BRISTOL

After Festival week we motored down to Bristol to visit Sue and Tony and their families.

Portishead High Street decorated with flower baskets.

Sues' daughter Sarah behind the counter of her new shop which is undergoing renovations to incorporate a Florestry section.

Sarah with her daughters Emma and Lucy and Sue.

Me with Sue. Don't take too much notice of the body language. We are still talking when mouths aren't full of peanuts!

Sue with Tony who looks considerably better after treatment in hospital this week.

Sues son John, wife Karen and their son Hari in front room of their house. Poor Hari has a severe rash on his face and not too happy.

John surveying his backyard project which will ultimately give them an entertainment deck overlooking the river Severn.

John and Karen are facing a concerted campaign through the planning authorities from neighbours behind them (mainly in the houses to the left of the picture above). The residents object to J& K's proposal to develop the back of their block which is across the street behind the car and fence to the right.

J & K's block extends from one street to the next and is big enough for a legal subdivision and the construction of a separate dwelling facing the street above. Their house plans have very little affect on the outlook from the other houses so the whole issue appears to be one of sour grapes. The project to modify their own house and build a second one has been ongoing for four years which has been a strain on the family but the future prospects look good so we offer them our best wishes.

A view across the Severn river from Battery Point Portishead with the wooden hulled ship "The Matthew" based in Bristol harbour sailing down.

A trip down "Memory Lane"! Me outside 30, Beechwood Avenue, Hanham where I spent the first 14 years of my life.

The ancestral farmhouse of Grandma Barkers' (nee Nicholas) family at Pucklechurch near Bristol. The house dates from 1700 and is "Heritage Listed". My father Colin, born in 1912, stayed here for the duration of the First World War 1914-1918.

Outside the front door.