Woody's adventure so far...(2004929)

 

I've been to Stubbington on the south coast of England to visit my family. While I was there I met Mr Tibbles. Did you know that cats have 32 muscles in each ear? Not this one though because he once had a little accident with a kitchen cupboard and now his right ear is a little worse for wear!

I like pussy cats!

 

Finished work and now we're heading back home to London. Schiphol airport is nice - look at this great statue!

 

We're just driving to Zevenbergen in Holland for a bit of work. I've been navigating using 'Jane' the sat-nav. It's much easier than using a traditional map!

 

We're having a lovely weekend in Stone in Staffordshire (England) visiting my grandparents (Ethne and Joe). Stone is an old canal town and in the photo I'm sitting on a lock on the trent and Mersey canal in front of our house. The locks are used by narrow boats to go up and down hill. These days the canal is used only for pleasure and today there are many people going by in the colourful painted boats enjoying their summer holidays. What lovely countryside there is here!

 

I'm in the office in Lausanne and I can see is beautfiul sunshine and clear blue skies through the window. It's not  really a day for being indoors! I wish I was out there relaxing on a nice little sail boat bobbing along on Lake Geneva. Maybe on my next trip to Swizerland I'll plan in a bit more time to enjoy myself, but for today it's back to work. Ho hum...

 

Here I am in Istanbul. This is the view from the balcony of the hotel down towards Taksim Square and then the Bosporos in the background (including ship!). I've had a lovely time here, although some of it was work (sigh!). We've bought hazelnuts and some traditional Turkish sweets to take home to England. Turkey produces over 70% of the world's hazelnuts and I think they taste absolutley yummy....especially in a chocolate cookie!

 

White cliffs of Dover. Nearly back on British soil.

 

Well we're back on the ferry from Dunkirk (or Dunquerque if you're French...which I'm not!) and heading home to England. Hope I don't fall overboard!

 

It's such a long drive back to England from the south of France so we've stopped off for a night in Dijon. In the morning we had time to stroll around the lovely old town...but no sign of the mustard which Dijon is so famous for!

 
A week of sun, sea and swimming as we relax at a friend's house in the village of La Croix Valmer, on the south coast of France near St Tropez. Goodness it's hot in this fur coat!

 

Phew, a rest from all that driving! We had a lovely overnight stay with Auntie Angela and Uncle Ian. Here's a picture of us all together in front of their beautiful home in the countryside in the tiny hamlet of Cramard just outside Poitiers.

 

Here I am in Dover waiting for the ferry to take me on holiday to France. Very exciting for me as it's my first time abroad. But the crossing to France means no visa required in my passport yet...

 

I've just arrived in London by magic and I'm sitting waiting for my new owner to collect me from her desk. I wonder where she'll take me first. More news to come!