"Sitting in a English garden waiting for the sun,
if the sun don't come we'll get the suntan sitting in the English rain..."

From The walrus" The Beatles (:-)

Best greetings! Hope you are fine?

Hello, Skipper! I thought you'd died. I hope you are having fine weather aboard
and still enjoying visits to your little grandson (and maybe more by now?).

" I thought you'd died"

My hour has not yet arrived but I guess it will sooner or later... (:-)

"still enjoying visits to your little grandson"

Nope, I don't think I'll be able to travel any more, I have nasty pains from Arthritis which limit my walk considerably.

What about you? I've seen a lot of quite good photos recently from you....

Sad if you never visit England again, but perhaps your family will come to visit you.
Have you tried glucosamine for your joints? It really works if you take it every day.

I'm still snapping away. Went on a long bus ride to Keswick last summer.
www.ipernity.com/doc/isisbridge/album/804044

Yes, they are going to visit us in April, and yes, I'm taking glucosamine and it helped a lot, I'd be on a wheel chair if not for that, however I'm not in conditions to tackle a long journey.

(I'm having a look at your bus travel....)

Another thing that helps is wearing good shoes with the right support, and doing thigh-strengthening exercises to take the strain off the knee (presuming that's the problem).

Yachting slippers no good!

"thigh-strengthening exercises"

Good advice, I'll explore that. My main problem is at hip joints but I do have some pain even in thighs and knees, so probably I might have arthritis at the knees too...