Merry Christmas

If all goes to plan, this will be our last Christmas in the UK. This has resulted in some quite mixed emotions today. Although of course pleased that we will be starting our new life in 2006 there is also a sense of sadness about some of the things we will leave behind. The most important of these of course being friends and family.

Saying that we have spent this Christmas day just the two of us and have already spoken on the phone and on the net to family and friends in Wales, Suffolk, Cumbria, Nova Scotia and Toronto - so I expect next Christmas we will feel as close to everyone as we do now.

This morning we listened to carols from Montreal on CBC Radio - what is the betting next year we are listening to Radio 4 and carols from Kings College or something.

Watching the reviews of the year on TV is quite an emotional experience too - the Tsunami, earthquakes, hurricanes, famine and terrorism - not a good year globally.

Lets hope 2006 is a better year for us, and the planet and people in general.