Good Morning Monday 13th October 2025

Good morning from Malta.
I managed a fantastic night’s sleep and am feeling great this morning!
We did the prehistoric bits yesterday morning in the south of the island. They are not humongous but very interesting. We then stopped in an extremely popular fishing village for lunch. Goodness me, it barely possible to breathe, leave move, but was utterly charming despite that.
In the afternoon, we went on a boat trip round the harbourS. I’m a dreadful sailor and didn’t much enjoy that…
Dinner, unusually, was provided by the hotel; (a glass of) wine was taken and I was asleep before 10!
Today, it’s Gozo- another boat trip 😢
Have a happy day, hugs to the mountaineers.
Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Good morning from a dry Portsmouth after an overnight stay in Travelodge prior to our ferry leaving at 8.00 am for Ouistreham.

Our journey down wasn’t great especially at the end when we were confronted by signs saying M27 closed after J12 which is our exit! This led to long tail backs as three lanes of heavy traffic were reduced to one and this could only be achieved by the goodwill of drivers allowing others to filter across. It appears that resurfacing of that stretch of motorway is taking place, with the work only being undertaken at weekends.

A meal at the neighbouring pub revived our flagging spirits!

Wishing everyone a good day! 🦩🥰🦩💐🦩