Just been catching up.

After I put in the bit about our flight back, I decided to catch up on Ruth's Somewhere in France Blog, ( so sorry about the dogs - who could do such a thing) which in turn led me to Julian's Diary and then to his lovely little paintings (Mum likes the one with the two pears, among many others) and to Ruth's BEE photos and when I went back to the blogger I discovered that Ezappy had also been blogging. Lovely to hear that you went to Roussilon, Steve - that is the place where we sent you a postcard of all those wonderful ochre colours a few years back. It is lovely to have your own transport to discover the marvels of the Vaucluse, as we were very lucky to have when we were there in October - thanks again to dear Julian. You should try to get to the Fontaines de Vaucluse - lovely. We had a wondeful time on the Costa Blanca and I ate plenty of seafood in garlic - one meal we had was the best I have eaten in Spain. Mariscos? (prawns in Garlicky olive oil) followed by a wonderful paella. Les Fonts de Alvar? near Callosa. Spent some time watching cricket with Pete in his new cricket pads and gloves which I brought all the way from Ryde IOW. Pete has given me a CD-R with all the photos he took while we were with them. Great to reminisce - what lovely girls they have. I don't know how we could ever hope to repay them for their kindnesses - they have a lovely little group of friends in the New Hope Christian Fellowship, whom we met and were befriended by. We were taken to Alicante, to Valencia and to lots of small hill towns like La Nucia, Polop, Guadalest and Callosa as well as on some pretty hairy mountain roads. We even went twice to Benidorm with its miles and miles of soft sand as well as its skyscrapers, its palm trees and its cheap touristy shops. We even went to a zoo/theme park and lastly to a dear little village of Altea, we fell in love with. Not to mention, of course, our first week's stay in the mountains of Altea La Vella is the most fantastic house stuck on the side of a mountain. Wonderful. A holiday like many others which we will never forget.Love to all Dad