hi hi! sorry for not replying to your wonderful messages. im on my first placement and lots of things to be done! glad you are having a fab time still. happy bday bys!
love you x
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Howdy peeps, Just wanted to say a Happy Birthday to the boys. I have texted them both and facebooked them also but not sure if they received the messages!
Im impressed with your 15+ Tuna count miss Clough!!!!
Not much going on here, the weather is crap as always and is getting increasingly worse, however, no where near as bad as a monsoon!!!!!
YOU WIN!
Missing you loads,
Lots of love
Jen x x x x x
Monsoon Hi there intrepid travellers! It sounds as if you're having a great time. All that travel sounds exhausting - you probably need to have a nice sit down in a bar or something just to recover.
Funnily enough I was in Monsoon yesterday as well - isn't it a small world! I didn't see you and the boys but perhaps you were in a different department to me? I bought a very nice skirt which wasn't at all wet and will be very nice for Christmas. I'm sure Chris and Mike are pleased you've arranged such a nice birthday treat for them and you'll no doubt need a flame thrower to light all those candles! Ah well - down hill all the way to 30 from here boys! Cheers! Love to you all. Mumxxxx
Photos The photos look great. If that barge is the one you travelled down the Mekong on you have my sympathy. Did you just sit and watch the world go by? I think I'll stick to Royal Carribbean. I think I may have seen your rockets. I saw 4 last night, they were high in the sky and I could not see where they originated from. We settled for a packet of sparklers and a bag of bonfire toffee in the garden, it was magic, I even got to write my name in the sky. Keep enjoying yourselves love and miss you lots xxx
nooooo i do like your stories...i just wish i was lazying on a beach - PGCE is hard work!!! hehe!! keep the stories coming, o and glad the spider was dead!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Howdy Hello my little chipmunks!!!!
Sounds fabulous, Asti, was so good to hear your little voice the other day. Thought i would let you know that your postcard arrived safely today! Thanks you very much! Not much going on here really, Martyn has now moved into his gorgeous little flat.....so much warmer than the old place....THANK GOD!
Everything you have been getting up to sounds great. Keep the blogs and pictures coming.
Love to everyone.
Love Jen x x
ugh ugh i will stop sending messages if you continue with this paradise talk!!! remember are nearest paradise is shitley bay!!!!! tone it down - mkaing me sick haha! sick with jealousy!!! dad's hotel opened yesterday and we all stayed over - its fab! we can go when you come back...come back to our paradise of the north east. love you xxx
Paradise Glad you've arrived in paradise - it sounds fab and looks great on the website. Good to hear Chris is keeping his negotiating skills up to scratch - or has he just spent too much time with a certain Yorkshireman? We too have a room near the beach and next to a pond with loungers and a BBQ but I'm not sure it's exactly the same as where you are! There was Sea Bass on the menu at Loch Fyne last night and our happy juice was Italian Pinot Grigio so not exactly local. Life in WBay rambles on as usual with the weather getting colder and the nights fair drawing in. The back is improving a bit but not quick enough for my liking. Astrid you seem to be chilling out so much I wonder if you'll be able to rouse yourself to do anything at all soon - great stuff! We had some 'trick or treaters' on Halloween but by the time they came Dad and I had eaten all the chocolate and they had to have biscuits instead - shame! We're off to the fireworks on the seafront tonight which should be good and will think of you. Keep safe and stay happy. Chat soon. My love to you as always Mum xxx
Still Missing You Well I am delighted to say your Dad took me to work with him the other day, it's about time. It must have been National Take Your Bertie To Work Day, because I saw a lot of my brothers and sisters on the way.I'd been left for days on your parents drive. I was beginning to think they were ignoring me and to top it all off it as been getting very chilly. I thought I was starting with the Flu, instead of a key (that's a joke by the way).Well, anyway it was good to get another run out, it soon got my waters boiling and it was lovely to get some hot air around my insides. I do hope he takes me out again soon or at least gets me some cover these hail stones are giving me a headache. Anyway miss and love you lots Bertie xxx
UFO If you say it was a UFO I beleive you.I am delighted to hear you are not on the local happy juice. Do you think Granny could have been visiting you on her broom. It could have been a dry run for her, you know how she likes to make sure the old stick is still working. Check again tonight when she takes to the air for another Halloween cellebration. Congratulations to Chris on becoming an open water diver. Is there such a thing as a closed water diver?Your snorkelling sounds fab although I am a little confused about where you donned your snorkel. Still it must have been like swimming in an aquarium. I'm glad you are going to take time out to chill before heading for Koh Phangan, because the last few days sound like they have been so tiring.Keep enjoying, Iam really very envious love always Dad xxx
Finding Nemo? Well we're back from our rather short and completely dissimilar trip and are glad of the blog so as we can catch up on all your events. I'm not sure if 'giraffe swimming' is hereditary but perhaps it is - I would definitely not have done the diving all that under water/mask thing/water creatures etc is not for me because I am a wimp. However, I hope Chris is enjoying getting in touch with his inner Nemo but I'm sure I could survive lounging around on a beach instead. The photos are fab - looking forward to seeing more. Thinking of you. Love as ever. Always Mum xxx
DO IT! Hey tunapro!
As you have now started a debate i definately reckon you should do the scuba! Its a once in a lifetime opportunity. Just try the 1st day, if your comfortable then crack on, if not nothing lost and at least you tried!
God i sound like Jeremy Kyle!
let me know what you decide.
Hope Claire and Mike get there ok. Have fun with them. Love you both lots x x x
photobox.com hi i am registered already so just share your photo album with me and im registered with my hotmail account! i am jealous i want to be with you both!!! it sounds fabulous! gonna keep reading as i only just managed to log on! love you! xxxx
TA CHUCK! Sounds soooo good, glad you are still having a laugh! I hope you have pictures of Chris' Masterfcard moment!!!!!
Thanks 4 my texts and messages. The only problem i have with you message is there is no Tuna count???????
Love you x x x x
TUNA COUNT! OOOOOh look at that tuna count>>>.> You been stocking them up ey? well if you run out i have 6 cans in my drawer which i will happily send over as you know my feelings on "the meaty fish".
Its good your relaxing a bit too. Remember you are there to have fun!!!!
Photos look good! Missing you both lots! Martyn didn't get that job!
Speak soon,
Love you long time
Jenna x x x x x
VNTN Anyway....I have looked at all the photos (several times) and it appears that yes you really are in SE Asia and not Narnia after all!They appear to be tigers and elephants not lions and wolves so that must prove it. However, you really do seem to be having a very cultural time and I think you have now been in more temples in two weeks than churches in the rest of your lifetime! Perhaps if they just made the buildings a bit more interesting over here it would have the desired effect? I'm pleased Chris's friends dragged you away from your religious studies for a short time as I think you need to let your hair down occasionally. Well, safe onward travels my trainee Buddhists - stay safe. Thinking of you always. My love to you both. Mum xxx
Missing You Just been out for a run, and I am feeling quite exhausted and tyred. I am told you felt much the same way after your trip up the jungle. I hear you needed a good shower afterwards to get clean. How alike we are, I recently had a good clean and I now look like new, I smell great too. Actually been to the local Spa, it was like swimming in a waterfall, oh such similarity. It was good to get out today, I have not been out much since you went away. Still it means I don't have to eat much, in fact I have only been full once since you left. Most of my days are spent at your parents, sitting under the tree on their drive waiting for you to come home and take me for a spin, much the way you did when you used to hurl me through the Manchester traffic. You have not written to me yet, please don't forget me. Have a great time, all my love Bertie xxx
Photos Hi Travellers, I know you're having a tough time up loading your photos, so we were delighted to get your email with a photo attached. I know others would like to see it but alas I cannot forward it on. So for those interested I will describe it. Chris must have taken it because he is not in it. Obviously ,Astrid looks fab , then again she always does, she isn't in the photo either. A lamp post is however and I must say with that terrific back drop it looks great. If you can get more photo to us I will be delighted to offer further descriptions. Continue to have a fab time love and miss you lots, stay safe Dad xxx
OMG! This is sooo not fair, you guys are clearly having the most amazing time!! I can't believe how much you've done already.....well its saturday morning here, its bloody freezing outside and i wish i was on a bamboo boat going down a random river!! Miss you lots xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oi Oi Hey guys - nice to see your having fun and to see Chris is keeping you in line with a bamboo stick astrid!
All is well here, your flowers are still going strong in our living room!
We are nearly out of Pesto and we didnt get our fair share of the tuna.....tell Mike we will be after him for that.
Miss you lots and I hope you are quitting smoking as discussed Astrid Clough!!!!!!!
Big Kisses,
Jade louise xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Having a Loasy Time All sounds fab! Not sure if I would have made it up the hills (what in these shoes?) and definitely couldn't have coped with the toilet situation. I especially like the sound of the slow boat down the Mekong - wonder if it's like Royal Caribbean?! Do you have a cabin with a balcony and room service? Is the dress code ''formal or smart casual'' tonight or perhaps it's another ''casual'' evening? Anyway, have FUN, stay SAFE and keep in touch. Chris - look after Asti you know the deal!
With love to you both, Mum xxx
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hi! sorry for not replying to your wonderful messages. im on my first placement and lots of things to be done! glad you are having a fab time still. happy bday bys! love you x