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| Whitby Harbour |
Hello to all you who have been following us. I know there are at least three followers as they've been complaining I wasn't keeping up last year!! Will try harder to keep folks happy this year.
Whats going on then and get on with it I hear you say. It's the day before we set off back to Corfu, the car's semi packed and Mrs D has adjusted her return luggage for the last time. The packing has been made a little more complicated due to the fact we are flying back to the UK in May for a mini adventure overseas which I will scribble more on later. With this in mind though, we are trying to keep stuff here for our trip, trying to make sure we don't forget essentials for Corfu and checking the right paperwork for the right trip goes or stays in the right place.
We are heading back a little earlier this year so that we can get the roof built over the decking before it gets too hot. Well that was some of the deal from my dad who along with Lynns brother Reg are coming out Easter Monday to help us erect the aforementioned sun shade. We will also be spending our first Easter out in Corfu as it is a week later than here in the UK.
With all thats been going on with the Greek economy and such we are not sure what to expect. Probably a lot of shut up shops and businesses, we will see and report back accordingly.
The construction team are coming out on Easter Monday as I said and will be with us for just short of two weeks. Hopefully enough time to get the roof up and maybe a cover over the car port (if we ply them with enough food and drink!!)
We are flying back to the UK first Saturday in May for a couple of weeks before we head out to the Pacific north west of the USA. We are taking in Washington State, Oregon and northern California including San Francisco and Yosemite national park. Our route will take us down state highway 1 - the Pacific coast road and the after a break in San Fran heading back north inland via various state parks. We will be camping for the most part and in motels in the cities. After about six weeks in the USA we are then heading over into Canada by train from Seattle for a couple of weeks, where we are looking at Vancouver, Whistler and Vancouver Island. If all this goes to plan we should be back in the UK late July for ten days before flying back out to Corfu first week in August.
It will then be full on hot (hopefully) and time to get ready for a stream of visitors from August through to October. It is quite nice that folks want to come out an see us again and it is always a pleasure to have them stay with us.
So back to tomorrow. We are heading south to Marians hotel in Winchelsea until Friday when we we leave for Dunkirk Friday afternoon. Then a short drive to Leige in Belgium for our first night in digs. Saturday we have a long drive across and down into southern Germany and our second night in digs. We will of course be taking in the sights along the way and of course a visit to C & A somewhere in Germany. Sunday sees us crossing the Alps into Italy and down to Venice where we hope to find a cabin on a campsite (fingers crossed please.) Monday at 2pm is the ferry to Greece and we hope to be in Kopsocheilades late afternoon on Tuesday. This will give us a couple of weeks to get ready for the building squad and organise some materials.
Thats pretty much it for now so I will head off and get scrubbed up for the last night in Middleton for a while. This may well involve some food and a small drink. Well in anticipation of our drink, "cheers to you all and have a warm and healthy summer!!" Keep in touch and I promise I will scribble more frequently on here.
