http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Kent , Sevenoaks en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:06:16 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:06:16 UTC HelloSo 9 months seem to have passed since my last blog entry and after many a joyful hour passed at a lovely private hospital in london I seemed to have reached the point where I can bear it no longer a new backpack has been bought and I'm about to set off again This time I have 7 and a half months and nothing other than a return ticket and a lonely planet guide to south america After all p http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-345350.html Text to come http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-330495.html Saturday 16th AugustTo Come. The Local Hillbillies refers to the name of the band we went to see in the pub. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-313686.html 17th JulyWent back to Sevenoaks today. Drove straight to Copper Beech. It's all done up now. Paddy's old gargage is now a room and theres a new double garage beside the end of the house. All the trees have been chopped back and the place is very different from 12 years ago. Had a wander through Knole Park didn't bother taking the boys through Knole house. You can't run around nor kick a ba http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-301064.html June 1620 England We had a wonderful time with the Smith's for 4 days seeing the English countryside and a day in London. We all enjoyed the cool and crisp weather and the green countryside which reminded us of the Pacific Northwest. On Saturday we visited a couple of National Trust homes. At Knole House which is a 1000 acre property that was originally created for Archbishops of Canterbury http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-172663.html Hey y'all Well I'm just counting down until I leave for Florida yay 1 more sleep to go Then it will be a week in the sunshine 32C it has been lately sipping cocktails by the pool riding on the jet ski swimming shopping and just having fun The past couple of weeks have been fairly busy. Went down to Kent South London for Mark's sister's birthday that's Claire's boyfriend. They hav http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-165946.html Hello ReadersWell itrsquos now the Saturday following the house auction and it has been a pretty hectic week. Fortunately we have good news to report.The auction attracted over 300 people and there were five bidders for our property. The hammer came down at 226000 some 46000 above our reserve a result we were both very pleased with to say the least.On Tuesday we went straight down to t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-65645.html Well things have been looking up since my last entry. Irsquove been getting back into the swing of things and having some fun.Tessa Montyrsquos sister was in town for a few days so it was great to have some company while Kath and Graham were in Amsterdam. On the plus side Tessa a trained hairdresser did my hair while she was here so kind of herOne of the really great things about bein http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-63295.html Hello ReadersWe are now about 3 months away from departing on our big adventure. At least that is the plan As itrsquos the sale of our house that is funding the trip I guess we shouldnrsquot be too presumptuous until after the property auction has taken place next Monday 5th June. Whilst we remain optimistic that it will sell we are unable to make any firm plans until we know the sale p http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-63231.html