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2024 Christmas Newsletter from the Lovelock family

Samantha June & Robin with beard June, Michelle, Sanskia & Samantha from Samanha, June & Robin: See www.gpss.co.uk/xmas24.htm for Robin’s full (rather rambling) version, with links to his shorter 4xA4 side copy, and this 2xA4 "Samantha" version, edited by Robin. Tap or Click on photos to enlarge :-)

2024 started with a delayed Christmas celebration due to June testing positive with covid on Christmas Eve, so we all went to Saskia & Gary’s place to celebrate in the New Year. Samantha was made redundant in January after working at Nielsen for over 24 years and is looking for a part-time job. Samantha turned 50 in March and to celebrate, she and June went to the Maldives. white strip xmas23s piccy xmas23s piccy white strip xmas23s piccy xmas23s piccy white strip On the flight back from the Maldives we were on WhatsApp as cousin Becky was in labour. Baby Theia was born the following day. so turned 50 in March so we all went to a 70s/80s weekend in Somerset to celebrate. In June, Robin & June went on Holiday to Sicily again, and Samantha also went for the first time as she wasn’t working. white strip Sicily 2024 piccy Sicily 2024 piccy xmas23s piccy xmas23s piccy white strip

June and Samantha are still keeping up their tennis and visited Queen’s Club and Wimbledon twice this year. We were lucky to have tickets for Both No. 1 and Centre Court due to rain both days. We visited Blenheim Palace to see their light illuminations and were joined by cousin Becky, Jordan and their new daughter Theia. Michelle is still in Coventry teaching electrical installations. Saskia and Gary have been working on their garden this year especially setting up a rose garden. Robin is still working on his Snoopy boat which didn’t sail this year. John Silvester, the founder member of Snoopy’s Team joker, passed away this year after a long illness. Sleep Well John.

white strip Blenheim Palace Christmas lights in 2024 xmas23s piccy Saskia & Gary in Garden Snoopy's Robot Boat on 25th October 2023 John Sylvester founder member of Snoopy's Team-Joker white strip

Robin Lovelock near Christmas 2024 We hope you kept safe this year, and that 2025 will be happy and healthy for you all. With love from Samantha, June, Robin, and family.
from Robin: Well Done Samantha ! :-) Most of above is unchanged, including text & pictures. but work was needed because of the terrible tools Samantha used ;-) Some of following is from end of my full xmas24 newsletter ... Making those "photo trail" videos, in 2023, became an obsession. Some local friends may have been pleased that I "paused" the habit, briefly, but others encouraged me. Failure of my Samsung pocket camera has not helped :-| The photo trails are certainly valuable as an "aid to my memory", and a communication aid on a wide range of topics - not just Snoopy's Robot Boat - to my Worldwide network of friends;-) There are many photo trail videos on www.youtube.com/user/RobinLovelock/videos , and most include an amusing introduction, and end with what is important to me: my thoughts on the UK DVLA and - MUCH more important - the prophetic words of James Lovelock. Maybe I can JUST squeeze an extract in below :-)
Global Warming, The Revenge of Gaia, throwing mankind back 10,000 years, and James Lovelock .... James Lovelock The Revenge of Gaia "We can't stop Global Warming. but we may delay it by a few decades, to give us time to prepare for it's effects: vast areas of the World, including as close as continental Europe, becoming arid desert; shrinking of habitable areas of the planet to much smaller parts of the planet, closer to the Poles. The Earth will then only be able to support a small fraction of it's present population, and there will be the need for massive migration. Places like the UK will remain temporate a little longer, so will be an attractive destination. We need all World Governments to cooperate, to prepare for this inevitability; also to agree things like reduced use of fossile fuels, to give us a few more decades to prepare." The above is not a quote, but how I remember what James Lovelock said in his book "The Revenge of Gaia... etc, etc ;-) This has been on my Grumpy page for years, and is near the end of many videos on www.youtube.com/user/RobinLovelock/videos .
On a lighter note, here are several of our 2024 videos :-) ... Holidays in Maldives, Sicily, the AMRA BBQ, and Blenheim Palace :-) white strip Maldives in 2024 with Samantha & June Lovelock Sicily Holiday in 2024 with Samantha, Robin & June Lovelock AMRA BBQ 2024 Blenheim Palace Christmas lights on Saturday 30th November 2024 :-)

Have a Great Christmas, New Year, and 2025. Love & Strength ! :-)

Samantha, June, Robin Lovelock, 22 Armitage Court, Sunninghill, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 9TA, England, UK. Tel UK (44) 01344 620775. Robin's Mobile 07736 353 404. Email: gpss@compuserve.com Website http://www.gpss.co.uk . This page updated Sunday 15th December 2024 at 1345.

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