The year began with a Saga cruise around the Canary Islands.
I celebrated my birthday on La Gomera:
One of the excursions from the ship was a visit to El Paso on La Palma where silk weaving is still undertaken:
The highlight of the cruise was a visit to the beautiful city of Cadiz where Dad was taken by the Spanish rescue ship in 1941, before making his way home from Gibraltar:
We started the year trying to catch up on summarising some visits at the end of 2024:
We made a further visit to Plymounth as part of a coach holiday in Babbacombe, Devon.
I took the opportunity to find out a little more about Stoke Damerel where Ann Neville was baptised in 1811:
Colin Bower
31 January 2025