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Well folks it seem to have been a while since I last spoke to you. My wife and I have been away on a 29 day cruise around the parts of Southern Europe and the Balkans then crossing the Atlantic to Florida. I wrote blogs and tried to email them from the boat, but as yet only the first one has arrived and that was today.
The best laid plans of mice and men....it did not work. My role as an international correspondent was not entirely successful. Well in fact not at all!
All that remains is to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Holiday season and I will start again just before the New Year!