Blogs from Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 9

Two days to go and disaster struck. Before travelling for 3 months Ian and I decided haircuts were in order. I even took a photo to the barbers. "That's not very short" "I know, I don't want it very short" "OK, I'll see what I can do". Unfortunately what he could do bore little relation to what I wanted and thankfully we'll be on the other side of the world long enough for our crew cuts to disappear. Happily counterbalanced when we found out we both got 1sts in our first year exams, still I'd swap it all to get my hair back. Massive admin rush going on - we're trying to help finance the trip by setting up an export company while we're out there so there's auction and shipping accounts to set up, as ... read more

At 7.00pm we arrived at Ezeiza airport (BA's international) and checked our bags in, all 51 kilos. They were half that when we left but I hate throwing things away and ended up collecting much memorabilia. We landed at Dallas at 6.30am and immediately searched for somewhere to watch the England v Paraguay match. We were successful much to our surprise as the Yanks are not big into Soccer, so much so that the Dallas Times could only dedicate 4 columns to the opening of the World Cup. We left Dallas at 7pm and arrived in the UK at 10am Sunday morning. We were greeted by Tas's folks and Rebecca it was so good to see them, we were a bit delerious though and not very chatty. On the way home we dropped in to see ... read more

Well you'll be amazed to hear that everything does almost fit into the rucksac. Almost. It bulges, but the zips do meet, with a bit of tugging. Unfortunately I did some last minute shopping yesterday - universal sink plug (if you can't get the acutual kitchen sink in, this is the next best thing), more films (for those that know me, you may be surprised to hear I have only packed 15 films, enough for 1 week maximum), suncream (12 hour protection in cute packaging), and enough ibuprofen to seriously concern a pharmacist. I'm hoping that my packing skills will aid me in squeezing in these final items, without increasing the size of the rucksac, and also, more importantly, not increase the weight (only allowed 20kg, and I'm hovering on the 19kg mark at the moment). ... read more

So do you all recieve unwanted emails when I write this? If you do, and you want your name removed, let me know, and I'll delete you off!... read more

This about a trip I took to Northampton in UK some time last year, to meet my internet photoclub members. The group had only been interacting online but never met each other. So it was kind of exiting to meet the group to put a face to their online 'nick' names. It was sometime in early April and the spring was just about in the air. I left Ireland on a early morning flight to Luton where Den, the organizer of the meeting picked me up and drove to Northampton. There I met Margaret, Den's partner and also a club member. Den&Margaret Northampton, Den and Margaret's town, is about half hour drive. When we arrived at the house, Margaret Stugeress, a small lady with big heart - was waiting for us. I got the feeling that ... read more