Peter Pan does it again in 3hrs 21 mins

No photo yet to show the triumphant moment - but Chris ran the Toronto Marathon today. His time was a personal best - 3hrs 21 mins - a whole 6 mins quicker than his previous best time, set 18 YEARS AGO in the London Marathon. Not only does this qualify him for Boston again next year, it proves that as the rest of us are getting older......Peter Pan continues to get younger every day!
Love to all
Dara

Finished!

New kitchen finished at last (Steve Wood Bathrooms is now Steve Wood Bathrooms and Kitchens!)
Well worth the wait - and the grandchildren are definitely happy having a much larger area to trash!

Swine Flu Thanksgiving!

No trip to the cottage for Thanksgiving weekend this year: both Tim and dara have H1N1 flu, so we are hunkered down at home. Pip insists on wearing a mask so he doesn't catch it too. Of course, this also means that Dara can't handle the turkey, so we set up the surgical team as shown above to work on stuffing the turkey under Dara's supervision. Who knew you could stuff so much up a turkey's backside?? And we are about to find out how much you can stuff into a Pip and Chip!

I´m sure it was bigger than that....but maybe I was needing a fishermans tale?
Just for the record, a 6lb Salmon out of Boat Pool on Boleside, Tweed.
First on the fly for me, so I know someone up there was helping me out !
Had a great time with Pap´s on his birthday too, riverside BBQ and a bottle of Bubbly on the beat...Doesn´t get any better than that. Thanks Dad.

Love to all from Portugal, Clare and Max both fine, Max is now at his new school (loving every minute) and Clare has had a good year with the rentals on both our apartment and her company. Sorry for the lack of post´s...been a tough year I think for most..so here´s looking forward to a more prosperous 2010!
Planning Christmas here in Portugal (first time in 6 Years!) and then away somewhere in the New Year. So watch out and lock your doors, as you never know where we will end up !!!

Ciao 4 Now. Jamie

And Happy 40th Kirsty!

And with such a special birthday, Kirsty, I don't see why you should be spared the blast from the past either, so here you are in the garden of Boughton Mill circa 1971...Happy Birthday from all of us here...So pleased you have settled in so quickly to Singapore slings. Love C, D, P & T

Happy Birthday Sis!

As Co-Chair of the Union of Brotherly Robinsons - and in the pescatorial absence of our other Co-Chair - I don't see why our Sister should get away with posting embarrassing photos of us on our birthdays without receiving one of her own on hers...So here is your chance to relive August 1957 all over again! Love Chip