Gianna became a teenager in June.....we went to see Kylie Minogue which was a fantastic show even here with a more limited stage set. The stadium was filled with screaming (mostly gay) fans and I think Kylie was bowled over by the support. Around the same time we went to Cirque Du Soliel, on a typical flooded Manila night, the poor Spanish technicians just looked shell shocked by the amount of rain pouring from the skys and ensuing rising water levels , the show went on, the staff bailed out water and we “sailed home” in 2 ft of water, a memorable night!
July we went to the UK for the annual caravan of visits sleeping in many different beds and living out of suitcases. We started off in near Bristol with jo and went to visit THE tree (planted in 2004 for the kids)which is now rather tall , although it seemed to have lost a few branches in a storm. It was a great to see jo happy with her new fella and the girls all grown up.....watching the teenagers together reminded me they will be gone before too long, they are so big already!
Its seems like yesterday we were all camping at the tree planting ceremony and angelica was a baby............ From there we went onto Cardiff and stayed a week with Jacqui. We had planned camping but in the end the weather didn’t play ball but we still had fun together, boating, swimming, going to local park and Gianna saw the Harry Potter marathon and final film premier at midnight with her cousins. From Wales we moved on to Edinburgh and spent time with Molly and Mario, we visited St Andrews together on a sunny day having fish and chips on the beach . A relaxing and chilled time being fed by Mario and looked after by Molly.
From Edinburgh we went to Birkenhead , collected Mum and travelled to Aberdaron in North Wales where Michael and the kids joined us, and I stopped working for a week . We rented a lovely apartment part of the Ship Pub www.theshiphotelaberdaron.co.uk.
Anna, Tony and Sion and his girlfriend came to visit and we were able to spend time with Bernie and her girls who have a caravan on a nearby site. The Area is very beautiful with lovely walks and beaches. We went to whistling sands twice once in a torrential downpour and once in heatwave...typical summer weather. We took mum to Morfa Nefyn http://www.tycoch.co.uk/........the last time she had been there was with me and my dad when I was 18 months old. Great place especially on a summer evening with DJs playing outside the pub, presumably not there when my parents first visited, but a welcome addition....It was a lovely family time , probably one of few left with the big girls who will no doubt outgrown trips to wales with parents /grandparents before I can say wellington boots.
Our final stop was London for a couple of days before flying home. The riots struck and closed London down...exciting to see on TV, but darn inconsiderate when I had plans to catch up with friends and couldn’t make it!! It was all very deja vu when passing thru Peckham the day after and seeing the burnt buildings. I was living in Peckham during the riots in the 80’s....living in squats, supporting the miners strike, and women at Greenham. Common...where has time gone to? and how much and how little has changed ....Who would have thought I’d ended up running a radical activist feminist organisation 30 years later – ha ha
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