Another Year

So here we are, almost at the end of another year and due to other commitments, not the very least getting married, I suddenly realise we've had very little time out on the cut this year.

Our travels have taken us to France several times to visit Dee's parents, which also included a visit aboard Narrowboat-Hoddydod with our dear friends Pat & John, where we cruised the Canal De Bourgogne and the River Soane. We also visited Dee's dad in Spain where we had an excellent time and Dee had a fantastic trip to Lapland earlier this month. Our close friend Dave has now returned from Dubai and positioned back to the Hague in Holland and while Dee was visiting her gran in Aberdeen on a couple of occasions I took the opportunity to visit him twice, dragging him around all the good birding sites of Holland!!
However, the highlight of the year was getting married in Banff, Canada, a wonderful experience, especially our trip aboard The Rocky Mountaineer and a real thanks must go to everyone for their gifts and best wishes, especially my best man Dave who flew out for a week to join us.

As far as Quidditch is concerned she had her regular bi-yearly hull blacking in April at Welford but now over 5 years old I'm sad to say that her beautiful paintwork is now beginning to bloom and lose that well polished shine. Having said that she's still immaculate inside and this spring it's my intention to bring her back to life externally with a good pampering and try and restore some of her original beauty. She still remains our home and we wouldn't change that for the world, living on the water was the dream and still remains so!

We're now settled into our Christmas cottage, mum @ 90 this year can't really manage hoping on and off the boat, and with more plans to visit France, Portugal and Canada once more in 2010 it only remains to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.