Every Cloud has a Silver Lining....

Since Sunday evening the weather here in the UK has been miserable, with no real sign of it letting up for the weekend. Shame really as plans were afoot to make use of the remaining weekends left before our National Trust membership expires at the end of May. Oh well, I guess Lydford Gorge would be more like Lydford lake by now...weather for ducks?

Its been a strange week. I have had sporting highs and lows, I scored my first hat trick at football on Monday despite a 10-6 defeat. Then my mixed hockey team won their first game of the season on Wednesday but I walked out of it with either badly bruised or cracked rib(s)! Ouch they hurt.

Being stuck in by the weather is even worse considering I don't even recognise our home. One bedroom has been gutted of contents so it can be decorated and the contents are strewn systematically throughout our tiny flat wherever there is free air space. I'm sat here right now with the keyboard and monitor on the dining table trying to ignore the Blair resignation blah blah on TV.

However, as the title suggests, every cloud has a silver lining. Not because I have poured a nice glass of red wine (a nice Spanish Tempranillo Cabernet), nor because I am about to retrieve some of Véro's home made rhubarb and red berry crumble from the oven and smother it in clotted cream - its the big news that after eight great years rubbing shoulders with 'Uncle Sam' in California and Florida, Dad and Sonia are coming home to the UK.

So, with the lack of local photo opportunities this weekend, and in honour of all the kind hospitality and amazing holidays we have had in Folsom and Jacksonville, here's a pictorial tribute to their great adventure which we were so lucky to have a small part in.

Bon voyage, guys!

(Oh and you might a spot a theme below....)