Hello All. I have been busy on our Ecuador project where we are working to stop mining in the Upper Amazon. Silviu is in Quito and is collating facts for a movie.

One of the Shuar has been murdered by Government forces which has inspired a meeting of the Indigenous Tribes this weekend. We have been able to help financially and I am looking at setting up a Micro Financial Support System for the Shuar.

We have another movie making friend from Sweden going down to Gualaquiza today.

Here in El Rio, all is well. We had 5.6 liters of rain per square meter the night before last. We are waiting for more and at present it does not look likely. Our total for the last 11 months is 116 litres per square meter. !!

OK Time for some pictures:

  
Andrea and Robert sanding the Pergola's beams.

  
Blondina "chilling out" on my bed.

Lucas and Jamie looking at our veggies from the garden.

 Here are some veggies from the garden.

The Cave.

It is now November 8th. I am back in Spain. 

I left Kew in London and went down to Hampshire and spent a night with my nephew George and his wife Guilia and their three children.

This is a GREAT kitchen. Guilia is Italian and a great cook. !

  
Here are the "kids".

On up to Woodstock near Oxford to stay with my other nephew Richard and his partner, Lea, who is Danish, and their two children. 

Finally down to London. On the Tube.

With a view of communal gardens from the Tube.
 

and a gum transplant. Amazing surgery, taking a piece of flesh from the roof of my mouth and planting it on the root of my tooth for future protection.

Then on to stay with my niece Kate and her husband Harvie and their two children, a short overnight stay leaving at 5.00am in the morning to fly back to Almeria. ! 

10 people staying. The front room fully painted, the little salon also.

Here we see a butterfly freshly emerged from a chrysalis.

 Here we see Stephan from Denmark and Robert from Romania working on the Pergola, sanding and varnishing for the Winter.

Kes from England and Jamie from America have been painting outside woodwork.

  
And here they are.

OK, That brings us up to date. !!

At Kew, in London.

I am now in Kew, in London, staying with my niece Erica and her husband Nick and their two sons Alexander and Christian. I went for a tour of the Steam Museum too. !

Here is a picture looking up river from Kew Bridge.

And here, Alexander playing the piano.

 

Home in Galway

Now, this is a good kitchen. !

 I like the big windows. Loads of light. !

Tomorrow, London.

Back to Dromineer

Setting off from Terryglass.

  
A fine old castle owned by the Mc Neill Moss family.

  
Heading out into the sunset. !

  
Home for the Winter.

Shannon One Design Racing

This is  number 96, the 96th. boat built in the Shannon One Design class,  built in 1970.

Launching the 96.

Frank Brown launched his BMW. !
 

William towed him back in. !

96 ready for action.
 

  
Coming up for the start.

They are racing.

On the River Shannon to the Terryglass Regatta.

After the Degree giving ceremony and a night in Galway, we then  drove down to Tipperary and settled ourselves on the family Barge,  69M, and headed for the regatta at Terryglass.

Here we are, off and away.

Here I am, in the Galley, cooking breakfast. !

Coming into the harbor at Terryglass.

Here we are. We have arrived and are tied alongside.

Social time after breakfast and before sailing.

Looking down the passageway, cabins an bathroom on the left, port side, main cabin, up for'ad.

At Galway University.

My nephew William is collecting his degree in Alternative Energy Systems Engineering from Galway University. 

Actually this is William getting some munchies. !

William with my sister, Adair, and his Dad, John.

University quadrangle. Old Style.
 

This is the seriously High Tech Engineering building used as a prototype for the management of buildings using "Cloud Base" computing linked into sensors.

The photograph shows the ventilation system from floor to ceiling. Big holes in the floor and loads of little holes in the ceiling. !

People sitting enjoying the view over the Thames. I have had a good day walking about with friends and seeing my dentist friend this evening. I need a "gum graft". !!!!

  
Richmond Bridge over the Thames

  
Richmond Park

  
Teddington Station

The view from my bedroom window in Teddington.