Our main reason for visiting Worthing was to catch up with some of Kim’s relations- his cousin Celia and her family, and his Uncle Trevor. We hit it off straight away with Celia and her husband Chris (in spite of the fact that the last time we’d seen Celia was about 40 years ago in NZ!). Promises were made to keep in touch, and Chris and Celia are hoping to visit NZ in the near future. They very kindly drove us around to visit the local attractions.
While staying here we were fortunate enough to be able to attend the funeral of one of Dexter’s very old school friends (John Potter). I think people appreciated that we had made the effort, and Kim stood up and spoke on his dad‘s behalf.
Was interesting to see how a funeral is conducted in England. For example, the food and drinks were served before hand, whereas in New Zealand we tend to have these after the service. I did not have anything to wear, so felt I stuck out like a sore thumb in my brightly coloured dress!
We will definitely be making an effort to visit this side of Kim’s family during our future trips to Europe. 
England 2023 