Back in London

We left 'Onbekommerd' on Sunday afternoon and after an uneventful trip we are back in the "London borough of Richmond upon Thames", or 'Richmond' as it is more commonly called. We actually stay a few minutes walking from the famous Kew botanical gardens, which is almost at the end of the 'District' Underground line, say a bit under an hour by 'tube' from Central London.
What was interesting was that we used the 'EU/ UK Passports' immigration queue at the airport (as suggested by the immigration official when we arrived at the beginning of April) and indeed, with the EU family member visa in Lyn's passport that was no problem, they did not even stamp the passport! Being able to use that queue is useful as we can now choose the shortest of the queues and that can make up to an hour difference as we found out on 3 April!
We will be here until 21 May when we will return to Onbekommerd in Monnickendam. From 23 to 29 May we have volunteered to assist with the Delta Lloyd regatta in Medemblik, which is a big regatta for Olympic classes and part of the ISAF (International Sailing Federation) World Cup. We then cross the IJsselmeer to Workum to help in the DYR (Dutch Youth Regatta) from 2 to 5 June.
But until then, its the UK, with a visit to the Dutch Embassy on Monday 9 May to officially start the naturalisation process. Interesting times for sure!