Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2015 2:04 AM
To: Andrew Byrne
Subject: Re: Syd Uni Med reunion notes ... and photos of some old haunts. Dinner anyone?
Dear Andrew
Thanks as usual for your email and the latest news.
I am sending this email to you from Porthmadog in N. Wales,
having spent the last couple of days on steam train trips. Sue and I have been
travelling in Europe and the UK since mid April, having started with the
centenary dawn service at Gallipoli, travelled thru a fair bit of Europe, been
to a couple of Ashes Tests, with a couple of Rugby World Cup matches yet to
come. In London I caught up with Ian Freed- he lives in St Alban's and
practises part time in Chelmsford. He would like to stay up to date with our
year and hopefully join us for one of our reunions. I told him you are the
"social secretary" and I would pass his email address on to you-
hence this message.
All the best- we will be back in a couple of weeks having
been away 5.5 months
Ian
Hi again Andrew
Sorry, in terms of relevant news to our colleagues- also
need to record that we caught up with Ian and Cathy Cook in Mykonos. For those
who have not been to the Greek islands, the travel brochure pictures of blue
sky, blue water, golden sand, blue and white buildings etc are absolutely
accurate- what they don't show you is the wind. Mykonos is known as the
"windy island" which is saying something given the wind on all of
them. The "soil" on the islands is fine grey volcanic dust and any
cars parked outdoors have had their duco sandblasted. Anyone with asthma or
dust allergy-take your medication with you. (We caught the ferry from Mykonos
to Crete in these seas- before we cleared the harbour the hostess was handing
out vomit bags. The second we cleared the harbour the whole boat fell silent-
even the French and Americans. For the next two hours the only sound was vomit
bags being used.)
In the midst of a gale and "washing machine" seas, Ian and
Cathy moored their yacht "Sea Cloud" at the marina in Mykonos and we
had a couple of great days together - we spent some time together a couple of
years ago in Venice so catching up with the Cooks in Europe is something we
look forward to. IR
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