Oct/Nov 06 - Ronald's Visit

By the time Ronald came out to visit us, summer was past and the beautiful multi-coloured autumn had not quite kicked in yet, so he had to dace the lovely London grey... but off he went down the banks of the Thames out Staines way, luckily he likes boats so he had plenty to marvel at (if only...what the hell do these guys do out here in this miserable weather??)

He spent a few days with us and then we ventured up north to see Karin and spend time with her on her birthday (in her birthday chair below...but not in her birthday suit!)




Breakfast in Guisborough...



Little Boet got the Cleveland tour...such a beautiful coastline but the seagulls mug you all the time, nevertheless Ronald braved the Whitby coast..




No sooner was he getting used to th Northern English (quite close to Brakpanites in the 70's...), he and Karin ventured off to Paris for a new adventure.


Yes Ron, which blooming way do you go when you are a poodle chasing your own pretty tail???

Karin braving that pretty icy little breeze in front of our lady.

After exploring Paris, Ronald came down south again and we dragged him off to London for Bonfire night. It was starting to get prettu dark already but we took a boat from Westminster out East to Greenwich.

Graham dragged us up this hill in the dark but luckily Ronald was well equipped for the dark, I just couldn't understand why his flashes weren't green and red so we would know which way he and we were facing in the dark... talk about 'Flash Laudin?'

We arrived at Blackheath Common quite by accident....heath of Easter fayres for 100s of years, but also where a lot of Black Plague bodies lie fertilising the grass beneath our feet. However, we joined the traditional crowds to look at big crackers and catherine wheels lighting up the sky.

The church on the common looked quite gothic ( I have vague memories of the common when I did the London Marathon in 2004 although then all I was looking for were the porta potties due to a bad case of terror...well nerves...) with the moon behind it.

Flash! Bang! Pop...and then we went home...