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I also found an old school photo, which made me cringe! It was taken in Year 3 of primary school, so I was 9 or 10, and I do remember being one of the tallest in the class, and being made to kneel on a bench so reduce my height for this photo. (I’m top row, far right, top ponytail!) With the help of Facebook friends, and the connection to old school friends, I can now name most of the people on this photo! <\/p>\n\n\n\n We had several cuddles with Nelson, who is still going strong at aged 14 and loves living with Robin and Charlotte. He remembers us as soon as we walk through the door and call his name! <\/p>\n\n\n\n A visit to\nmy Aunt provided me with lots of cuddles and nips from a litter of beautiful\nSpaniel pups, if only I could have taken at least one of them home\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n But then\nCaity\u2019s cat Luna, who she had only had for a month, produced her own litter of\n5 cute kitties, so I have had tonnes of cuddles with them too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the \u201cBritish\nheatwave\u201d we bought a paddling pool, put it up in Mum\u2019s garden and cooled our\nfeet, just before the rains came! <\/p>\n\n\n\n I spent an evening with friends and family going to see a George Michael and Wham tribute band, not quite the same, but it was a fun evening!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Several\ntimes, we indulged in our love for curries, having missed a decent curry\nabroad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n One weekend\nwe went to a 1940\u2019s re-enactment, very impressive display of old cars, age\nrelated clothing and even a wild bird display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An afternoon at a local farm with Caity meant more animal antics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We took a\ntrip to South Wales to see Mother-in-law and took her out for a trip to admire Burry\nPort\u2019s views of the Gower peninsular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We headed up north and spent a few days with our friends Mike and Brenda, it was Mike\u2019s birthday one evening so another delicious curry was devoured. Mike showed us the highlights of his home town, Warrington, two Wetherspoons pubs and some Golden Gates that were originally destined for Sandringham! <\/p>\n\n\n\n One evening we attended an ABBA tribute band, dressed up for the occasion, only to find it was an \u201cAA\u201d night, no Benny or Bjorn in sight!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n We took a\ndrive to Liverpool, and did the whole \u201cBeatles experience\u201d, walked down\nPetticoat Lane, around the Albert Docks and went into the Cavern, listened to a\nband singing Beatles songs, and spent some time looking at a John Lennon and\nYoko Ono exhibition in the Liverpool museum, very interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We spent a day in the walled city of Chester, and would highly recommend it, reminding me of the old buildings in Ross-on-Wye and Hereford. A very old town, heaving with black wooden buildings, upper walkways and beautiful architecture, all surrounded by a walkable stone wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also visited an amazing work of art, a canal boat lift! It’s called the Anderton Boat lift and works off two secure “tubs” of water which contain the canal boats, balancing each other out to make one lift and one drops! Quite a feat, lifting boats 50 feet from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal, or vice versa, built in 1875.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Peterborough, an exhibition of a whole Earth was held in the Cathedral to raise awareness of global warming, we had a job holding it up but we managed! My niece and her children came to stay for a few days, they survived camping during a heavy thunderstorm, so they can survive anything now! A long walk and climb around Nene Park tired us all out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We left Peterborough and stayed overnight in Folkestone, took a wander out to a War Memorial up the road, before catching the ferry from Dover the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whilst we were waiting for Samson to be repaired, we did have some fun! One evening, going through my parents old photo albums, I came across some lovely pictures of my grandparents, which brought back some lovely memories of Christmas dinners. 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