At long Last Liz and myself are away for a few days of R and R; just occasionally we all need to put our feet up for a while. This time is rather special as Micheal and his family have just relocated from Sweden and it especially good to see the children, Aiden and Olivia. Now Olivia is still very small and this is the first time we have seen her, so that is very special indeed.

We are staying in Exmouth, right on the seafront part of the marina. The weather is mixed, but that is ok as it isn't stopping us enjoying ourselves. We are spending the time walking, reading, doing a small amount of painting and sleeping a lot. My book ate the moment is a history of the Plantagenet's, thats nice and light, We both love nature and there are lots of wild life sanctuaries around for us to walk to. We haven't seen anything of special note, it is just that everything looks so lovely. 

Tonight we are meeting up as a family and having a curry together, so that should be good. There is no internet in the flat so we need to visit Costas once a day to contact the outside world and force ourselves to have a coffee. But that is good as Costas seem to give a warm welcome everywhere