Monthly Archives: September 2019

La Palma was our next destination after departing Madiera. That evening the ship set up a caribbean style BBQ on the pool deck Dad got into the groove very early on and was watched by many eager female admirers. We … Continue reading →

  4th August 2019 The vast majority of the Smith family set sail from Southampton for a 12 day cruise around the Canary Isles.  By saying the vast majority I mean Dad, Ian and Jane, Paul and Sally and my … Continue reading →

It had become a long-standing joke when Rob invited Steve and me down to visit his beach hut. It was 15 years ago when this invitation was first extended, but in all that time we had never been able to … Continue reading →

A Trip to Thorpe Park for Zena’s Birthday   To celebrate Zena’s 12th birthday we took her and her friend Izzy up to Thorpe Park for the day.  We got there early so that we would beat the rush and … Continue reading →

It’s been a long time since I last updated the blog, so here we go, this is what Jane and I have been up to over the summer of 2019. Just before last Christmas I managed to buy a couple … Continue reading →