Thursday 25th December 2025

We walked Ellie across the fields first thing, very windy! We then went to the cemetery to put flowers on Torin’s grave. We were quite amazed that the miniature daffodils I planted just in front are all coming through!!

Lou, Rhys, Ollie, Oscar and Josie came round for Christmas lunch. Mal did all the cooking and as usual we had so much food left over but it was all  very nice.  Well done Mal.

Later in the afternoon, I was warming the Christmas pudding up and the electricity went off! Just like it used to be in North Cyprus but I thought we now lived in a civilised country!

I always miss Torin at Christmas, made worse because the family (except Mal) don’t talk about him.