Thursday, 5 February 2009

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!

I’m pleased to report a relatively easy journey back to the sunny island.  With a delay at Gatwick, to try and clean up spilt fluids from the runway, we eventually got airborne about two hours late.  We made up about 20 minutes in the air due to favourable winds, so not too bad really, and…  welcome home to 15°C and no traffic!  Now I remember there are some things I like about this country, even if it IS becoming too expensive!

As an aside, I went up to Troodos today, for some work’s ‘bonding’ and skied my head off, had a great time, thanks Sam for organising!  There may be some photos to follow later.

Monday, 2 February 2009

UK escape

Not really a Cypriot adventure, but more a Cypriot escape really; we had a short break in UK and visited friends and loved ones.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         Kyle – very happy after introduction to AoN

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         Firstly we were staying with Dudley and Lisa, then on to Newcastle for a day visit to see Martin and Martina (and Sebastian), before heading back south to spend time with Dudley, Lisa and the kids, together with Cameron to complete the family picture. 

20090131_Nene02The finish of the trip was Watford and more friends we hadn’t seen for a long time.  What we hadn’t counted on was the snow that fell on our way back to Watford.  Will it hamper our journey home?  We’ll have to wait and see!