After a Virgin Atlantic flight from Manchester, we have an overnight stay at the Embassy Suites near Orlando Airport, before we drive to Bradenton  in a Chevrolet Equinox

Our 14th successive year at this villa in

Stone Harbour Loop,

Heritage Harbour,

Bradenton.

We are soon into our usual routine of taking a walk most mornings at the nearby Beacon Lake (left), but after a few days settling in, we make a road trip based on a two night stay in Naples. The trip includes seeing 42nd Street at a dinner theatre in Fort Myers, and visits to the Everglades National Park and Naples Botanical Garden