Now for part 2.. we had 11 days rest after coming back from Scotland… then we were picked up by Brenda on the 27^th August , off to Norwich airport and headed south to Malta… we landed there just after 11pm and were transferred to the Qawara Palace hotel in the north-eastern corner of the island.. we had a lot to cram in to our week in Malta..it is a very historic island and there’s lots to see and do… we spent our days doing this and our evenings relaxing either at the hotel entertainment or just round the corner at Murphy’s Irish bar… they had some good acts and they also served Kilkenny…we had an evening trip around, finishing in Valletta watching a 5D film of the history of the island.. excellent stuff.. next day we went on the ordinary bus into Valletta and wandered about looking at the St John Co-cathedral and seeing the firing of the noon cannon at the Saluting Battery… we went to the Mosta Dome, where, in 1942, a bomb came through the roof of the Dome, where 300 people were taking shelter, and it didn’t explode…they took this to be a miracle.. we visited St Julian’s, Mdina, Bugiba and other places, we went on a trip to see the Blue Grotto and the Sunday market , then we had a very tiring, whole day trip to Gozo, the island to the north of Malta…we were shattered… it was well up in the 40 degrees… we enjoyed our holiday in Malta very much and came home on the 3^rd of September.. we had a day of rest on the Wednesday and I was back to work on Thursday when the schools went back…