John and Andrea Udberg

I have uploaded a few pictures;

• a visit to Durham in January,
• Edinburgh in February to see Dave and Wendy,
• the community garden and the coast in March,
• and finally in April, some gardening and a walk to Tynemouth with some Front street resurfacing shots!

The first BBQ of the season is lit, hear it roar!

It turns out a jet washer is the key to cleaning off 6 month old grease and ash…

We’re back from our Spanish holiday with Shona and Simon.

We only got home at 2am this morning so are still recovering… big thanks to Simon’s parents for letting us stay at their Villa and to Shona and Simon for inviting us along.

Pictures are up here.

Here is a screenshot of the weather for part of our time their… it was hot.

Well, after a shameful amount of time has past, we have sorted thought the pics from New Zealand.  They are mostly of Holly trying to stuff things in her mouth.

I have been ill most of the week and Andrea is now coming down with something  so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to sort through all the photos.  We have done very little work on the house in the last week or so with illness and, last weekend, birthdays of Andrea and Ryan getting in the way. We did manage to plant the mighty punga today. We just hope it survives the Geordie winter.

The double glazing is being fitted in a week and the builder has started his work too, so it is beginning to take shape.  We’re still responding with “before Christmas” when people ask when we will be moving in.

Thursday to tonight (Saturday) saw that wonderful spectacle that rears but once a year hit the local area… the Tynemouth beer festival.  Unfortunately, illness has robbed us of all three evenings of real ale pleasure so I will have to rely on reviews from Graham on this years brews.

John and Andrea.

Well we landed back home early on Monday, just in time to pick up the keys to our new house!

The pics from New York start here.

Full post to come at some point…

Now, should I start stripping wallpaper or sort through the New Zealand pictures?…