Photo Diary for year 2013.
All the really small photos - and some of the others! - can be clicked on to enlarge
We spent Christmas 2012 in our flat in Malta, returning to Moraira mid January. Then we had a trip to Belfast in February for a 50 year on reunion for David at Campbell College.
Belfast Diario
Returning home Alison & David came to stay, leaving their motor home down in Moraira .
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Late February we set off to Buenos Aires and thence to Ushuaia where we boarded the Silver Explorer fo a trip from Cape Horn to Cape Town.
Antarctic Diario
This was followed by flying to Windhoek and driving around Namibia for 3 weeks, flying home mid April from Victoria Falls
Namibia Diario
Late April we enjoyed an Oxford Alumni weekend in Madrid.
Mid May we went to Malta for 2 weeks. This was followed by a 12 day visit from Joanna, seemingly cured of Dissociative Identity Disorder and all her past traumas, and eager to start a new life . But the disease returned with a vengeance in September
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| A visit to Surly man's , followed by a stroll round | Moraira. Another day a lunch at Ca Pepe's | |
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Jo with Lisa around Christmas 2012 |
Jo in her Bamber bridge flat |
Jo with old schoolfriend Bethan, July 2013. |
June & July we enjoyed having friends for barbecues and eating out in fantastic weather.
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| David enjoying Ted's cava | Ted with Cava | Marie Chris & Des at Ca Pepe | David also present! | Jane & Ed - another barbecue |
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| gastronomic delights at Bon Amb | talkative waiters & | David hablando espanol | Chris & Jackie with | Mike & David - a barbecue! |
Then a lunch in Gandia with Oxford Alumni before watching the mens final of Wimbledon , awash with Pimms, in the finca of Nicola & John. Luckily Andy Murray won. Then a photo of our cactus beanstalk that grew & grew outside our lower flat!. After this a trip up the mountains for a theatrical lunch at Ca Sueno.
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Then a delightful Paella at Maria's when her friends Sandra & Stephen were visiting her from N.I. Carlos, from S.A., who had lived in Spain for 30 years, cooked the paella and then lunched with us. In June a dinner with Graham & Anne at Tosca in Javea and then at end of July a return visit from them for .... another barbecue!
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August we visited Vic & Gaynor in St Priest les Fougeres, France, away for 6 days, staying overnight at Ainsa en route, and visiting Brantome with its chateau and market with Gaynor whilst there. Driving back on the Sunday in one go took us 12 hours!
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Also in August our passports had great adventures in obtaing visas for Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan & Iran!!. And my History of my Javea Bridge Club finally got a link from the club website!
In September we had 3 days in Istanbul before touring Turkmenestan, Iran & Azerbaijan with Wild Frontiers
October saw us staying in Moraira for 2 weeks, enjoying Bon Amb- just before it got its Michelin star! -& Secrets - Nigel & Beverly - before visiting Stephen in Scotland and then proceeding to Malta for a week
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Bon Amb's carpark with Corisande & Montgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne, David, Chris & Graham
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Then at the start of December we set off for 6 weeks in Melbourne, Tasmania & Adelaide
Photos received from family & friends
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| Joanna found that a QM friends best friend now | owned KFH . So she had a conducted tour of | her childhood home in July 2013 |
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| Hazel, Alice & Niamh - July 2013 | Marie-Christine & Martin in Pakistan | Joanna in Brisbane - November |
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| Carys 7, Rosie 7, Aaron 10, Nathan 12, Millie 10, Harry 13- Margaret's grandchildren | Rosie, Millie, Carys, Aaron, Harry and Nathan | |