On The Island

Raining!!  The boys did go to the park for a while. Josie loved her chocolate cake!

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A damp day in Cardiff!! I walked round to the shops but that was as far as I got.

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It was nice weather for Cardiff!! We watched the Man U v Chelsea game in the afternoon. Of course Man U won. We then had a roast dinner and then a walk in the park.

Josie is now crawling and is so funny as she looks like a commando, dragging herself along on her arms.

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We were up at 3.00am. A sad goodbye from the boys to Grandad.  On our Atlas Jet tickets it said to arrive 3 hours before the flight. We did and of course the check out wasn’t even open. When it was, we were first in the queue, handed over our passports and told we had a problem and to go to the Atlas jet office. Arriving there of course that had not yet opened. When it did I handed the girl the piece of paper I had been given.  The girl wrote something on it  and gave it back to me and I returned to check in, now to quite a long queue. I handed the piece of paper to the man and he then spent the next 15 minutes checking us in. From what I gather the boys were entered as students on their system and not children and their system would not allow any changes. Well, Atlasjet in Girne had re-issued tickets and the boys were actually with us! The plane journey was on time. Rhys was waiting for us at Stansted and then the long drive back to Cardiff. Painful, trafic jams all the way and rain. Of course we had originally booked for Heathrow with CTA.  Oh so many problems they have caused us.

We eventually arrived in Cardiff and Lou had made a birthday tea for Tariq and also he had another huge birthday cake and his presents.

A very long day!

The continuing saga of Kulaksiz 5 as told by Pauline see link

River’s challenge during the holiday was to write about the Cyprus Problem. Mal tried to put him off the idea but he said he wanted to do it. He has done all the research and each time he asked grandad for his opinion, Grandad told him he would have to look it up from both the Turkish Cypriot side and the Greek Cypriot side as he should write an unbiased, un influenced report. Yes, it has taken him ages and as with all challenges, yes, he got paid for it but I hope he enjoyed doing it.  Bless him, I think he has done well, not an easy subject when there are such differing views. see link

Well, the boys last day, the month seems to have flown by. Last day and pay out day for them……..I think we are broke now! They made the most of the pool and Tariq also came shopping with me to get supplies for Grandad whilst I take them back to Cardiff. Poor Rhys has to come all the way to Stansted from Cardiff because of Atlas jet not flying to Heathrow now that CTA have gone.  It will also be a very long day for us tomorrow.

More from Pauline re Kulaksiz 5 see link

It was the most peculiar weather all day with cloud and very humid. One of the photos was taken at 3.00pm!

In the evening we went to The Roof to meet Bev, Gary, Clare, Callum, Paige and Grace. We had a meal there and then the kids had their own disco to the music!

When they were home the boys has a game of poker with Grandad.

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The next update from Pauline on Kulaksiz 5 see link

Sol is compiling a folder of nature in Cyprus and Grandad is publishing some of his articles. This was Sol’s challenge for the holiday and he has really enjoyed finding out about all sorts of things see link

Hot and humid and Bev suggested that we meet up with them at the bowling alley. An ideal solution because of the air con! Clare, Callum, Paige and Grace are staying with Bev and Gary. It was nice to see them again. We spent most of the day there. There are games downstairs for the kids to play on as well, most of which are 2tl.  We had our lunch at the bowling alley and reasonable prices, the meal includes a drink. A large fresh orange is 4tl and that was delicious.   A good day out and the boys loved being with Callum.

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