Can anyone believe Jim has been gone twelve years now ?  God bless... I miss you more than you could ever know....I hope you found some good fishing....In fact I think you took it with you !

Can anyone believe Jim has been gone twelve years now ?  God bless... I miss you more than you could ever know....I hope you found some good fishing....In fact I think you took it with you !

Pete.

O Sole Mio

Forty years ago I promised Dara that I would take her on a serenaded gondola ride in Venice before it sank beneath the waves... Just made it in time!

The Grandparents Memorial Bench

There is now a bench at the cottage overlooking the lake as a place to remember Jim and Kate. I think they would be very happy with the view and it's a nice place to think of good times...All are welcome to come visit and sit on the bench...

And a good time was had by all...except the chicken!

June 8th, 2016

Happy Birthday, Pop.........102 today!  🎉💕🥂🍾🍹 🥃🎂🎊🎈
Love you xxxxxx

PETE EVENTUALLY FINDS HIS CALLING ! ! !

AND THE VIEW FROM HERE IS SUBLIME …...

The Golden Road to Samarkand

JBeen following part of the old Silk Route through Uzbekistan........really friendly people and stunning architecture........Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent (and a desert!)

St Lucia Serenity

After two weeks of the most consistently cold temperatures we can ever remember in Toronto (-20 to -37), it was good to feel some Caribbean sunshine on the skin last week. We were recording an on-location Travel Show in St Lucia where we had the onerous task of experiencing a new luxury resort called Serenity at Coconut Bay. Recording interviews by the pool sure beats the dingy radio station studio in Toronto... Long sunset walks on the beach and our own butler to run our bath and mix our cocktails...maybe we should consider this place for the family gathering??

HOME AND AWAY !!!!

BELATED HAPPY NEW NEW YEAR FROM THE BOUGHTONIANS..........

NOT SURE WHO IS WHERE AT PRESENT  ( ABOUT PAR FOR THE COURSE ) BUT HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS ... OOOPS  DONT KNOW IF THAT WORD IS NOW OFFENSIVE OR NOT !!   WE SPENT OURS WITH JAMIE CLARE AND MAX IN PORTUGAL AND WERE BLESSED WITH BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND EVEN WARMER HOSPITALITY...A BIT DIFFERENT FROM HOME (THE WEATHER THAT IS ! ) .. JUST GUESSING AT EVERY ONES WHEREABOUTS  THE RAVENTHORPIANS WOULD HAVE BEEN DIGGING THEMSELVES OUT OF 20 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS IN THE ALPS ..SO THE SKIING WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT....THE SPRATTONIAN AND SINGAPORIANS WOULD HAVE BEEN MELTING IN 120 DEGREE AUSTRALIAN SUNSHINE TRYING TO AVOID BEING RUN DOWN BY KANGKAROOS...AND THE CANADIANS AND SWISSARIANS MUST HAVE SPENT ALL THE TIME DEFROSTING EACH OTHER FROM THE ICE STORMS THAT KEPT HITTING THEM  ( GREAT PIC OF YOU ALL IN THE PICKUP TRUCK....WHOS WAS THAT ? )  DID YOU HAVE A DIP IN THE LAKE ?  I WAS SURPRISED THAT YOU COULD REACH THE CABIN IN THOSE CONDITIONS.  THAT NOW ONLY LEAVES US WITH THE FLORIDIANS WHO I KNOW WENT SKIING AND HIKING IN NORTH CAROLINA WITH FRIENDS AND HAD A BALL. GOT INVITED TO A XMAS PARTY AT A CABIN ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE TO LAST A LIFETIME.....WISHED WE WERE WITH YOU FOR THAT ONE !    SO UNLESS I HAVE FORGOTTEN ANYONE...HOPE NOT    THAT SUMS UP CHRISTMAS FOR THE ROBINSON TRIBES........I NEARLY SPENT MINE IN HOSPITAL AS I WAS SHOWING MAX HOW GOOD I WAS AT DOING STOPPIES ON HIS BIKE AND WENT STRAIGHT OVER THE HANDLEBARS ONTO THE TARMAC......LUCKILY I GOT MY HANDS OUT BEFORE MY HEAD HIT THE ROAD..BUT SEVENTY YEAR OLD WRISTS WERE NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT !!!!  WE GOT A SWIM IN ON BOXING DAY AT THE OUTSIDE HOTEL POOL         ( TO KEEP KATES TRADITION GOING )  MUCH TO THE BEMUSEMENT OF THE OTHER GUESTS. .... SO ONWARDS AND UPWARDS TO ANOTHER NEW YEAR AND HOPEFULLY TO OUT BIG GET TOGETHER THIS CHRISTMAS....GOOD LUCK ..HEALTH AND FORTUNE TO YOU ALL...FROM THE OLD INCONTINENTS AT BOUGHTON.  LOADS OF LOVE PETE AND PAUL.  X X X X