Denmark July 27 to August 10, Portugal August 12 to 19, New York August 26 to September 3 , UK to September 13

A busy month and a half seeing friends and family all over the place!

In Denmark we were treated to: an overwhelmingly generous stay with Torben and Lene, after which we had to de-tox; a Copenhagen sophisticated lunch with Niels Eiler at the Angleterre; a stay at the family inn near Vibourg and welcoming the new son-in-law; an unforgettable family welcome in Jutland with a formal toast from Gunhild, a lovely two days and great game of golf with Tove and Finn, a relaxing 36 hours swimming, eating and picking fruit with Birgitte and Martin. Polished off with a grand dinner and easy lunch with Lisbeth and Kirstine.

In Portugal we played golf, walked on the beach, saw the local sights, relaxed and sweated with Mum and Dad!

In New York I had a small and exclusive uni reunion with Kate, Issie, Sophie and Kirsty – some of us had not seen each other in nearly twenty years but thankfully in most cases it was less than 5! Nick joined our jaunts and we managed to fit in a lot of sight-seeing with good eats, cocktails, manicures, pedicures and of course shopping (not Nick on these last 3 activities). It was great to catch up with Paul, Mo and Todd as well. At the latter end of the stay my sister Mattie joined us from Miami and we pounded the Met, 5^th Avenue and Ellis Island as well as a few pubs – what fun.

By the time we got back to London we needed a long rest!

We were so fortunate to have been able to stay with Barry and Pam in London their generosity knew no bounds and we felt like family after lodging with them on and off for 4 months....thank you again Pam and Bazza.

We caught up with Nigel and Soheila down in Hove for a memorable Ashes winning lunch! We stayed with my cousin Paul and his half woman half hippo wife Julie and were royally entertained by the talented stand up comedian Simon.

Barry also arranged a reunion lunch for us to catch up with my Uni friends in the Cotswold, gosh we all look so old....It was also great to have a drink in London with my old GLC mate Phil Ashton.

Bella and Bugs, Lindsay and Ross friends of Nikki’s were happily conveniently located a short bicycle ride from Barry and Pam's home in Teddington. We also saw Richard, Kyla, Lynn and Jonathan as well as Alfie, Jack and Courtney in Blackheath but sadly did not manage to spend long enough with them.