Upon arrival in the UK my first visit was to Staines where I spent a lovely few days with Hayley & Phil, Daniel and Tia and of course the adorable Isabelle.    Mam and Dad arrived for a few days so it was lovely to catch up and see them become the doting Great Grandparents….

  and I know found it difficult to leave Isabelle (with a good friend and in her own bed) we managed a ‘grown up’ night out and we did try to do the summery thing like have a BBQ, some people found it on the cold side….   

From Staines I travelled across to Cambridge for a visit with my very dear friends Keith and Roger who, as always,  showed me a wonderful time with visits to Ely Cathedral and the National Stud at Newmarket.  Fascinating visits,  I never even knew we had a national stud!  Most of the stud horses where away but we saw some of the foals who will command amazing amounts of money…. www.nationalstud.co.uk         After Cambridge onto Shildon …..