January
Celebrated Seggy's mum's 80th Birthday - lunch with family and friends in North London.
Jane's photo of Staithes won 1st prize in the 'Rural and Garden Landscapes' category at the Easton Walled Garden photography competition.
February
Joe and Richard came to visit us from Amsterdam. Wintry walk at Fountains Abbey followed by a family meal at home.
Gran Mary moves to Ivy Lodge.
March
Luke takes a month off work and travels to join friends in Australia and Bali.
April
We had a family gathering in Yorkshire for Raj's 60th birthday. Used the opportunity to show off the North Yorkshire moors to Pam and Kumar.
May
Emily is off travelling again, this time to Montreal in Canada. She is going to be away for a year on a work / travel visa.
Jane and I had a very relaxing week in North Cyprus (the Turkish part).
July
Celebrated Thishani & Steven's wedding in London - another chance for a family get together.
Socialist revival at Durham Miner's Gala with a stirring speech from Jeremy Corbyn.
Celebrated Seggy's mum's 80th Birthday - lunch with family and friends in North London.
Jane's photo of Staithes won 1st prize in the 'Rural and Garden Landscapes' category at the Easton Walled Garden photography competition.
February
Joe and Richard came to visit us from Amsterdam. Wintry walk at Fountains Abbey followed by a family meal at home.
Gran Mary moves to Ivy Lodge.
March
Luke takes a month off work and travels to join friends in Australia and Bali.
April
We had a family gathering in Yorkshire for Raj's 60th birthday. Used the opportunity to show off the North Yorkshire moors to Pam and Kumar.
May
Emily is off travelling again, this time to Montreal in Canada. She is going to be away for a year on a work / travel visa.
Jane and I had a very relaxing week in North Cyprus (the Turkish part).
June
Solar cooking demo at St Nicks Environmental Centre summer fair. Managed to cook bread buns and chick peas.
July
Celebrated Thishani & Steven's wedding in London - another chance for a family get together.
Socialist revival at Durham Miner's Gala with a stirring speech from Jeremy Corbyn.
August
Low impact cooking at the Green Gathering Festival in Wales. My retirement gift from the family was a Slick Solar cooker.
September
Luke and Seggy trekking up the last of the Yorkshire 3 peaks.
October
Celebrating our joint 60th birthdays with family at Milton Keynes and friends in York
November
Following our joint retirement, we had a glorious 3 weeks in Sri Lanka. We traveled far and wide using train, car, taxi and tuk-tuk. This is us at the top of (little) Adam's Peak.
December
Seggy finished his 100 km swimming challenge and raised £1750 for the Manipay Hindu College sports fund.
Wishing you all a peaceful New Year.
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