Kilometres Walked : Monday – 8.2 km, Tuesday – 14.2 km, Wednesday – 7.8 km, Thursday – 10.7 km.

Friday Morning 14th July, 2023.

We are back in the United Kingdom. After a very boring three hour delay at the airport in Paris on Monday we finally boarded our plane and arrived back in Newcastle. We were so pleased with ourselves for getting to the airport early as it seemed to take for ever to get through security and passport control only to then discover delay after delay after delay on boarding our plane. Oh well it could have been worse, we could have been stuck there overnight. We did receive a free coffee and sandwich though.

Aunty and Uncle picked us up and we spent the afternoon catching up and taking a stroll around Jesmond to stretch the legs. One of our favourite cottages (Rose Cottage) was looking fabulous with the garden in full bloom. After three months away we could notice the difference in the seasons with all the roses blooming and the fuchsias cascading over little stone fences, lavender full of busy bee’s and wildflowers dotting the parks.

We had a lovely lunch out at Francesca’s on Tuesday to celebrate Holly’s University results with the family. The rest of the day was spent scouring the op shops far and wide for new jeans! ( our old Jeans have become a little baggy, we have lost some weight somewhere! ) Wednesday we headed over to Lucy’s for lunch and a catch up. Her garden is a picture of colour at the moment with pretty flowers in every colour spilling out everywhere. And we were lucky enough to get Gi Gi pats🐈 Yesterday we picked out hire car up and went for a little drive to Alnwick for a sneaky pub lunch ( have to fill the jeans out again! ) and wander around the picturesque village.

It’s been a lovely relaxing week catching up with family and giving the old legs and feet a rest. Now we are off to Leeds to catch up with more of the family.