Tues, Wed June 18,19 London

Above photo is of the cousin we just found…Fritha, whose grandmother was Colonel Shaw’s second daughter from his first marriage. Cleo, and us Watt siblings are Colonel Shaw’s grandchildren from his second marriage.  Cleo and I were quite amazed at how much she looked like mom. Those Shaw genes must be strong.  Cleo made a lovely lunch for us all “Coronation chicken”, so good…I’ll bring the recipe home.  It was nice out so we ate in the garden.

Anto, Cleo,Fritha and her husband Doug.

 Tuesday morning I drove back to Cork airport, returned the car and hopped on a short Ryanair flight to London.  One train took me from Gatwick to London Victoria station where I caught the district line to Stamford Brook- Anto was there to pick me up.  I made it!

So nice to be here again w Cleo and Anto - they are such easy going, welcoming, fun hosts.  Love them both to bits.    Jemima and Serena came over for dinner last night and we had great fun catching up. Jemima is doing great work and climbing the ladder in the insurance world and will soon be an underwriter and Serena works in travel marketing - and is leading groups of agents to some lovely holiday destinations as part of her work.

A photo of Cleo, Serena and Jemima last year at an Elton John concert.

Above is Jemima and her boyfriend Tom
Serena and her boyfriend Josh

Jemima and I in the garden this morning before she left for work.  They both stayed over last night as it was too late to catch the tube home.


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