HAPPY BIRTHDAY RONNIE!

This page is dedicated to the 60th birthday of Sam's dad - Ron Whitney!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!


Did you know that a man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating? In your case I think you have spent at least 3 years working on the garden, 3 years plotting and planning your retirement and about 5 years watching films. There has been maybe 3 years dedicated to the caravan and at least 3 years worrying about your daughters and 3 years watching Kettering Town football club lose. That leaves about 15 years - mostly made up of spending time with friends and family, learning, giving, honouring the Lord with your life and being an example of someone who has run with perseverance the race that is set before them.

Oh, I forgot about work! Well, maybe another 3 years...

And we end with a word of wisdom by Mark Twain: "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been".

Here's to many more years of smiling. Happy birthday. Love Sam and Garry

New Year beach party

We spent new years eve in a place called Mammallapuram. It is on the south east coast of India and is a travellers hideout. There are many French ex-pats in this part of the world and lots if hippy, 'peace and harmony man' new age communities. The new year was welcomed in by fireworks, firecrackers and dancing on the beach. Was a bit wild and undignified, but that is India and it was great fun.

We are now in Pondicherry - two hours further down the coast. It is very French here and the people are really friendly and there is some great architecture. We have visited some churches, the botanical gardens, the museum and spent too many hours wandering around the many book shops. The food is great and yesterday we stumbled across a Hindu vegetarian restaurant. We asked them to bring us something that we would like and spent the next 2 hrs working our way through the menu. At 50p a course - you can't go wrong!

Tonight we travel via bus-train-bus to a hill station called Kodai. It is much cooler up there and hopefully the air will be cleaner. Onwards and upwards!