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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye October 7th 2008

I wanted to take some time out to recover after endless amounts of travelling, and am currently de-cluttering, catching up on some past tasks, and looking to the future! Completing this travelblog (so far, or for good?!) is one of the tasks!... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye May 16th 2008

Thursday 1st May Lovely breakfast at 6.50am (UK time, body thinks it's 2.30am!) of a cheese croissant which had clearly been in the hot cupboard for several hours!! Landed safely at 7.35am after circling London about 3 times. Quickly through passport control, wait a while for my bags - starting to think they're not coming, but they arrive (my cheap bag has not endured well, but everything still seems to be in there - I haven't checked for breakages yet... it was marked as fragile, for all the difference that made!). Straight through customs, to find that my Mum had arrived a couple of minutes before (M25 rush hour!)... so we get out of the car park within half-hour and drive to South Mimms Service for a snack before arriving home around 12. Wow, I have ... read more
My post!
Collected quite a few badges!
Diss

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye September 28th 2007

So if you're reading this as soon as the email arrived, I'm on my way to the airport, probably arriving rather early, but I don't wanna miss this! If you are receiving an update email for the first time, I've added your name to the email circulation list (as I understand it it's not used for anything else) as you've said 'keep in touch' at some point, and this is my No. 1 method of keeping in touch! If you don't want to receive them, there's an unsubscribe on every email!Meanwhile, here's how I spent the last week... Sunday Arriving back from London, I went straight to Laxfield Flower Festival, with Libby Purves speaking on tolerance. Monday 3rd Rabies injection. Hours on Xe.c... read more
Libby Purves is somewhere in there...
The Lost Sheep
The Nativity

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye September 14th 2007

OK, so I've still not added the text to all my Oak Hall trips - that was a hectic month, good, but hectic! The last 2.5 weeks have disappeared in a whirl of trying to work out what to pack (and more importantly, what not to pack!) within the limits set for certain sectors of the journey (15kg + day-pack), and the recomendations that even if you could, you wouldn't want to carry more... although I don't intend to go as far as the guy on one of the travel forums who cuts the handle off his toothbrush to ensure that he has less weight! The Oak Hall trips, however, have helped give me some idea of what I really do need and, although it's just Europe, given me some more experience of travelling... So, the ... read more
There he goes... the learner!
Picking up speed...
Ahh, A puppy!

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye July 27th 2007

Another dash home, another pile of things to sort out. Managed to get my car into the garage, and had the back brakes repaired, fortunately under £100. Finally, 23rd July, managed to pick up Harry Potter 7, started reading 7.30pm, finished 3.30am (well, I had to find out, and no, I won’t be writing any spoilers (although watch out for some in the link), although I’m not quite sure what I think of the ending…). Right, well there might be some more to add here, but otherwise my plans before heading off on my itinerary before getting on a Qantas Boeing 747 at 10.15pm on Friday 28th September is as follows: 28th July - 6th August, Obergesteln, Switzerland. Cooking in a chalet for Oak Hall. 7th -... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye July 15th 2007

This was a great couple of weeks, as we finally, finally have broadband, and wireless broadband at that, so not quite sure where the weeks disappeared, but lots of 4am finishes as I worked my way through a number of things that had been piling up, and did lots of trip research. Got plenty of time on Facebook which I find great for keeping in touch, and making me feel that I am not entirely isolated in the middle of the country. Asked i-to-i for the monies back, and then came up with my ultimate RTW trip. Decided to go for it, although would be more expensive than anticipated - just means might put the pressure on more to get the next job! Had quite a bit of correspondence with STA in Manchester - Chris is ... read more
Down goes the sun,,,
What's with all the dead ants?
The Fox & Goose, Fressingfield

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye June 9th 2007

24th May: The frustration with the phone line continues - apparently BT needs to dig up a main road somewhere, and paperwork being what it is, they don’t expect the phone to be back on until 20th July, which seems unbelievable, but at least we know where we stand now. Enjoyed the luxury of reading a Cathy Kelly novel (these Irish chick-lit writers are very enjoyable!), before deciding must get some fresh air, so a good long-walk, and then writing up travelblog entries until late… 25th May: Quik Pod arrived in the post. Saw this featured in the Times travel section a few weeks ago, then after a quick search with Pricerunner, found it on url=http://... read more
Have to learn to take more flattering photos with it...
More flowers...
Elderflower

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye May 18th 2007

A decent stint in Suffolk this time, and moved on with a lot more TEFL work (thanks to Tim/Nat for letting me use their computer, as our phone line started misbehaving whilst I was in London, and still wasn’t fixed when I headed off again). I completed a lot of work on my book chapter - collating all the material into one document under sub-headings, so that I have the basic structure of my chapter in place, although I wouldn’t say that any of it was yet WRITTEN as such! Bank Holiday Monday ended up on a very long cycle ride in pursuit of the Guardian - determined to keep up with the Media pages at the moment… left it a bit late in the day to start looking, but ran it down in Harleston’s garage, ... read more
Beautiful!
Boot Camp... in the Rain!
Beautiful - just emerged!

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Eye April 30th 2007

Back in Suffolk, back with the routine of sorting and writing. Taking more and more walks, often with a camera - observing the changing flora and fauna - not that I make any great pretence to know the different types, growing up in the Sussex countryside means that I know more than I thought I knew - I joke that I tend to know the difference between ‘tree’, ‘bush’, ‘plant’ and ‘flower’ - and that I have black fingers, although I come from a farming family and one of my brother’s trained in horticulture… I reckon they all took my green fingers! One thing I have learnt to identify is the screech of the pheasant as it takes off when disturbed - especially when they screech from the early hours! I’m getting my bike out more ... read more
Cow Parsley...
Like these - lovely colour!
In more detail...




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