I'M BACK ! ! !

MCG Members Bar - Footy with the kids, Friday night 7 August
Gaynor, Glenda and Jocelyn

Apologies to my lovely family and also to my faithful blogging friends for the silence of GAYNOR'S WORLD! But I'm back (having received a little pressure from a certain source!) so I will try and communicate to you all that has been going on in the lives of Roger and Gaynor Ridley these past months.

We left for Australia on 31 July and came back to our little home here in Schopfheim, Germany on 14 October.

We had a very special time with our lovely family - Tim and Amy, Jocelyn and Glenda and Tom in Melbourne. We stayed with Glenda and Tom who were very patient with our comings and goings. We also made a big decision to get our few belongings out of storage, cull and then re-store them with a friend (about 8 boxes in all). As you can imagine, this was rather a painful few days for us and we became rather ruthless in what went back into storage. I wouldn't be surprised if it all eventually WENT!!

So, just to keep your interest and get you used to reading my blog again, here are some pictures of our time in Australia. I will explain each one as we go along!

Roger, Tom and Gaynor

Tim and Glenda



Tim and Amy

We spent the day with Tim and Amy on Saturday 8 August and they took us to a few of their favourite haunts. We had a wonderful time and were all very happily tired by the end of the day!

Tim with his girls!!

So, this is me partway through the day. We had just done the Kakoda Steps in the Dandenongs and then the walk up the hill again. At least I made it.

So, this is a start to the beginning of blogging for me again. Please be patient with me and I'll try and continue to tell the story of our last few months. xx