Day 42

A significant day for us today.  We met with Simon and Anne Gibson who drove us to the cemetery to visit the graves of Pat and Mary Gibson.   The headstone is now ready to be put in place - very beautifully done.  Anne had organised flowers, we took some photographs and reflected on the recent death of Mary.

Simon and Anne invited us to their home for a chat and refreshments.  We enjoyed this very much.  The two Simons caught up with the achievements of Uncle Pat both in sport and in the RAF.  Simon had many interesting photographs to share.  He has gathered information from many sources and is preparing to write a book.  We also saw the scrapbook record of their family trip to NZ.  If all goes to plan, Simon and Anne hope to travel out to NZ at the end of the year.

We hope to meet Patrick and Barbara Gibson tomorrow morning.  Anne has invited them around for coffee.  On Friday evening we all gather for a meal, a family celebration for Anne's 70th birthday.   Thanks to Anne we are able to catch up and connect with  family in this part of the world.

We continue to be impressed with Lytham.  We briefly sighted the golf course today.  We are enjoying walking everywhere.

So comes to close another day.  Thanks for the emails.