I'm acutely aware that this poor blog has been neglected over the past few weeks.  It has been a bit of a crazy few weeks with lots happening here.  But tomorrow I set off to Australia for a few weeks to visit family and have a bit of a holiday.

It will be a trip tinged with memories of my sister Alison, who will be very much in my mind as I visit Brisbane.  On Sunday 8th May I will be doing the Mother's Day Classic walk in Alison's memory.  I will be walking alongside my brother in law, Russell, as well as Alison and Russell's 2 children, Tim and Nic, and their own families - so we'll be quite a team!  The youngest among us will be just 8 weeks old - the twins of Mel and Tim.  While I haven't set up a fund raising page, Nicola has and if you feel you can support this good cause then please feel free to make a small donation to this page.  Please note, there is an "other" button so please don't feel you have to donate the specified amounts on that page.

As you can imagine I am really looking forward to getting to Brisbane to see my new great nieces and nephews, as well as seeing all the family.  I will also have the chance to get to Perth to see my sister, Sheena, and we have dog walks on the beach planned, along with some knitting.  Actually I suspect that there is more yarn in my suitcase for Sheena than there is clothing!  It will be a bit of a whirlwind trip, with much happening while I'm there, but now that my suitcase is finally packed, I am beginning to get rather excited, even though tomorrow morning will bring the start of what will be nearly 40 hours of travelling.  There will be cars, buses and planes, and I can't wait.

I'm leaving Stevan in charge of all order dispatches, so make sure you keep him busy while I'm gone.