(N&P) - although punctuated by some great social occasions, our summer has mostly involved going through all the stuff that we brought up from Twickenham, sorting out photos from the last few years, and planning the next part of our travels. In Nick's case, a typical day generally began with watching Ironside kick some 70's butt (not literally), and Paula generally had her nose buried in some papers from the past few years from morn till night! Our celebrity moment was meeting Bill Bryson at Durham Uni's 175th anniversary celebrations, at the end of Summer in September, see right. Thurs 26th July to Weds 1st Aug - We spent the Friday, my first full day back from South America, filling in umpteen visa application forms to enable us to get into the less-open nations in the
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