Another successful bowling trip!

All my regular faithfuls came bowling ... Chanaka, Joshua, Jon, etc; plus a few newbies, Emeka & Adenike, who claimed to have bowled only once before or never (it apparently doesn't rate as a pastime in Nigeria).

This is a face of despair

during our second game ...

Followed by a spot of advice from the resident expert 😏

BUT, look what Adenike acheived in game one!!!

She lulled Chanaka and Chehan into a false sense of

security and, at the very last minute, romped in to

the GOLD MEDAL position 🥇

Thought for the week ...

Greenwich Graduations

Seeing students graduate is one of my very favourite things. On occasion there's a student who, I know, has been through immense challenge to get to this point and the sense of achievement is palpable.

So I want to say a

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS

to all who graduated this week, especially:

Elroy, Rohit, Chi, Mustafa, Nonso, Jerinsen, Veron, Alfred, Tendai, Emeka, Faiqa, Deeksha and Harjot. 

Plus Katie James and Immaculate Mwangangi who received their PhD certificates, after much hard work!

Special congratulations go to Chi An Li, who has been awarded a full scholarship to do a PhD at the University of Adelaide. Chi, we pray for safe travels for you, for new friendships, and we look forward to hearing about all your new adventures.

I was super excited to hear that Faiqa has been accepted for a PhD, here at the University of Greenwich, and that I will continue to see her beautiful face and be on the receiving end of a warm hug!!

Each year the universites award several honorary doctorates, and this year, one of those people, was the iconic fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes. I was just a tad disappointed that we didn't get to hear from her personally 😕

Once again

If I have missed your name, or you would like me to include a photo, do let me know.

On a personal note ...

I am so very grateful for the gift of friendship 💖  This past weekend I went to visit Sue Jelfs in her new home in Leicester. My first visit to the city and I thoroughly enjoyed it 😀

Many of you will remember Sue from her time here in Medway when, amongst other things, she was a faithful volunteer at both World Cafe and TABLEtalk.

The weather was wonderful for the whole weekend. On Friday we enjoyed a wee walk at Foxton Locks; a series of ten locks built in the early 1800s. Followed by an enjoyable lunch over-looking the canal, with some live jazz in the background. 

It was just what I needed to sit and watch the barges, the swans, and the world go by at a lovely slow pace.

Then we took a short drive to the Buttercup Tearooms, enjoying a relaxing coffee & cake; followed by a visit to see the goats and alpacas.

On Saturday, we explored a small part of the city, stopping for a truly scrumptious flat bread, camembert & prosciutto lunch. 

Actually the truth is, we did rather a lot of eating out as we went to Sue's favourite local pub, The Cradock Arms, in the evening.  After my sausage & mash, I enjoyed a wonderful mango and passionfruit posset.

Thank you, Sue for your wonderful hospitality and for making me feel so at home.  The weekend was just what I needed to re-energise.

NOTE TO SELF:

Diet begins today!!!

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