Blogs from Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

This year for my birthday I was unfortunately working :( However my family came over and took me out for a yummy lunch - Mummy Pappy and Aunty Mary embarrassing me with a cake and candles in the café. Mummy also managed to get 4 tickets to the theatre for the evening which had been sold out! Wayne and I got to Colchester early and went to dinner at a delicious seafood Italian restaurant. I had scrummy crab followed by turbot, crayfish and scallops. It was delicious! Dad’s Army the Lost Episodes was brilliant, the actors were fantastic and it was a great show. All in all it was a great day! ... read more

A cool, dry and sometimes sunny week in England where we celbrated Andrew's mother's 80th birthday. ... read more

(This delayed entry comes after a hectic few weeks of tying up loose ends and setting off on our travels!) So we tied the knot at Colchester registry office on Friday 7 September 2007!... It was a lovely day - just a few friends and family joined us at the registry office for the brief ceremony. We went from there for a lovely meal at The Bakehouse in Wivenhoe followed by a 'Back to Bob's' where we were joined by some more friendly faces from Wivenhoe. Then we headed for Brightlingsea to stay in the yurt and make final preparations on Saturday morning for the main event - The Wedding Celebration party!... Saturday 8 September was all we had hoped for and more... The day took place at Colin Kirby Green's field in Brightlingsea which looks ... read more

Saturday 7 July, I drove to Colchester, picked up Em (from my Psychology class) in Stanway and headed for Brightlingsea waterfront. Unfortunately, some of the signs to Brightlingsea had been moved (by youths so the man I asked told me). We got to the front for 10.00 am and Paul (our Psychology Teacher) spotted us throught his bionoculars and started to wave. Sorted the car out and got on board meeting Paul's mate Bob who will be helping out. Paul does his boat up in his spare time but it is a slow process, only got Stingray back in the water at the end of May. We set out and headed towards Bradwell to grab a drop of lunch. Trip over was good, sun was out now and then and we were shooting across, doing a ... read more

My last night and the way home Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Colchester By TamsinJune 30th 2007Tamsin Sebba Friday 29th Arrived in Nairobi at 10.30am, and got a taxi to Ken’s backpackers, where we were sure he wouldn’t be as last we saw he was in jail. However, he greeted us with a mighty hug, not remembering where he knew us from, and tales that someone had tried to assassinate him whilst he was at the coast, and about how he was going back to England to start a new business i.e. he’s being deporte... read more