Dearly beloved,

Today Flo and I visited our Doctor's Surgery so that the Practice Nurse could give us our 'shots'.

These were the recommended inocculations in preparation for the next interesting event in our lives - a family trip to Thailand to witness the final ceremony of Paul's and On's wedding in the early part of February.

Early last year Paul ( Paul Aplin,our eldest Grandson) married On ( pronounced 'Orn' and short for her real name which is four feet long and unprounceable). That ceremony was, largely, civil and now the religious part is to take place at her village. It was agreed that, as many of the family who could, would fly out and there will be 12 of us going.

The plan is to fly to Bangkok, sightsee for three days, travel up-country to Korat and from there, commute as necessary to On's village ( which is a bit too primitive for the 'girls' to stay overnight - no running water, toilet in the nearest bit of jungle, etc). After the ceremony, we all then, plus On's mother and her friend, travel down to near Pattaya for a week to sunbathe, swim, shopping trips for the girls, etc.



This is Paul and On at the original ceremony.

I intend to try making a photographic diary of the trip and will certainly bore you with it when I get back. It will, of course, be compulsory viewing and you will be examined on it in due course!