Goodbye 2025

 

Goodbye 2025

Hello

Finley George Robert May - born 19 May 2025

to Emma and Toby

Vaccinations:

 31 January - RSV Vaccine

  04 April - Spring Covid Vaccine

11 October  - Flu & Covid Vaccine

Travel:

Criccieth - 23-27 January

Lanzarote, Puerto Calera - 24 February - 9 March

Great Yarmouth - Tales of a Sommelier 21 - 24 March

Cannes- 25 - 28 April 

Great Yarmouth - Museum of the Broads 14 May

Viking Kadlin - Capitals of Eastern Europe (Vienna>Bucharest) 22 June - 8 July

Criccieth - 24-29 August

Viking Skaga - Paris & Heart of Normandy (Paris>Paris) 5-12 Sep

Riviera Thomas Hardy - Burgundy, the River Rhône & Provence (Avignon>Lyon) - 11- 18 Sept

Viking Osfrid - Portugal's River of Gold (Lisbon>Porto) 17-26 Nov

Lanzarote, Puerto Calera - 15 December - 12 January 2026

Goodbye

François Naudé - 10 Sep 1945 - 12 Aug 2025

Sofitel Hotel, Gatwick

 

We'd made the mistake of booking a Monday flight for our four weeks in Lanzarote. It left at 11:20 in the morning and to get to the airport at 09:20 on a Monday morning would have meant leaving much earlier then we were comfortable with.

So we stayed the night in the Sofitel at Gatwick  North. Wrong terminal, but only a short shuttle ride to the South Terminal.

We scoped out the journey to South Terminal check-in and decided to eat at Giraffe restaurant in the terminal. Their burger was excellent.

The hotel room was quiet, well equipped and comfortable.

Next morning, the check-in hall was in chaos with huge queues. It took ages, but surprisingly the lounge wasn't busy.