What a surprise, I was having a bit of glum day trying to decide what to do with the rest of my life as usual when my sister Heidi told me to wrap myself up warm, grab my camera and hop in the car. She had a surprise planned for me. I've mentioned previously that Heidi's boyfriend owns a restaurant that's situated on a small Airfield and my lovely Sis had arranged for me to partake in a 35 minute flight in a 4 seater Cessna above Hamburg. It was lovely and warm in the plane and even though it was [View Full Entry]

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Hello there Today was a day to breathe some fresh air and visit the Tierpark Hagebeck. A huge animal park on the outskirts of Hamburg. Although I prefer my animals in the wild, its an unfortunate fact of life that humans have encroached so much on habitats that some species can only be seen in captivity. Hagebeck does its job of conservation and education very well so I packed myself some lunch and wrapped up as warm as possible as it feels like the we've reached winter here already with a high of only 4C and headed into Hamburg. The best [View Full Entry]

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Hello Again well my first day was a complete mixture of emotions at the vets. I was thrown in at the deep end - which I loved. I was assisting with Ops before I was even introduced to anyone, they appeared to have a real staff shortage. Although I must admit that the responsibility felt a little daunting. We performed a total of 12 minor operations, undertook a tummy scan on a lovely fluffy ferrel cat that could not keep any food down, patched up a rat that had decided to nibble open her stiches from a previous op, investigated possible [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, just a quick update....I have received great news today. When I was a wee girlie I really wanted to be a vet, but somehow fell into the 'I need to make money in Business Development' trap instead. You may have come across my travel entries where I swoon over pets & wildlife, I'm a complete nature freak - so I have now decided to spend some time double checking if my calling really was to work with animals....anyway, to make a long story short, tomorrow I start work with the local town vet!!!! They are crying out for help [View Full Entry]

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Hello Everyone, today is my birthday and it feels very strange. I usually have plans to throw myself out of planes, drive Bigfoot vehicles over clapped out police cars, travel to some far distant place to spot an Albratross - or well at least put on some high heels and hit the dancefloor for the night, but today has been very quiet. As I mentioned previosly I am currently visiting family in Germany - my big sister Heidi and her two boys Kieren & Liam. Unfortunately the boys are heading to England today for a two week holiday with their Nana, [View Full Entry]

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Hello there I've arrived in sunny Germany to spend some time with my family and figure out what on earth to do with the rest of my life. Temptation calls with far away travels to South America & Asia, should I spend some time freshing up the finances or just grab my backpack and head for the airport. Who know's. Maybe my 7 and 10 year old nephews have the answer for me - kids usually have the wiser simpler view of things...... Anyway, nothing real to report except for spending the last few day's washing every item I posses with [View Full Entry]

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Final Day’s I’ve just re-read my first account of our time in Sierra Nevada and although we have managed to have a couple of nice day’s not much has changed on the negative elements of our stay. We finally caved in last week and made the decision to leave. Things just weren’t going to get any better and the whole experience was doing nothing for mine and Jaime’s health. Today is Sunday the 4th October. Jaime flies back to the UK tomorrow whilst I have decided to spend some time with my sister and nephews in Germany. Its been over a [View Full Entry]

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Hello All Apologies for neglecting my blog for a while. Jaime is writing a blow by blow account on what’s been happening daily in his diary, take a look at his blog under nickname ‘Aber’ or search for ‘Jaime Kedgkey’ for a detailed description, but below is a quick summary of events to date: Its Sunday the 13th September, we are full of expectations after setting off at 3am for Leeds/Bradford airport. After a yet another heart-wrenching goodbye from my mom who droves us to the airport, we head to the baggage check-in. The flight to Malaga is uneventful, o [View Full Entry]

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Yipppppppeeeee! We've booked the flights. Leaving date is the 13th September - Leeds Bradford to Malaga, Malaga to Granada and finally Granada to Lajaron! Countdown starts now!!! :) [View Full Entry]

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