The girls had been planning a weekend away for us for over a year to celebrate our 60th birthdays and in November they took us to a National Trust cottage in the Cotswolds. It was lovely. They cooked and took us out for a meal. and generally spoilt us. Poor Sarah had to hobble about as she'd broken her leg a few days before in Montreal.

Melvyn went into hospital in September to have stents put into his arteries. The blockage had been discovered during a routine check up and he'd had no symptons. Everything went well and he was soon well enough to get back to all the jobs Eileen had lined up for him.

August seemed to be spent working on one of the student houses. Katy helped Melvyn fit a new kitchen. A highlight was seeing the Rolling Stones once more at Twickenham. Marvellous!

Katy and Melvyn joined Eileen in Florida and on July 4th we saw the Shuttle launch at Cape Kennedy. Sarah went to Australia to a conference and Katy and Eileen flew back to UK leaving Melvyn soaking up the sun for another two weeks.