THE RETURN

What a pleasure it is to be driving in France again – good road surfaces, excellent signage and even the secondary roads wide enough for two vehicles to pass without too much of a problem.

We visited Kevin, Aurelia and their lovely children – old friends from Castle Cary – who now live at Annecy. 

While there we went to Geneva and visited the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

The displays explaining their history and work were very interesting, especially as, when we were first married, Jane did some work for them at Birmingham University.

We also drove up a mountain near Annecy and had lovely views back towards Geneva.

Thanks to Kevin and Aurelia for a most enjoyable weekend with excellent food and for introducing us to a board game called Carcassonne which could become quite addictive!!

The drive north has been uneventful and we are crossing back to UK on Friday for another round of visits to family and friends.  John is also taking a wedding in July for old friends Amy and Cookie. 

In October we are doing something a little different – we are flying out to New Zealand where we will hire a car and tour both islands, stopping off in Hong Kong on the way back to visit Jane’s brother Simon and sister-in-law Ivy.

So we hope you all have a good summer and I will let you know when I resume the blog in October.