JULY 2025

On July 1 I always display my Canada flag - it’s hung the right way around when you look at it from the outside!


A rather quirky hotel room in Sheffield Ronnie and I stayed in the night before my birthday and we went out with Pauline to our favourite Italian restaurant. I had my hair cut at Pauline's the next day.

On my (71st!) birthday Ronnie and I went to the local pub which does wonderful food for dinner.

The next day Linda took us out for afternoon tea which was delicious.



 On Monday July 7 Ronnie drove us to Southwold where we stayed two nights as Pauline and family were staying there for their annual week.  Melanie (the youngest daughter) was over from Australia with her family.  Unfortunately I didn’t get to see Pauline’s son and partner as they were only there for the weekend.


Juliet (Pauline’s second daughter) and Lily (her niece).

Annabel (Pauline’s eldest and mother of twins Lily and Joseph) with her beautiful four month old Lemon Drop Beagle.

Pauline and Melanie.






Lunch at a cafe on the beach - lovely view.



Outside the beach hut Pauline had rented for the week.  Chris (Pauline’s son) and his partner Ellie are on the right.




These two photos are of Aldeburgh, another coastal town in Suffolk.


Melanie and me.

Melanie, Julier, Joseph (Annabel’s son), Pauline, me, Ronnie, Lily and the other Chris (Melanie’s partner).

Melanie, Chris and their two children, Dorothy and Sawyer, went crabbing in Walberswick one afternoon.


Beautiful Ely, taken from my train between Norwich and home.

Kirton has an annual scarecrow competition.  This one shows a fire person rescuing someone from a burning bedroom!

The church opposite me.

You’ve probably seen photos of Gainsborough Old Hall https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/gainsborough-old-hall in the past (and I know at least a couple of you have been there when you’ve been visiting me!) but it’s lovely to visit.  It is  “ one of England's biggest and best-preserved medieval manor houses, with a magnificent great hall, a fine kitchen and a tower.”








Kirton (my new home town - population approx. 3,000) gets some great music acts in the town hall, mainly folk, and I’ve now been to two events.  This past one was supposed to be an afternoon garden event but, due to adverse weather conditions , it had to be held in the town hall.  However, we were encouraged to take our own chairs, food and drinks to make it more of a festival feeling.  The three acts were superb.
https://kirtoninlindseytownhall.co.uk/town-hall-live/




The next artist on Friday, August 8 is Julian Taylor from Canada.  I’ve been listening to some of his nine albums on Spotify and he has been here three times before and is very popular, so we’re looking forward to that.

Thanks for checking in.  Hope all’s well with you.💜

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