Happy New Year

Yup, the Christmas Party was really good - everybody had a great time. Lots of laughter and fun - and to top it all, a surprise visit from Santa and the Snowman (aka Paul and Maralyn). Together with their Piratical helpers (Jo and Janna) they really made the party swing.

The socialising continued on Christmas Day with drinks and nibbles at Ann and Lawrence's in the morning (Ann had even made a selection of gluten free pastry and polenta dishes) . They laid on a brilliant spread that got everybody into the Christmas spirit. We later joined Jo and Janna (and Tache) for an excellent Christmas dinner. Good company and good food - a great way to spend our first Christmas in France.

The partying continued on Boxing Day - we thought it would be a good idea to have an open house for a few hours on board Slo-Motion. We had twelve people on board for the Queen's Jubilee Party in Upton - how many could we fit in this time? (it turned out to be 18!)

Pete did a brilliant job of cooking hot 'finger' food and the black pudding and mini burgers were eaten as fast as they came out of the frying pan. 

It was really good fun and good for us to be able to say thank you to all the people here who have been so friendly, welcoming and helpful since we arrived. 

Thank you everyone!

The weather has been kind - very welcome after all the rain, and we have managed a couple of walks along the river to enjoy the winter sunshine.  

So a great end to 2012 and wishing our family and all our friends, old and new, 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!