It was in 1967 that Margaret and Paul arrived in the United Kingdom for postgraduate medical studies and then Salvation Army officer training. The Swallows conveys some of the nostalgia felt for home.

But their ten years in the 80s gave opportunity for family holidays. The Change and A Family in Ireland are among the poems written. It was a family joke that there had to be a poem for the holiday to be declared
a good one!

The return to London in 1999 provided opportunities to explore the cultural life of the city. After Les Miserables, On First Visiting the British Museum, The Ballerina record some of these. And National Trust membership has led to exploration of some of their properties. Chartwell and Climate Change refer to some of these visits.