Monday 21 January 2019

January 2019

Thank you again Rosie, Charles and the boys for putting up with us.  We are very lucky to be able to such a loving family,  so THANK YOU!   

It was hard to leave, luckily we had a really early start and I was half asleep so didn't turn into a blubbering mess when saying goodbye to Rosie, who was up at 04:45am to make us cuppa.  THANK YOU Rosie!!!

Our return journey was with Qatar Airways with a stop over at Oman and then onto Bangkok.  The first leg was great, we managed to move seats and I was able to spread out and catch up on a few Zzzzz's ..the 2nd leg, Simon was sat next to a very odd chap, who battled for leg space, spilt his water all over Simon's leg and was just a pain, so we didn't get any sleep ..ho hum

Cuthbert paying full attention to the safety briefing
Me, snoozing :-D
We find that it getting harder to recover from the jet lag the older you get.  So far it's taken 5 days to sort of get back into a normalish sleeping routine.   Age, don't you just love it!!  :-D
What has been good though, is the weather. It's only been in the mid to late 20's, so no too hot.  Very pleasant compared to the UK :-D  ...Sending lots of sunshine your way!! 

Since being back we've only dived a couple of times and at Junkyard our artificial reef.  Where we've been transplanting corals and assessing the storm damage.  Surprisingly there has been very little, which is fortunate.

Tim & I transplanting coral
Nice healthy corals



Finally cycled up to the resevoir
I've been out on the bike for a couple of cycles now.  We've both been out on the paddle boards.  Boy is it difficult.  Balance is key and mine is not that great!  LOL   It's a good workout and we're both enjoying doing it together.   I'll have to get pictures to post.  We've also been in the garden, sweeping up the leaves ready for a bonfire, cutting back the greenery which grows like crazy, cleaned the house from top to bottom and have done a shop...so feeling a lot more settled.


Our lovely family!  Happy Birthday Rob!!
 A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rob.  We both hope you had a marvelous day!!

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