Heading out a week or so before Mar and Jenn, off to the UK to take a few days to adjust to jet-lag, one of those little things in life I find less easy to cope with as the years roll by. The ‘girls’ will go through the same process later this week, all in preparation for the trip south. We want to be in top form for hippo and elephant watching.
Meanwhile, this last week has been full of pleasant surprises and catch-up.
A trip down to Cardiff from London last week, to spend the evening with Di, Lisa and Chris. Been awhile since we’ve seen each other. . . .
The trip also provided the opportunity of tracking down long lost relatives. Family genealogy has been one of my passions for a number of years, and a long lost aunt discovered led me to the door of her son – my cousin – in Portishead, just outside Bristol. An afternoon of chatting and comparing family past over cups of tea, and a photo of my aunt May and Charles Harding on their wedding day in 1930.
That was a real turn up for the books!
The week then preparing for the annual gathering of like minds in Rungis (Paris) for the Association Francaise des Collectionneurs de Baionnettes, a bunch of blokes from around the globe with a common interest in rusty steel.
Always a pleasure to meet up with old friends, trade yarns and perhaps discover that elusive piece missing from your collection. It also doesn’t hurt that Paris is a treat to visit. See the sights, visit a museum, and party just a little . . . .
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