We have just passed the two year mark since we made the big break and headed off from work to make the most of our time together while we were still healthy and free. We spent our year:
- Sharing time together with Thom, Laura and Ben in Oxford, Bath and The Cotswolds before heading off on a big adventure to Europe (Vienna to Dubrovnik)
- Experiencing the Prague hospital system as Trevor recovered from broken ribs and coccyx, which he obtained in a bike accident in Cesky Krumlov. Then rejoined our tour group in Budapest– confirming the diagnosis of Trevor’s two broken arms on return to Australia. He is all healed now.
- Orienteering at Easter time in WA, caught up with family and friends and took the slow way home, using “The Track” – a rough road track from the Perth Hills to Albany. We recommend it.
- Combining catch-ups with family and friends with the National Orienteering Carnival in Vic, ACT and NSW. It was wonderful to catch up with some more distant special people.
- Walking with Four Seasons group (generally 12-15km) on Tuesdays and camped and walked with them near Quorn – finally conquering Dutchman’s Stern (amongst others)
- Celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary in the Barossa.
- Managing a few trips to stay at Encounter Bay, enjoying the peaceful water views and beach walks.
- Keeping up the blog and decided to move it to a new home to allow us to update it offline when we need to do so. Go to https://luvapuzzle.blogspot.com/ for the old one and https://wordpress.com/home/luvapuzzle.travel.blog for the new one. Subscribe now.
- Not staying home for long enough to tackle the cleaning up of clutter or the home maintenance that we should have, but taking time to savour the moments together and be grateful for them.
Thom and Laura have moved to Southampton for Laura’s work and Ben continues in Adelaide, living at Paradise and working for local accounting firm, Affinity in the city. We enjoy more time to spend with Trev’s Mum and Erica’s Dad who both continue to live independent and relatively active lives.
Now we anticipate family time over Christmas as Thom and Laura visit from December 23rd and send our love to you as we once again give thanks for our wonderful friends and family.
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