UK 2023

A short train ride of about 40 minutes brought us to Reigate in Surrey, where Jenni’s cousin, Kim was waiting for us. He drove us to their home where Gill was waiting for us with some delicious homemade pumpkin soup. Of course it was much warmer in Surrey than it was on our sojourn to … Read more

Getting from Wales to North Yorkshire took quite some time. Although England seems quite small when compard to American States, there are still some vast tracts to be traversed. We decided that the easiest way was to go back into London then out to Hartlepool, where Chris and Sandra live. They met us at the … Read more

And so it was time to leave beautiful Cornwall and travel by train to Wales. We had decided to travel by train rather than hire a car, and Jenni had booked us on First Class. We had assigned seats and were served snacks and tea, coffee or hot chocolate all the way. It was a … Read more

We decided that, after 21 years together, it was probably time for Rick to meet some of the other members of Jenni’s family and also renew friendships. So, with excitement, we set off on our UK sojourn on October 3rd, 2023. Arriving in Newquay, Cornwall on October 4th, dear friends, who used to live in … Read more