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25th April should have been our 25th wedding anniversary.  You can bet that David would have been making a very big deal out of it somehow - a party, perhaps, or a very special treat for the two of us.  Somehow, I've always managed to miss out on celebrating "milestone" events.  And I've always promised myself that I'd make up for it at the next one.  

The one event that he did manage to make very special for me was my 60th birthday.

I knew he had something up his sleeve when he didn't ask me if there was anything I'd like for my birthday.  I just kept quiet, trusting he had something in mind - a surprise party, maybe?  His father nearly gave the game away by asking when I was going flying.  I brushed it off, deciding to not mention the incident - then his dad repeated the question to David, in my presence.

David and his dad doing karaoke "their way"

David was furious with his father.  After we'd gone home, he got back in the car and went right back to tell him so.  It didn't really spoil the surprise - just made me think I might be going on a trip somewhere, and I was really thrilled with the actual present. It turned out to be a one-hour flight from Swansea airfield, route of my choosing. ( I love travelling by train, bus or plane - just sitting there, being taken somewhere is magic!  Yes, I'm strange.)

After a couple of false starts ( bad weather prevents the light aircraft from flying safely) we took off for a flight over Pontypridd, my home town.  David sat up front with the pilot and I sat in the back with my camera.  It was so much fun, a great experience and I promised myself I'd do it again someday.  


So I've finally got my act together and made a slideshow of the photos I took on the day.  And it's inspired me to want to do it again, so I've been stalking the Swansea Flight Experience website, daring myself to take the plunge and book another.  

Bye for now,

Keren

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