2013
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THE RIDLEYS
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year! A relatively quiet year for the Ridleys this year...John has been home since just before Christmas 2012 and has been working on two main projects - one for local broadband and the other a gluten free Middle Eastern cookbook. He is gradually changing from Radio Engineer to Writer. However, having said that he’s just disappeared to Jakarta in Indonesia for a few weeks, with the likelihood
PATRICK ON MAFIA ISLAND
of going to Burma afterwards. As usual nothing is certain.
time he’s gone back again for the winter!
Patrick on the other hand has had a very exciting year. He spent the first five months on a little island off the coast of Tanzania called Mafia Island, living in a very basic camp near the beach and diving most days. He got a BTEC in Conservation Management whilst there. He had such a wonderful
He also managed to have a week in Switzerland, hence the mountains. He managed a few dives off the south coast during the summer. He also achieved his Silver Duke of Edinburgh.
PATRICK IN SWITZERLAND
He’s still on course for a diving career, with some photography thrown in.
CREATURE FROM THE DEEP
PHOTOS FROM THIS YEAR
John and I in a rare photo, my mum who was 93 in November and our lovely dog Poppy enjoying the wind in her face. Patrick took the photo of the chameleon and entered in a photo competition and won People’s choice! Then it’s Patrick holding a fish he caught in deep waters - he took it back to camp for tea. He went diving off Lundy Island and swam with the seals lucky boy. He had a mohawk haircut on the island to keep cool but did return to looking quite normal in the UK!
Finally about me - still singing our 7 person group had our debut at a cabaret the other night! I’ve gone back to part time work - with a small local publisher - which I am really enjoying. Still do enough things never to have time to do anything! All enjoying life then - split in different parts of the world for Christmas - thank goodness for Skype! Love to all xxxx