2012 — A Year of Travelling
As part of the “big year” for Janet's 50th birthday we went on a tour round China in September — this photo shows Shanghai at night
It was an exhausting tour, but showed us as many different aspects of China as could be crammed in to two weeks — this photo shows a cormorant fisherman on the Li River near Guilin
In November we went to stay in our “usual” cottage in the Peak District and took the opportunity to go to see Spurs play away at Manchester City (this and the following photo were taken on Andy's low-tech mobile phone, so we apologise for their lower quality)
Inside the Etihad Stadium
While we were in the Peak District we went for a long walk round the dams in Derwent Valley — this is Derwent Dam, where the Dambusters practiced for their mission during WW II
The stilling pool for Derwent Dam
Approaching Howden Dam
Howden Dam
It was getting dark by the time we got back to Derwent Dam
Andy treated Janet to a lovely Rukka motorcycling jacket for Christmas
We decided to have a quiet New Year's Eve celebration at home, and successfully completed the “Chilli Vodka challenge” that Janet's brother and family had given us for Christmas
Happy New Year from the Torque Monsters
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