keep sending the blogs spending a few hours at Claire and Bills between treatments. Enjoyed reading your reports, have contacts at channel 4 news and french news agency then perhaps not. Tom has just been to see his friend Joe Coral and we've got steak for tea,! he's not saying anything.
Everyone here is well and send their love, Claire says to say Hi and wishes she was there. Take care, Best Love Margaret
HI TOGA´s Hiya huns,
Love the look of the floating village but, as you say, unless you are actually there I don´t think anyone can really imagine just how these people survive in such conditions - as you say, "There but for the grace of". Well, look at you Tina, being ferried around by a sort of motorised touk-touk - is he your private chauffeur? Well, your travels sound and look just as exciting as ever - will tune in tomorrow to catch up with the latest news. In the meantime, have fun and be careful. Oh, and whilst I´m on, hello and thanks to Paul Up The Mountain who gave me details of your blog and hi to the rest of the gang up there. Love, hugs and kisses, Chez xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Now I know why Jimmy hasn't fixed the boiler! He's obviously too busy drying out his bed, poor love! It's great to keep up with your adventures and much as I'd love to be with you, I think I may've been a bit scared of certain things, being the wimp that I am! I'm going to ask Mark tonight about adopting a baby, methinks he'll jump at the chance! Corrie update to follow later in the week. Take care you two. Miss you loads. Love Susie x
hello at last hi lynda and tina. the blog is fantastic and now i've stopped suzie crying i can finally have some time to look on here. spurs kicked gooners arses last night 5-1 to get to cup final he he. nice to see your as organised as ever missing plane and all that. please come back soon as i have to talk to sue a lot more then usual. keep it going i'm just soooo jealous i cant believe youve done so much since we saw you the day you left! oh well back to the pub.
i'm ok mummy hi mummy, can you tell all those nasty people to stop making things up about me i cried myself to sleep last night.luckily my new friend raymond stayed over last night and he was really sweet to me. I think you'll like him i met at the pink rhino in soho and he gives me lots of cuddles.i've done some housework(ish) and decided i dont like it very much so not gonna bother anymore.it's great to keep up with where you are and i look at your picture every night before i go to bed.love you lots jimbob xxxxx p.s. it is ok to kiss men isn't it?
sleeping on the job i really hope that security guard is not being paid too much, he is supposed to be looking out for you!
Nat had a fab time at olive oil factory yesterday the teacher said she would'nt stop eating it.
And yes mum i have listened to maria-jesus's advice much to natalies annoyance.
love carriexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ps i would love a little adoptee if you could fit one in.xxxxx
hellooooo Hi auntie Tina. Thank you for the bears, make up and brush set for mybirthday. i did have a lovely day. Mum got me a fondue set, coleen perfume, sprays and a few chocolates. Nan got me a new coat and clothes. I thought it was very nice of u 2 txt me from all the way on the other side of da world. Thank you. Keep safe and enjoy yourselves - you lucky things xxxxxxx jade xxxxxx
DON'T WORRY As you will see from another blog, Bim and I are looking after your baby boy! Rest assured he will be ok in our hands. Love you both, let's have some more news. You've a lot of fans out there and we are all waiting in anticipation. Friday night out with TL at the Charlotte in Crayford. Not so exciting as your night out but at least we are still out and about. Lots of love, Joolsx ps Glad to hear Lynda kept her bra on - one has to maintain some kind of standard. Love JulieP
MESSAGE FOR JIMMY Dear Jimmy - Auntie Bim and I are becoming very worried about you! I promised your mother that I would look after you whilst she is away having a great time so Auntie Barbara and I have decided that we will come and stay with you this Friday night.. We may even stay the whole weekend. So...Jimmy, please make up our beds and have a bottle of brandy and vodka available for us. As you seem to be having a 'little problem' I will bring a plastic mattress cover for you. Jimmy - Auntie Barbara and I think that you are being a little selfish, worrying your poor mother whilst she and Auntie Tina are away on their very important fact finding mission in Asia, Australasia and North America. However, you needn't worry, because myself, Aunties Barbara, Tracey Luv, Julie Fletch and Susie are here for you. Love Auntie Juliexx
HI TOGA´s Hiya Huns
Great to catch up with your travels - it´s almost as good as being there (NOT!!!!). Seriously though, am glad you are now getting the hang of catching flights on time - this skill might come in handy! It all looks ab fab and am sure you must be having a sooooooooooooooper time. Anyway, keep on keeping us posted - its great to see some of your photos along the way. Thinking of you lots, hugs and kisses and stay safe. Chez xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wish i was there Hi girlies, hope all ok, How,s your poorly ankles tina? Im off to Bingo tonight to see if I can win the National oh boy, Id be there in a flash. Well enough of the dreaming. Iv just organised Tracy Luvs birthday for fri night so think of us as we will be thinking and talking about you 2, wishing your were here and we were there. Bet you got scared with the elephants, you were brave going that near. Iv spoken to Daddy he is ok and Mummy was as bingo so Ill speak to her tomorrow. Keep up the good work only about 75 more sleeps and youll be back. take care love you both lots you Fletch xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Keep on blogging I think we should have a Bloggers party - where shall we meet, the world is our oyster!? I did try to send both of you a text but it failed, so... will have to keep on blogging. Jimmy, I'm only 20 minutes away from Wilmington, so if you need any assistance? That should keep him in order, don't you think Lynda.? Love from Joolsxxx
From us all in the A Team Common this is so unfair, we're all slogging away while you are having soooooo much fun. Three guesses as to how the weather is.....Wet, Wet, Wet !!! Winston wants to know if your sob sorry to the traffic warden resulted in non payment of the fine ? In other words did all the bullshit mean you got off. James asks if you got his hotmail for Singapre and Ko sumi ? A word of caution about squatting....make sure you are facing looking DOWN any slopes, pee plays havoc with your shoes. Everyone is missing you including all the young people who keep telling everyone you've gone for a year !!! Do they know something I don't ? Love lo and all the gang xxxxxxxxx
Hello there Hi Tina and Lynda, so cool to see your photos and read what you've been up to. I'm soooo jealous! Glad you're having such a fab time. Not much to report from sunny Spain. We're all missing you tina but we'll struggle on! Lots of love Sam and family XXXX
thank you thank you for my elephant photo, i think i have finally stopped crying enough to write this message, i dont no what is the matter with me! what a lovely picture cant beleive you were that close to an elephant did you kiss it? Dad is fine mum i cooked him a roast again this week so thats two i have done is as many weeks and to be honest thats enough dont know how you do it every week.
Natalie is going on a school trip to the olive oil factory tomorrow she is so excited about it and dad wants to go with her.
love and hugs
carrie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Footie update Hi gals, Des here with your weekend footie news. West Ham were held to a 1-1 draw away to Man City (yes we played them again). In one of the most one sided draws you will ever see, the Hammers played them off the park throughout the 90 minutes. But an inspired performance from City's young goalkeeper and a goal that was clearly offside earned the Mancs a point. Elsewhere there were wins for the top 3 to keep it very tight at the top. Here are the weekends results, Fulham 0 - 3 Arsenal, Portsmouth 3 - 1 Derby, Brum 0 - 1 Chelsea, Blackburn 1 - 1 Middlesbrough, Reading 0 - 2 Man Utd, Spurs 2 - 0 Sunderland, Newcastle 0 - 0 Bolton, Wigan 1 - 2 Everton, Man City 1 - 1 West Ham. Liverpool and Villa playing Mon night. xx
following the travels You two seem to be getting into this blogging lark, perhaps we could set a HomeAlone blog up so Jimmi can keep you updated about the house and pictures of various bedrooms. There seems to be some censorship going on here. Didn't you go to the Girlie bars in Bangkok. Think for completeness some shots of these should be included, not too rude though; or perhaps you didnt go! Looking forward to pictures of Angkor Wat; the quiz question is who was it built by. and who is it dedicated to.
big shout out to youse guys Hey cousies, fab blog. Such a laugh to read and soooooo informative on family matters. Good to see you're having such an amazing time of things. I'm really jealous (except perhaps about the squat toilets). Here's an unsolicited travel tip - plastic shoes come in very handy in case you pee on your feet by accident so you can wash it off again. And what's wrong with chicken soup for breakfast??? Promise to give you good old fashioned bacon and eggs when you get here. Mum reckons New Zealand will be too quiet for you in comparison to Asia, but she doesn't know what I've got planned. Donna, Dazza!!!! Didn't know you were pregnant, this is fantastic news :) We are VERY excited for you and hope it all goes well. Hi Jimmy, Kev, Paul, Carrie, Nicky, Ben, Mo, Joyce, Jody etc from us. Safe travels Lynda and Tina, avoid the sex bars - a game of ping-pong will never be the same again. Kiss kiss, love Karen
the barnes say hello............... dennis says sorry we hav,nt been in touch he has been busy helping jimmy dry his bed out. he has told him to sleep in lyndas at the weekend. i havn,t been in touch because i didn,t know the email address and i have never sent an email in my life. so this is my first and i can,t think of two nicer people who to send it to. you really are having a lovely time by the looks of things and we are all really really jealous, i loved the elephants and would love to ride on one myself, actually i,d love to do all the things you,ve done except the cooking, you know i hate cooking. dad was here for dinner today we showed him the blog he says to say hello to you, he thinks the internet is a wonderful thing. we have booked our flights for the 12th of june, we,re flying out with ben and nicky. please don,t send me any parcels as we are being watched by customs and excise after the last time. i love reading all the comments from everyone i can,t wait to read it every evening it makes me feel a little bit involved, you know i don,t like being left out. well i,m going to go now, carry on having a lovely time and keep sending the pictures and messages and like everyone has been saying keep yourselves safe, lots of love and kisses sally dennis frakie and mitch xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
MUMMY Hi mummy , i went to the fair in Dartford this weekend and met some travellers who work there, i told them you were away and i was on my own and they suggested i had a bbq and they would come to keep me company, i couldnt believe how many turned up .Tobyboy (one of my new friends ) said the picture on our telly looked blured and he would take it away along with the dvd, x-box and video in your car to see if he could fix it ! how nice is that . Any way back to the bbq i didnt realise i was so good at them although the fireman said it might be better outdoors next time, all the neighbours came ,( well that policeman from two doors down) Think he might have upset tobyboy and hes family as they left about the same time . Hope your having a lovely time say hello to auntie xx ps.have we got house insurance xx
Hi Girls How lovely to speak to you yestaday even if your phone was a bit middle ages. Been digging the bar footings and have hit clay and rock (hard work) so have decided today to visit a few bars to get some ideas! Four hours later didnt get many ideas but met lots of people who wanna come to our opening !! Love reading the blog and seeing the photos (David your a star for setting this up ) keep the updates coming and you have a flight to catch TUESDAY dont miss it xxxxxxx
ONLY ONE WEEK!! Is there no end to your amazing adventures! Keep the blogs coming it's so good. Just to let you know if you need a back-up from the Foreign Office toilet lady, I am available at extremely short notice for Dobby duties, hours 10:00 pm to midnight when I will ensure that Mistress Tina and her companion, Ms Jackaman do not go without ice in their brandy and cokes! Finally, decided on TL's birthday bash - without her help. We are going to the Charlotte (wherever that is, for a meal and drinks). Keep safe. Love Jools.
poor jimbob natalie- i miss you nanny, i hope you are having fun i really love you nanny clifford send kisses.I keep looking at the moon and the sun and talking to you can you hear me nanny,mummy says you can?have you sent my present yet!!! please dont get lost nanny i love youxxxxx
carrie- well that was hard work, thought i would have trouble getting her to tell me her message but how wrong once she got started i thought she would never stop. poor jimmy he doesnt seem to be coping very well does he, i thought he had stopped wetting the bed last year bless him maybe he should see someone
about it.cannot beleive you missed your flight wat a pair of plonkers hope you manage to catch up ok and dont miss anything important on the trip because of it.
love you lots carrie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FO Comment The Foreign Office would like to extend it apologies to TOGA but due to the extensive nature of the trip we have been unable to furnish you with your usual Foreign and Overseas Toilet Facilities Reconnaissance Officer. We would also like to extend our commiserations for Ms. Jackaman's recent predicatment whereby she has had to squat in ungainly and unseemly positions several times in the past 24 hours. Please be advised that as uncomfortable as this may seem at the time there are long term advantages to the strength of stomach, leg and buttock muscles. The F.O. would advise both Ms Jackaman and Mrs Penfold to consider practising 'clenching' for at least twenty minutes every night. This will ensure that, should you be unable to find acceptable toilet facilities on your travels, you may be able to postpone the inevitable for a little longer. As a final word of warning, please be aware that you should at no time take the offer from strangers to 'come with me and I show you nice, clean toilet...' This will almost inevitably lead to trouble (possibly double). Should TOGA need any further advice please visit www.foreignoffice/toiletrulesabroad/loadof.crap.uk. or send a complimentary air ticket to Bim, c/o Freelance and Very Expensive Toilet Checkers Across the World who will be with you in a matter of hours.
??? mum i hope this is private, still cant work out how to use this, but i wet the bed last night and im not sure what to do its drying up now so it should be ok for tonight, ok if you could let me know what i should do, thnks jimbob, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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spending a few hours at Claire and Bills between treatments. Enjoyed reading your reports, have contacts at channel 4 news and french news agency then perhaps not. Tom has just been to see his friend Joe Coral and we've got steak for tea,! he's not saying anything. Everyone here is well and send their love, Claire says to say Hi and wishes she was there. Take care, Best Love Margaret