For this Holiday Season we decided to spend Christmas at home and then leave to enjoy the New Year in England and stay for the month of January. As usual, our time in the apartment in Ilkley was very enjoyable, with lots of walking (Ilkley Moor, Keighley, Bingley, Skipton), pleasant dining and relaxation. We were also able to visit many of our relatives and friends in Ilkley, Ripon, Sheffield and other parts of Yorkshire. This trip was a little different, however, in that Geoffrey had arranged for us to spend a week in Tuscany at his son Mark’s villa. This was a First Class experience in every sense and a very memorable visit to a beautiful part of the world. The villa is in Tuscany, which allowed us to visit the surrounding towns of Siena, San Gimignano, Mensano, Pisa and Florence. The whole was a wonderful trip and a great way to start a new year.
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