It sounds like you've had a very busy life, Stitcher. Unless you have the major part of it turned into lawn, gardening can be a full-time job on its own! Lawn is not really an option in Crete, it is just too dry - unless you want a sky high water bill! I planted a dozen or so fruit trees, and all the native trees - oranges, lemons, a lime, and a pomegranate survived - but peach, the apricot and one of the cherries fell by the wayside. Of the vegetables, only the Greek white onions did really well. Tomatoes so-so, potatoes & peppers didn't do well at all.
Dudley Zoo was a regular outing when I was a kid. We did go to Weston once, but it was wet and windy. Our usual resorts were Weymouth, Barmouth or Rhyl.
Most albums have two or three good numbers and the rest are make-weight padding! My hobbies are now very much more sedate - photography, genealogy, and listening to music. Digging the garden is not on - almost heavy clay in the winter and like concrete in the summer - so one of my local Greek friends puts his tractor over it around May and the strimmer takes care of the weeds!
Maurice :friendly_wink:
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