Lodos Goes Awol

After another stalled start to our weekend ( I swear we are cursed when it comes to cars!.... who gets two flat tyres when all they want to do is head away for the weekend!) We finally made it to London. We were visiting for our friends birthday, and after quite a stressful few weeks were looking forward to getting out of Boxted for the weekend. After finding our hotel, very conveniently located near Paddington tube station, we headed to Picadilly Circus to the Comedy Store where we had tickets for the evening. A good night out for £25 actually, and we will do it again! Love Picadilly Circus with all the lights and atmosphere...where people in London are actually HAPPY! I spotted the m&m's store too......is there a better reason to go back?! After another ... read more

As the weather gets progressivly colder, the central heating comes on and the leaves begin to change. I must admit being out in the wop wops has its advantages where you can clearly see the changes in the seasons. Surrounded by trees all the greenery is changing to red, yellow and orange which is all rather pretty. Frosty morning are not my favourite thing ( the car doesnt like it either) but it normally promises a sunny, but cold, day. I have been very lucky to always have fireworks on my birthday and as it is still guy fawkes here on my birthday weekend i didnt miss out this year. I had a lovely birthday, with gifts from New Zealand including some kiwi essentials like peanut slabs & milo. my lovely boss bought me a pair ... read more

Well it's been a week and we have moved to Bury St Edmunds, we have settled into our flat at Boxted Hall and I have sucessfully completed a weeks work at The Open College of Equine Studies. The week has certainly had it's ups and downs. Our landlords have kindly furnished the flat for us, which involved hauling a beds, couches, chairs and tables from the attic.....lets just say our flat is spread over 4 stories with three flights of stairs, not to mention the two attic spaces above us where the furniture came from.....Vaughn's a good pack horse! So we have a lovely, warm house, overlooking the moat and gardens. It is very surreal out here, but surprisingly busy with guests coming and going and today we have been dodging cameras and actors for a ... read more

After four days in Edinburgh it was definiatly time to get out of the city, so we hired a car in search of Loch's, Scottish Seas and Vaughn's new found hero William Wallace (he's dead btw). Driving out of Edinburgh deserves a blog entry all in itself, but I will refrain... After an awesome cooked brekkie with the Cuzzies (thanks Zoe you are amazing!) we headed towards our first destination Stirling. We found Stirling Castle up on the hill and loe and behold a statue of William Wallace which started Vaughn off on his mission to learn everything and anything about the guy that fought for the independance of Scotland from British rule. If you would like to know more, watch Braveheart....but apparently this is not a good interpretation of what really happened so Vaughn tells ... read more

So I have a job! My dream job at that and it is in the most beautiful area. With work due to start in about two weeks I was on the hunt for a flat, and although my trip to Bury St Edumunds wasn't successful on the flat front it was great to see around the region that would soon be my home. Bury St Edmunds is about 1 1/2 hours from Biggleswade but it seems a longer drive than that. I had heard it was a 'destination point' and now I know why. The history here dates back to the 12th century! The town is much larger than I thought....for some reason I always imagine small wee villages with cobbled streets. Well, Bury has the cobbles streets, but it is quite developed and has grown ... read more