An outing to Bird World with all three granddaughters and a week in Staffordshire - we recommend Lichfield and the national Arboretum is well worth a visit.

 

John continues to cook for Messy Church and in June started his walking blog - click on the link to see photographs and accounts of his walks.

We had an emotional meeting with Dorothy's step daughter, Beryl, who visited from Ireland.

John Started his Walking Blog - see Walks in June

 

     
At Bird World: Wren and Freya on a model of a Great Bustard   Alice on a REAL stepping stone
     
Freya and Wren   Wren and Freya
     
A real Great Bustard   A real Pelican
 
At Stansted House
     
Liz tries out Gerry's scooter   Lichfield Cathedral
     
In the chapel at the National Aboretum - The Story Teller   The National Arboretum
     
Gerry tries a National Trust, all-terrain scooter   It's all too much for John
     
John Ide and John take a break from cooking the
Messy Church Meal
  A slow worm - spotted by John on one of his walks - see: www.Studd-mail.org/walks
     
John's sister, Dorothy, was married to Len, who died some years ago. Len had two children from his first marriage and one of them, Beryl, had managed to trace Dorothy and we all met up in an emotional gathering in June. Above, Beryl with her daughetr-in-law Keeley-Ann and daughter Rosie
     
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