{"id":1139,"date":"2021-09-14T08:01:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T08:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:51:51","slug":"our-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/?page_id=1139","title":{"rendered":"Our News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1139\" class=\"elementor elementor-1139\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d8194e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d8194e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58a779d\" data-id=\"58a779d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7d0cfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7d0cfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An update of our 2025 events!!!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d17d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d17d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>As we enter the last couple of months of 2025<\/strong><\/span>, the sky&#8217;s are gray, the leaves are falling and we realise that its time to look back beyond the long hot summer to all our earlier events.<\/p><p>After a quiet Christmas and new-year at home, our 2025 began with an unexpected early February trip to UK for Jon\u2019s Auntie Anne\u2019s funeral. She seemed in good shape when we visited the previous October, so it was a shock and there was little we could do from France, but leave the arrangements to Joseph and his sister.<\/p><p>Back at home we both continued with matters of health and wellbeing. For Barbara it was the lengthy process of fitting hearing aids or as she says \u201cnew ears\u201d. But for Jon it was finally succumbing to a prosthetic knee (the right one). The run-up to the operation, scheduled for the end of May began in April with specialist consultations, x-rays and tests, all of which had to be fitted in around a planned weekend in Germany, just before the actual operation.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">This year it was Barbara&#8217;s Brother who organised gathering of the <\/span><strong>\u2018<\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">Abitur class from Teheran\u2019 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">Te<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">heran <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">school group, In Walldorf<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">\u00a0at the end of May. <\/span><\/p><p>Knee replacement is quite a brutal procedure, these days its done under local anaesthetic, so apart from a plastic screen and some earphones with music, you know what\u2019s going on! The operation went well (so they say). Then you are encouraged to get walking soon after the operation so with three weeks in the \u2018rehab\u2019 centre (or re-education as they say in France), Jon was home, not totally up and running, but starting to drive and do jobs around the house and just in time for his birthday celebration on first July.<\/p><p>Jon\u2019s birthday lunch was organised at one of our favourite restaurants and were pleased that 16 friends and neighbours were able to join us. We were embarrassed by their cash gift and after much thought have decided to save it towards visiting parts of France that we have still to explore, hopefully during 2026.<\/p><p>Then there were follow-up and physio appointments stretching into September.<\/p><p>Well of course the has garden suffered the most. We had some of the trees and bushes cut back professionally and our neighbours helped tidy the front garden while Jon managed to keep the grass (or should we say weeds) under control thanks to the ride-on mower.<\/p><p>The Findlay Family visited in August. We certainly enjoyed having them and we hope that thy had a good time too.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>We had major IT problems with Barbara\u2019s long time Microsoft e-mail account.<\/strong><\/span> It has been hacked and all her addresses stolen. The worst thing was that we had no control over it and it took Microsoft a month to change the password and another month to close the account. We hope that you were not affected by this, but we are now Microsoft Free, so if you don\u2019t have Barbara&#8217;s new e-mail address please contact her. (We prefer not to publish it on this website). <strong>Make sure you are using the new one and t<u>hat the live.co.uk one is <\/u><u>completely <\/u><u>deleted from you<\/u><u>r<\/u><u> system<\/u><u>s.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6b3adb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6b3adb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We can\u2019t deny that one of winter&#8217;s pleasures is sitting by a log fire on a chilly evening, so replacing our ageing wood stove and getting rid of its fake stone surround was on our 2025 job list. We knew that the chimney needed lining, but the sheer cost of the proposed new stove made us rethink our priorities. We heat the main part of the house and the water with oil, so occasionally lighting a fire for a few hours in the evening is a bit unnecessary. Do we really want to chop and stack wood, go outside on a rainy night to replenish the logs, then clean and empty the ash at our age?<\/p><p>We easily decided to install an all electric \u201clog effect fire\u201d in the new year. Meanwhile we will patch-up the old stove to burn as much of our remaining wood as possible. Then we can remove the old stove, and close of the chimney (so that it can be reinstated in future). We are already looking forward to an easier, dust free life!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f987f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f987f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Newfire-scaled-e1775198924947-300x231.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2256\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Newfire-scaled-e1775198924947-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Newfire-scaled-e1775198924947-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Newfire-scaled-e1775198924947-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Newfire-scaled-e1775198924947-1536x1183.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Newfire-scaled-e1775198924947-2048x1578.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Our new fire on at the press of a button<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90406e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90406e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our daughters, Pam and Babsi had been wanting us to spend Christmas with them in UK. As it was also (big) Barbara\u2019s 75<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, we planed celebrations for family and friends in the UK. The difficulty in having a birthday on 26<sup>th<\/sup> December is that many people have other commitments on that day (English boxing day) and most restaurants are closed anyway.<\/p><p>Babsi and Jason managed to book a restaurant at Greyfriars in Colchester for a birthday lunch so the whole family were together on the important day. Then thanks to our family friend, Dominic, who runs The Chequers Inn at Goldhanger, we took over most of the pub for the afternoon of 29<sup>th<\/sup> December with a buffet for family and friends; not forgetting additional home-made cakes by Pam and Babsi!<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>At our age a twelve hour car dash from Burgundy to Essex is not so comfortable<\/strong><\/span> but thanks to \u201cLe Shuttle\u201d and overnight stops in France, we made it. Spending Christmas with Babsi and family then on to Pamela\u2019s for the New Year. I think that they were a little disappointed that we didn&#8217;t want to go shopping etc but we just wanted to relax after travelling and the festivities. Pam and Rob had book the pantomime \u201cCinderella\u201d at Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, which we enjoyed very much.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a756127 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a756127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sunrise24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2121\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sunrise24.jpg 429w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sunrise24-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f0089 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48f0089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">Getting up early enough (to get fresh <em>baguettes<\/em> from the <em>boulangerie<\/em>) and see a December sunrise over our valley like this makes us think that life is not so bad.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49949d1\" data-id=\"49949d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e97c6e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e97c6e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/A-Anne-J-300x237.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2070\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/A-Anne-J-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/A-Anne-J.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Auntie Anne and Joseph- October     2024<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-071ffe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"071ffe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ANNE GORDON PEACOCK (ANSELL) 19th July 1937    ~   13th January 2025<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c8f092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c8f092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-05-24-18-19-11-scaled-e1762014946160-768x459.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2180\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-05-24-18-19-11-scaled-e1762014946160-768x459.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-05-24-18-19-11-scaled-e1762014946160-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-05-24-18-19-11-scaled-e1762014946160-1024x612.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-05-24-18-19-11-scaled-e1762014946160-1536x918.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-05-24-18-19-11-scaled-e1762014946160-2048x1225.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Teheran school group, In Walldorf\u00a0<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d3b77b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d3b77b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/July-Lunch-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2167\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/July-Lunch-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/July-Lunch-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/July-Lunch-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/July-Lunch.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9217022 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9217022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cake-scaled-e1762015124875-295x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2182\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cake-scaled-e1762015124875-295x300.jpeg 295w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cake-scaled-e1762015124875-1006x1024.jpeg 1006w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cake-scaled-e1762015124875-768x782.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cake-scaled-e1762015124875-1509x1536.jpeg 1509w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cake-scaled-e1762015124875.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jon's Birthday lunch July First<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-769c6d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"769c6d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-28-50-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2183\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-28-50-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-28-50-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-28-50-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-28-50-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-28-50-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In August at the same restaurant Rob, Pamela,Fiona and Jacob below with the Grand Parents.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd618bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd618bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-29-07-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2184\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-29-07-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-29-07-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-29-07-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-29-07-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-08-10-19-29-07-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d14b8ae elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d14b8ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ride-on-225x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2185\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ride-on-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ride-on.png 413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Old man taming  the weeds<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98eebfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98eebfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ***<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419027a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"419027a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\nOur Christmas in England<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f9395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86f9395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lunch1_25x-1024x589.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2224\" alt=\"Family lunch at Greyfriars.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lunch1_25x-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lunch1_25x-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lunch1_25x-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lunch1_25x.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Family lunch at Greyfriars<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34a707b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34a707b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Family25-e1768300117186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Family25-e1768300117186.jpg 573w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Family25-e1768300117186-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c0561 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93c0561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With good memories of family and friends we returned home with no real plans for 2026.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We will drink to that&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d52336c\" data-id=\"d52336c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e78e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e78e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>Once again we have to give a big mention to all our grandchildren and their parents. We really don&#8217;t know how they manage to fit <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong>the extra activities<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><strong> in!<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">With the grandchildren getting older, priorities change; Jacob, now at &#8216;big school&#8217; has discovered rugby, also fishing and cycling (with his dad). Sadly the Findlay family had to sell the boat and stop their involvement <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">at the sailing club. Something had to give!<\/span><\/p><p>Fiona is now at collage but continues with her ballet classes. Jon was delighted that Fiona had become interested in motor racing. Especially F1, she also asked about his days racing the MG Midget.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bba7a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bba7a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiona-e1768299321334-204x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2219\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiona-e1768299321334-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiona-e1768299321334.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fiona all dressed up<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d5932e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d5932e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250824-WA0000-169x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2168\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250824-WA0000-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250824-WA0000-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250824-WA0000-768x1366.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250824-WA0000-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250824-WA0000.jpeg 899w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jacob's first fish<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d984ca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d984ca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We were lucky to see Sebastien play some rugby while we were in Essex. The smallest boy on the field but his tackles always stopped the opponent. He went for their legs!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d50aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d50aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/EL-SEB-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2072\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/EL-SEB-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/EL-SEB.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sebastien and Eliot<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9584e55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9584e55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">Blink and you will miss it                                                                           (the goalkeeper did) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc47664 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"bc47664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/VIDEO-2024-11-11-20-06-27.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" controls=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa2166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfa2166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Football still seems to be the preferred sport for the Lacey boys Sebastien and Eliot with this stunning penalty shot to the top left. I think the Lacey boys have been practising at home on their little pitch behind Corner Cottage!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3620f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3620f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cliffs_25-e1768300290647-228x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cliffs_25-e1768300290647-228x300.jpeg 228w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cliffs_25-e1768300290647-777x1024.jpeg 777w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cliffs_25-e1768300290647-768x1012.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cliffs_25-e1768300290647.jpeg 974w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sunset over the Thames Estuary on our descent from Cliffs Pavilion after the show.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a27833f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a27833f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barbara25-rotated-e1768301548942-300x213.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barbara25-rotated-e1768301548942-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Barbara25-rotated-e1768301548942.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5812ee8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5812ee8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffd3376\" data-id=\"ffd3376\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97067e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97067e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ce3dda\" data-id=\"7ce3dda\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94992b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94992b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The names of the cars!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08fe55f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08fe55f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>I am not sure if it makes economic sense,<\/strong> but we feel it\u2019s environmentally good to use a small car for local trips, shopping etc. while, for a powerful SUV, our Alfa Stelvio is noticeably fuel efficient (and more comfortable) on longer journeys. We don\u2019t usually name our cars but because of the last two letters of the Fiat\u2019s registration, and its character, <strong>we immediately started calling it Pee-Pee!<\/strong> Now we had a problem. We had to settle on a name for the Stelvio, something Italian sounding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a66208\" data-id=\"1a66208\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30aba1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30aba1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/156s-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1862\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/156s-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/156s-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/156s-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/156s-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/156s.jpg 1779w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ff42aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ff42aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CARS-e1670603532529-300x212.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1945\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CARS-e1670603532529-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/placedeleglise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CARS-e1670603532529.jpeg 566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0b710d\" data-id=\"f0b710d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59bccf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59bccf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have owned several Italian cars over the years, but they say that you can\u2019t be a \u2018petrol head\u2019 without owning a Alfa Romeo or two. Top left, our two 156\u2019s, the blue one was the GTA which we often called \u2018The Beast\u2019 due to the growling sound of its V6 motor. Both cars were taken over by Jason and Babsi when we moved to France and bought more practical left hand drive vehicles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256956d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"256956d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My father had an Italian work colleague called Oscar. He and his wife Elsa became family friends and for no apparent reason, I woke up one night thinking about the times we spent with them about sixty years ago. They had no children, but Oscar was very proud of his wonderful Lancia car which I suddenly remembered he called &#8216;<em><strong>Carolena&#8217;.<\/strong> <\/em>Why my ageing brain choose this moment to drag the name that Oscar called his car from some dusty corner of my mind must have been an omen.<\/p><p>Bottom left- <strong><em>&#8216;Pee-Pee&#8217;<\/em> in the background, with our <em>&#8216;Carolena&#8217; Stelvi<\/em> finally back from the repairers during the middle of December 2022<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update of our 2025 events!!! As we enter the last couple of months of 2025, the sky&#8217;s are gray, the leaves are falling and we realise that its time to look back beyond the long hot summer to all our earlier events. 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