As an Aussie who has a Celtic background (read fair skin) and a family history of skin problems due to sun I totally agree. Does the slip-slop-slap campaign still do something? Been away since 2001 but I remember this and do it myself when we are in the sun - even if it is not hot (Alps).

Have a great time down there and let the cares of everyday life pass you by for a while. Merry Christmas and a very happy and successful 2025 to you all.

and this is probably one of maybe thousands...... 😷

I find myself coming back to the 3M Aura masks, good fit and comfortable. I normally fit elastic straps either straight away or as soon as I break one of the rubber ones!
100% agree on staying safe, at our age it beats the alternative.

My Uncle, long gone, had a great library. Sign on the door: Never lend books to other people. All the books in my library were borrowed from somebody else.

Another interesting fact: Cleopatra is closer in time to us today than she is to the first Pharoh of Egypt.

I have certainly seen top loaders in France with two doors which lock together and the drum axis is horizontal, just as in a front loader.