29th April 2008

Our month has been really excellent, one of the best, but we didn't think Charlie's month would be quite so good as right at the beginning of April he had his little operation but it went so well he was just the same old Charlie the next day and so far he seems totally unaware that anything has changed. There is no keeping that cat down and we wouldn't want to, he is so full of character and into absolutely everything.

Our good friends Nasser and Heba had reason to celebrate as Heba gave birth to a baby boy on the 6th April but as is the custom here the birth wasn't celebrated for 7 days.

Its been a really excellent month for returning good friends and AWOL supporters. Tony came back with lots of excess baggage and we all had a great two weeks out with the animals and what was even better is that we were able to meet up with Kay who stitched two large rolls of webbing for AWOL and also Mandy, Alison, Jan and Amy who are all looking forward to meeting up again later in the year at the AWOL Summer Ball which is from 7.30 pm on the 18th July at Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, Staffs. The event is black tie and tickets are £33 per person. It will be a really great evening with ALL profits going directly to Animal Welfare Of Luxor. Do have a look at the AWOL web site and come along if you can. Alison, who even took head collars to stitch back to her hotel, has just left and Sheila has just arrived, needle in hand, and is staying with us and helping the animals for almost another two weeks. Everybody has done so much for the animals that they will all need another holiday to get over this one though as the picture shows we did manage to get out for a well deserved beer or two. Come back soon one and all.

We don't have much spare time to visit the temples but managed to arrange to go to the Temple of Seti I with Simon, Chantal and their daughter Pauline but as Chantal wasn't well only Simon and Pauline went with us. It was nice to see them and hope we can find the time to all go to a temple or two when they come back. We managed to get some really nice pictures as we had the temple to ourselves but in the afternoon it was back to making head collars as even with all the extra help we have struggled to keep up this month. Can't believe how the time just flies.

You know from previous newsletters that we have a frequent snake problem but what you don't know is that we also have a frequent puncture problem. Our little Matrix has aspirations to be a 4x4 and copes so well with all we ask of it but this month we have broke the all time record for punctures. Now we can change a wheel almost as fast as a Formula 1 car, that is after we have emptied the boot of all the AWOL equipment. Usually we try to limp to the nearest tyre repair place to avoid emptying the boot but once completely flat we are left no option.

If you would like to meet up when you come over we would love see you but we only have a very small amount of free time. Click Here for a page you can print off with our contact details and where you can meet us. Thank you all for the bits you have brought over but if you have any room in your case we would still like a tin or four of Homepride Curry Sauce as we just can't get enough of this, Branston Pickle or horseradish sauce. We also need some original cream Jif or Cif or whatever they call it now as cream cleaners are just not available in Luxor. We will of course pay you for anything you bring and don't forget the wish list on the Animal Welfare Of Luxor web site for items needed to help the animals.

If there is anything you would like to know then do send us an e-mail.

Pauline and Graham XX

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