Monthly Archives: June 2004

As Dennis and Linda are still with us this week, we decided that a little pool party would be a good idea. Invites went out to George & Susan, Michael & Barbara and on the basis, any excuse they all came to enjoy. We got out our last years rubber mini boat, which has two … Continue reading »

Today being my 66th birthday we had organised a boat trip out of Kyrenia harbour and got a group of 16 friends together, all like minded about the pleasures of a day out with lunch and swimming and in a few cases a blazing hot sun deck. We really should do this more often as … Continue reading »

We introduced Dennis & Linda to Bob & Maggie, at Henson’s restaurant, this evening, the finest homemade steak & kidney pie on the island. Many would say that it isn’t the weather for steak & kidney pie, but when it’s that good I just can’t resist. Earlier in the week we had also taken them … Continue reading »

This evening we all four went to Michael & Barbara’s for a drink. It really is so very nice to be able to just sit outside until very late, knowing that you are not going to have to rush in for a winter sweater. It was also the opportunity for us all to meet Daisy, … Continue reading »

It has been really hot over here and personally I have been quite busy these last few days, with the installations of a couple of kitchens for Ertugural’s shop, as he is still in Istanbul for the second half of daughters wedding.Dennis, Linda and Joan have been enjoying the pool and sunshine whilst keeping an … Continue reading »

This week we received a surprise e-mail from Alan & Marie, to say they were coming over to the south on holiday and could we meet. The last time we saw Alan & Marie was almost 24 years ago, when Marie was bridesmaid to Joan at our wedding. Immediately after we got married we moved … Continue reading »

 Our friends Dennis & Linda arrived at midnight last night for a two week stay with us. last time we saw them was in UK, in August 2003, when we went to stay with them for a few days. It is always good to see old friends and we think much better to have them … Continue reading »

This is the last week of the school term at Sunny Lane, so the kids all put on their annual show on for the parents and guests. So much enthusiasm is always shown by these kids and they produce such great entertainment for us all. We always start with the real little ones from the … Continue reading »

Joan and I have just returned from a charity luncheon were the guest speaker was Sir Bernard Ingham. There is a link to these charity lunches on our web pages, but this is the first we have attended, this one was mainly because I always used to enjoy the TV shows that Sir Bernard was … Continue reading »

This afternoon, Peter and Averill Davies came round to see us. They are having a villa built in the next village, so from time to time we have been going and taking some progress pictures, especially when stage payments were due and Peter wanted to check on progress. Ever the cautious lawyer. They had kindly … Continue reading »