by the time we fly to Paris in two days time! Friday we had a lazy morning, then went to see Pam again, my childhood friend, good to see her again and chat. After saying our farewells to Pam we drove around the corner to see my cousin Peter, he hasn't changed since our last visit. In the evening we are meeting family and friends fo...

Hi Everyone, Well I had enterered a blog a couple of days ago but it seems to have disappeared - not to worry will just have to try and remember what we have done for the last four days!! Sunday morning we decided to drive to the Clent Hills to see in the daylight where we had dinner with Phil and co at the beginning of our holiday. We were not disapointed as the area is very pretty with rolling hills, patchwork green and yellow fields and pretty hedgerows. W...

Hi Everyone, Yesterday (Friday 28th) was a day for catching up with good friends. In the morning we met up with Maris and John and with Sheila we all went to visit Bill's parents grave. The family had put a head stone on the grave since the last time we were here, and very smart it looks. After lunch with Maris and John we went to see Val and George Rose, Val I have known each other since my early school days and re-met her in 2003 and have kept in touch sinc...

Hi Everyone, We had a lovely morning chatting with Janice before it was time to leave to return to Birmingham. We have had a lovely few days staying with them, they always make us so welcome. It didn't take too long to drive the 90 odd miles, we experienced rain sleet and sunshine along the way. It's Colin's birthday today - another March birthday!! - Some of the family are going out for dinner tonight to help him celebrate. The picture above is of the "Lond...