News from Cardiff reaches us that Kenny and Craig attended the first Ashes test, obviously supporting the Aussies.

Ex England players David Gower and Alec Stewart bumped into the a couple of old real pro's.

Our Friends over at Celestial Cyprus launch their New Video on Youtube...take a look.

Driving from the crowds at Ayia Napa, we headed over to the undeveloped peninsula of Cape Greco. This is an area of spectacular rock formations, large sea caves and some superb views.

A short drive North took us to Protaros is well know for its sandy beach and clear water at Fig Tree Bay and time for us to take a cooling swim in the sea.

Heading West we stopped off at the village of Kalavassos, which is regarded as one of the oldest villages in Cyprus.

Close to Kalvassos is Choirokoitia, which is a Neolithic village that dates back to the 9th Millenium B.C. This World heritage site is still undergoing excavation and a replica of the Neolithic village has been constructed on site.

Our final stop was at the coastal village Zigi has several seafood restaurants and we enjoyed a fresh fish meze at Mario’s

Along with our friends, Steve & Mary, we decided to spend a weekend exploring the Eastern side of Cyprus, we made our base in the town of Larnaca.

On our first day we drove over to Potomos, (Potamos in Greek means creek.) On a small sea inlet there is a hidden fishing shelter with numerous small, brightly coloured boats that land their catches on rickety pontoons.

We then moved onto the resort of Ayia Napa, with is numerous themed bars and crowded beaches, we stayed long enough for a cool drink and a spot of people watching.

The Abba Dabbado tribute band played at the Pissouri Amphitheartre. A large crowd and a terrific family atmosphere made for great night.

One member of the audience did make a numpty of themselves, the question is, was the Milk Tray Man ivolved yet again ?

Elaine celebrated here birthday with a party at their house. Peter and her daughters laid out a wonderful buffet.

The evening ended with some daft games involving coins, and orange and banana.

Pissouri village square was packed as a local Cypriot family held a party, we were told that the reason for the party was so that all the cousins in the family could get to know one another.