nic and dee enjoying the country air on canal boat in warwick

-- I sent this from my 3 mobile --

I LOVE TURKEY!!!

A few weeks ago I joined Walls and 3 of his mates in Turkey where we chartered a 42 ft yacht to sail around for a week. We were on the south coast of Turkey, near the popular tourist town of Fethiye. We had good winds of up to about 15 knots and were able to sail every day. The Turkish were sooo friendly compared to the locals in Croatia last year.

Here is the crew at our last supper






Our crazy Captain Nick










First Mate John aka "Cowboy"










Deck hands Neresa, Rowena and I








Now here are a few of my favourite shots:

Photo shoot at pimms o'clock

And we saw a DOLPHIN and a TURTLE!!!! I was soooo excited that I did not want to leave the dolphin to go get my camera and so we did not get any photos which was a bit sad. But I have the memory firmly in my head so I just can't share it. The dolphin we saw was a Striped dolphin and looks like this:

For more photos see my picasa album:

2009 07 sailing Turkey

Birthday drinks at the Oxo Tower

For my birthday this year I decided to tick another London box and go somewhere new. So to the Oxo Tower we went on a lovely hot summers day to have a few drinks and make the most of the view.


Check out the Afghans I made for my morning tea shout at work... mm... yummy....


Me, Jo, Nic, Vicky and Cynth



Me and the flatties Bron and Lisa

After the sun set things stared to get a little messy...

I wonder how many shots it took before we got this lovely one.....

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Great night girls. Thanks for coming and helping me celebrate

D x

Mum and Dad visit London

Mum and Dad visited London a few weeks ago for the first time in 35 years. It was a great trip down memory lane for the both of them. We visited a few new London landmarks, went to Harrods, saw the Lion King musical and brunched at the kiwi Providors on Marylebone High St (yummy french toast). Top priority on the list of things to do was visiting flats where mum and dad used to live oh so long ago. Dad lived at 30E Greencroft Gardens near Finchley Road Tube and mum loved in Putney. 30E was a bit of an institution in its day, being a 5 bedroom flat with about 5 people to a room plus dossers in the lounge or any other free space. We were luck enough to run into a lady who lived in one of the flats and she let us into the lovely back garden (the perfect size for rugby games before they strategically planted some trees 30 years ago....).

Mum and Dad then headed off to Ireland for a conference and some sightseeing and then San Diego on the final leg home.
Then...
and now...

Mum and I check out the Diana memorial at Harrods

Dad gets tries out some London Pride

To see more photos click here:

2009 07 M&D in London