Its been a while

Hello people, I do hope you are all well.
 Its been a while since I last posted on the blog and a number of friends and family have remarked that I have not updated for a while so I thought I'd better put 'pen to paper' so to speak.
I am keeping well, and thoroughly enjoying living aboard Bracken. Every day I feel the need to pinch myself to make sure i'm not dreaming.

 So far this winter has been very mild, apart from a few heavy frosts that froze the marina over for a few days, and a light dusting of snow back in January, and some gusty conditions, we really can't complain. I can honestly say that so far I have been as warm as toast on Bracken, far warmer than I ever was during the winter time when I lived in the bungalow in Kent.
Talking of Kent, I went down there at the end of January as it was my eldest sons 40th birthday on the 26th. I was supposed to be visiting Beth up north that weekend but decided I couldn't miss the lads 'big four oh ' and as the car needed servicing and I also needed a haircut, I decided to do the lot during the visit 'dan sarf'. I ended up staying for the week courtesy of my friends John and Dee who kindly put up with me, so I was able to spend time with lots of family and friends. It was great catching up with everyone, and seeing how the grandkids are growing up was a real treat.
Beth and I finally had our Christmas meal last weekend. (you may recall that she was ill over Christmas and so I stayed home), well I drove up last Saturday and we had a lovely roast turkey dinner with sprouts, stuffing and all the trimmings, exchanged some gifts that Santa had left, watched some films and generaly chilled out, (as you do) before I drove home on Monday.
Thank you Beth for a very restful weekend.
I've had some regular check ups at Derby hospital and a CT scan just to monitor my health. So far all ok, my consultant Mr Laughane is happy with my progress, I still see him every 4 weeks and Jenny usually accompanies me. So fingers crossed all will remain ok.
Lunch time now, so bfn people.