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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Stansted Mountfitchet September 12th 2017

This morning dawned bright and clear so today's blog contains some photos of our morning walk after breakfast. Shelley and I usually walk around the back lawn and along the lane into the village. This morning, we stopped to smell the lavender bed and admire the beautiful bees on the flower heads. These bees are huge! The lane into the village has fields either side that are so green and trees lining the lane allow the morning's rays to shine through...... read more
170912 courtyard view from our bedroom window
170912 Lavender bush
170912 Lavender bush & English bee

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Stansted Mountfitchet September 10th 2017

Saturday morning we slept in and ordered room service again (coffee, yoghurt and Eggs Benedict). After this, we relaxed until we checked out and caught a taxi from the hotel to the Arthur Findlay College (AFC). We dropped our bags at the AFC Reception desk as it was too early to check in and went into Stansted Mountfitchet for lunch at The Bean House and to get some shopping. ;-) We were given our room keys just before 3pm and came up to our room and relaxed until meeting in The Sanctuary at 5pm for our briefing. This year we are in Room 137, the Chichester Room, which has a lot more floor space than our last rooms so we are grateful for that. Sunday morning was about 7 degrees C and there was a thick ... read more
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170909 The Bean House Shelley 4
170909 AFC sign

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Stansted Airport September 8th 2017

The Emirates Lounge in Brisbane Airport is right at the end of the terminal, opposite the gate, so we sat in there until we boarded (directly from the lounge) at 2am. The aircraft was a 777-300ER, with a seat configuration of the 2 seats beside the window. The first flight to SIN was very calm and night time. The seats were very hard though and didn’t go completely flat so we didn’t sleep that well. Meals were Light Bites and I had pan fried chicken gyoza and Shelley had a wagyu beef pie. For breakfast, we both had cheese and chive omelette. We were half an hour late into SIN and had an hour and a half refuelling stop so we walked around the shops. We re-boarded the same plane and had the same seats for ... read more
170908 SIN-DXB Shelley
170908 SIN-DXB Entree
170908 SIN-DXB Main

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Epping June 14th 2017

What a day. It started reasonably. Andy and I checked out of the apartment at Hyde Terrace thinking ya no more 4 floors of stairs to climb. We went to the Imperial War Museum this morning. It is an interesting museum and worth the visit. The guide says allow about 1.5 hours which to me was good timing but Andy needed at least twice that. From here we went back and collected our bags in preparation of our flight to Oslo. Got the train to Liverpool then raced to get tickets for Stansted Airport. The express train went through some lovely scenery and got us to the airport without any dramas. From here on things did not run so smoothly. As we went to readjust our bags by adding items such as Andy's leatherman, we noticed ... read more
Imperial War Museum

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay June 11th 2017

Took a walk around Ramsden Heath today. Thought I would try out my new travel blog.... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Southend-on-Sea September 11th 2016

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex September 11th 2016

Photos of Hadleigh Castle in Benfleet...... read more
Hadleigh Castle
Hadleigh Castle
Hadleigh Castle

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Epping July 30th 2016

Photos of Epping to Cheshunt Walk..... read more
Epping to Cheshunt Walk
Epping to Cheshunt Walk
Epping to Cheshunt Walk

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Colchester May 3rd 2016

I guess the journey has begun, the motorhome has been purchased, almost, it is just being valeted and having a few extras added and a few tweaks done. Here she is in her full glory.... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex April 16th 2016

1- The air is cleaner. 2- EVERYONE is nice. 3- It took 24 hours to hear my first British accent. 4- Where ever I go, it takes 20 minutes. 5- The Coffee is TERRIBLE. 6- The London underground was surprisingly easy to navigate. 7- Being lost is no longer a fact but a feeling. 8- Just like NZ, 4 seasons in a day is normal. 9- Everything is similar enough to feel at home, but different enough for it to be exciting. 10- I love it.... read more




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