Category: Family

Graduation Ceremony

Our trip to New Zealand for Joseph’s big day. Great event with the processional entrance, artistic performances, the filing of thousands of of new graduates with all the interaction from the families in the audience.

Joseph looking good and looking proud when receiving his certificate. Loved it all.

Then to the parade:

Children do travel for Christmas

Children number one and three came to stay- with an apparent trying journey via Edinburgh, Paris and to the pick up on Friday evening at Saint Brieuc.

It was good to see them. EQ’s second visit and IQ’s fifth I think. It was a planned repeat Christmas celebration as number 1 was working for the real event.

So we had lots for food, drink and a total of three films. We walked around the local area but squeezed in a walk along the Brest- Nantes canal. Hot choc, food and the company ‘Barry’ the begging bird.

Jolie

I had to take some pictures for a nice piece of bureaucracy. We are planning to change the windows of the remaining originals. It has come to our notice that we need to do a ‘declaration’- not a ‘permis de contruire’ but it seems like permission to me. Somewhat ridiculous. I could not do the applicaton online as I could not see all that I needed to do. I sent to La Mairie’ and it seems photos are part of the requirements. Already the process is getting on my nerves.

Anyway she said the house looked ‘jolie’. Ans I suppose it does.

Walking and competition

Yesterday we went for a walk – spreading our wings, using information from the Pontivy tourist website again.

This time the walk was centred on Silfiac. A trip of about 11Km. Not as good as the last walk but still has a nice pond.

This weekend was the beginning of the activity competition- traveling from Stuttgart to Glasgow. The young Quirkes, the young Germans and the so-called ‘olds’ of both countries. So there is a momentum now to do more. So the first run in a while this morning:

Moving on

As previously noted the family home has been sold. The settlement is due soon.

The last day is done for us, spent cleaning by someone and packing the car and stuff by someone else.

So just about 20 years to the day.

The view still looks good.

Legs still working

A little more exercise of late. I have done three runs in the last week with three swims in between. The latter because the feet , legs and hips cannot cope with too much these days.

Back on the horse.