Meredith’s shot of the mountains of central Corsica–soon after taking off from Toulouse and heading east on our secret mission with a Poldark connection…
Elba–Napoleon’s home for a while and where the Ellis family had a holiday in 1962–is quickly followed by…
…the island of Giglio with last year’s wreck of the Concordia lying on its side, just visible, looking like a child’s white coffin.
Then leaving Italy at Brindisi and approaching our destination, the island of Corfu–hoping the secret will hold until Tuesday evening when the celebrant should get the surprise of his life!
The view (below)–Albania–from the location where all was revealed last night and our subject was duly astonished that such a thing could be achieved.
PLOT revealed!
Andrew Graham–Winston’s son–is 70 today and Peggotty his wife summoned friends from far and wide (Texas and Melbourne–Sydney, Bath and Lautrec) to bear witness and celebrate with a Surprise Party.
She did it for his 40th, his 50th and his 60th.
As Andrew arrived on the empty terrace of the villa last night, one by one, familiar faces popped up from hiding….
“She’s done it again and I had no idea!”
Today all 19 co-conspirators are all feeling self-satisfied and relieved.
Mission Accomplished!
Now let’s go for a swim…
Robin Ellis 
I hope you enjoyed yourselves. I’ve just booked a holiday in Corfu for October.
Charming, and what a lovely idea.
Corfu is a beautiful island. I spent a holiday there a few years ago. Achillion Palace is well worth for a visit. It was in possession of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and it was there where she could escape the suffocating atmosphere of the court in Vienna.
Enjoy your stay and have you all a nice celebration !!
What a great surprise for Andrew Graham. Did you attend the previous milestone celebrations? I always think of ‘My Family & Other Animals’ when anyone mentions Corfu! Hope you are enjoying some sunshine and good company – who is cooking???
Ah-ha!! So that’s where you are! When you posted the pic of the mountains, I thought sure Gene would know where you were, but no luck. It reminded me of something Reeve Lindbergh once said (Charles’ daughter and a wonderful children’s book author)…that her parents could always tell where they were just by looking at the mountains around them (in flight)!
Hope Andrew had a great birthday!! See, 70s not so bad–Ringo’s going to be 72 in a few weeks, and he’s on tour again. Looked & sounded great in Boston! So that begs the question, Robin: what’s YOUR next project? 🙂
Cheers & hugs!
Safe trip!
How was a swim?
Thank you so much for the stunning pictures of these unseen mountains. I wish I could see them and the Agean Sea myself. Enjoy your well earned holiday…
Just started rewatching the Poldark Series. Brought back memories. What a great show. Robin, it is true no one else could have played Ross Poldark. You were born to play him.