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January 2025
January was ...
windy! Very windy. We had a series of storms crossing us,
overshadowed by Storm Éowyn which threatened to
bring 100+ mph winds here. We were
lucky over on this side of the country – Ireland and the Isle of Man got
it really hard. It was record
breaking over there. Here, there
was lots of damage round about with trees down
and loads of fences blown over, but we were damage free, thankfully. Ian had to take all his aerials down,
which was a bit of a pain!
Otherwise, Ian
represented HM King Charles III at the Durham Citizenship Ceremony, which
he found very moving. It’s
wonderful to see so many people who not only want to come to this country
to live and work, but are also prepared to undertake significant amounts
of study to become British Citizens too.
It also costs a great deal of money. If you look at the examination they
have to take, we wonder if all of us who get Citizenship through birth
would pass! It’s tough!
Ian had his regular
“MoT” medical checkup
... and passed! He also got back
in touch with one of his Doctoral students from some years ago. He’s done rather well and it was great
to reconnect.
But the biggest
news of all was that Lois attained a very significant birthday! As a result we ate out a lot, including
a lovely lunch with Hannah and Ben at their home. Fantastic.
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