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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Beccles July 30th 2010

Last day at work before the big off :) Got some lovely chocolate cookies and donuts as a treat! Out in Gorleston tonight for Bon Voyage drinks then gonna spend the weekend packing, then on the ferry Thursday morning for the all day crossing to the Hook of Holland! And from there.......who knows! x... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Ipswich June 7th 2010

STOWMARKET Well a couple tubes and we are soon in Liverpool Street station train tickets in hand half an hour early. Mmmm time for lunch in the form of an Upper Crust baguette. The time passes as we are people watching and we are soon on a direct train to Stowmarket. We had booked table seats on the National Express train, but were a little surprised to see that we were in airline seats! Oh well at least we are facing the right way! We jump off at the very pretty station and see a Julia bounding up giving us a huge bear hug (amazingly powerful for her size!), I think she missed us! And sitting there is her brad new motor! A huge Audi estate monster thing! Lovely! Julia whisks us home and we drop ... read more
I've got the booze, run!!!
All my girls!
Birthday lunch

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Ipswich May 21st 2010

And so we’ve come to the end of our travels for a while. We’ve been to some wonderful places and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. Are we glad to be back? Yes, I think so - we’re keen to see family and friends and catch up on all that we’ve missed. We also need some time to relax and sleep - there was only one day in nearly 5 months that we’ve said ‘hell, let’s just do nothing today’ - and that was in Cairns because it was raining! Otherwise, we’ve been up and at’em every minute of every day, and as I said in Hong Kong, we were getting weary! A final confession: all those months ago when we left home, I threw in a couple of light swimming towels. When on the road, John pointed ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Ipswich May 10th 2010

Sweet LORD I'm stressed. Every time I feel relaxed I remember the amount of shit I have to deal with at work over the next few days (6.5 and counting). I have an Exec meeting to run and minute and then I will need to type those minutes, I have a whole IMPACT event to collate responses to and organise (and then attend the day before my last day), I have to finish Handover notes and tie up all the loose ends re; meetings and agendas and all that crap. I'm gonna have to start firing emails back to my boss and just telling him I have no time to do it all. He has 3 weeks between my last day and the day the new girl is starting to fend for himself so he's just ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Framlingham May 4th 2010

These pictures are from framlingham castle which my unkle took me to a day after i arrived from my 14 hours flight... read more
Vicky and our choclate cake
Welcome to England
Vicky

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Ipswich April 22nd 2010

Ok, so there are 49 days til we all leave for Vegas (eeeep!) and 67 days until I leave for Bangkok (double eeep!) As yet I haven't had a great deal of time to think about either of these things as work is uber stressful and having committed myself to 2 jobs, a TEFL course and the gym I have very little time for anything else. I have no idea when the reality is going to hit me and I almost don't want it to! I have no idea what the hell I'm doing going away again - I almost feel like I need to settle and get a career. Maybe I'm running away from it all though. Oh God, I don't know! Maybe I'm looking for something I won't find? Oh sod it, life is ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk April 8th 2010

I told John & Mary that we have planned visiting the open air museum near Sapporo while we're travelling in May. They thought it would be a good idea for us to visit the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket on 1 April 2010. The entrance building was near the Somerfield Supermarket. As expected, there were loads of traditional farmhouses, agricultural tools, old-fashioned vehicles and devices, and models of Victorian rooms, shops, and different types of machines and engines displayed on the site. It was interesting to see the models of Victorian school with furniture, tailor shop, chemist, grocery shop laden with authentic products such as Oxo or Sunlight Flakes and a poster of warning the use of nervous pills. John was keen to see the designs of examples of early steam engines, thrashing ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Ipswich April 8th 2010

Portman Road on 03/04/10 My mother-in-law, Mary is mad about football and has been a fanatic Ipswich supporter. She loves taking us to Portman Road Stadium while we are visiting them in Suffolk, as we have often brought good luck for Ipswich Team. Despite a short credit on my mobile, I texted her, "We're at Ipswich Station with a view of Canary Stadium." in the afternoon on 31 March on the way to Bury St Edmunds. She replied, "We're taking you our sacred place on Saturday." John drove us to Portman Road Stadium in the lunch time on 3 April. We had picnic lunch in his car and had a rest until the gate for the stadium would open. There was a series of shower going through around Portman Road. Mary said, "It's your fault! You ... read more
blue-second half
Ipswich suppoters

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Aldeburgh February 6th 2010

well i live in aldeburgh all of my whole life, i really like it here, i have lost of mates and lady friends my new one is vey spechal. my favourite places are the life boat! i work there for free and clean the boats. The RNLI is the cornerstone of the life savers. i really like the moot hall. in the summer i like to sit on the benches and lookat the see. the benches are alright. the best place to eat is the chippie. mmmmm yum. my mate works there aswell. i sometimes get an extra sausage. sauasges are yum to. there is see in aldeburgh so some fish. i sometimes get some. please come to aldeburgh im sure everyone would like it as much as me. GAZZA PALMS... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Suffolk » Woodbridge January 4th 2010

Firstly, if we’ve not yet been in touch in 2010, we wish you a Happy New Year. Amazingly, it’s now less than ten days before we take off on our ‘Grand Tour’ and the excitement is certainly mounting! We’ve finally got the new laptop which will help us stay in touch with everyone - hence this posting a quick test of the machine and the blog. Another great leap is that we’re now on Skype too - should you ever feel like calling or messaging . John & Valerie ... read more




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