Things have been very quiet since our visitor went home but we know you have missed hearing from us, so we have just put a few photos on depicting our life here. We've been keeping up our walking and healthy eating [resisting the Cyprus chips doused in olive oil mmmm..... and marching straight past the bakeries with hardly a backward glance]. The old blood pressures have dropped to an acceptable level even if the results on the scales haven't [They call it the ...

Well, the other side of our life here is our social life. I'm beginning to slow down on this aspect, aging gracefully whilst, in contrast, 'Dave the Rave' thinks he can still keep up with the young 'uns'. Hence I am up at 6 this morning writing this blog. I've watched the sun rise over the mountain and smelt the lemon blossom on the fresh air of a beautiful new dewy morning. He is grunting and snoring in bed after watching two football matches in a row and down...

It's amazing how you [or maybe it's just me] forget things when you've been away for a while. There are so many changes in Cyprus since we left 3 months ago and yet in many ways time has stood still. There are new shops and restaurants opened whilst others, sadly, have closed down. We now have a proper post office in the village; funny to think they are closing the local post offices back home but opening them up here; likewise, new churches are being built her...

Back by popular demand! As so many of you, [2 in all] have told us you find it hard to start your working day without first checking out our blog, We see it as our obligation to the smooth running of the country [Whichever country] to keep you informed of our whereabouts and what we're up to every now and again, so here goes..... We arrived back in the U.K to nice, clear, crisp, winter weather and had a pleasant journey from Gatwick to our friend's house in...