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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay March 31st 2006

I was going to put this entry with the last one, but 'Ali' the man behind TravelBlog had an entry from Billericay so I thought I'd include my own. It was up early again today even though the holidays are here. Some of the staff had organised paintball or skirmish, and I was on board. I rang Ravi and Matty to make sure they got up in time, but I couldn't get on to Matty. However, Matty was up when Ravi and I pulled in to his drive, but both of the boys were a bit dusty this morning. We got to school late for the organised time of eight, but we were still there well before some others who were obviously still shaking off the merriment of the night before. We didn't get to paintball ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay January 10th 2006

(Bronia typing) We had to go back down south from Sutton Coldfield to Billericay, Essex (Jan 5-8) as we had final visits to Doctors for travel antibiotics, malaria tablets as well as 3 final vaccines for our trip. Dave and I feel like walking petri-dishes or lab specimens with the amounts of disease samples that have been pumped into our arms over the last few months. Talk about testing our immune systems! Who would have thought that your body could cope with creating immunity for rabies, Japanese encephalitis and Hep B ALL at once?! - The nurse however assured us that indeed, it could as she rather too briskly shot all three vaccines into us at once. Interestingly - when I asked the nurse if she ever went to the countries she so frequently vaccinated ... read more
The Siblings
The South African, the Englishman & the Canadian!
Our EWA workmates

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay December 21st 2005

(Bronia typing) Ok, so it sounds corny, but it's true - The one thing that Dave and I keep saying to one another at the moment is: This time a year ago who would have thought we'd be doing this?" This trip; across Asia, down through North and South America is one of those realities that you just think won't happen. The kind of thing you talk about amongst your friends but you just never get around to doing because jobs, mortgage, well life really, gets in the way. So it was a normal conversation that started one day between Dave and I .... a sort of "wouldn't it be great to.....?" and "imagine if we quit our jobs and just took off.... ?" - You know the kind. A bit like what you’d do ... read more
Noak Bridge - Our cul-de-sac
Sasamat - our female cat
Buntzen - our male cat

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay April 10th 2002

So my travel website so far consists of going into work and staying at home. I promise it will get better soon :) But I've been making the most of my time off - I've spent several hours playing my guitar with Weezer - well their CD. I've also played on my playstation 2 for hours on end - it's just like being a student again! I'm still debating on getting a round the world ticket as opposed to single flights. The plus side of the round the world ticket is that its cheaper, and my trip is more organised. The down sides are that I might end up rushing my trip when I don't really need to. I think overall the round the world ticket has it. So I'm looking for places to get one.Here ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Essex » Billericay April 6th 2002

I have about 2 weeks left in Billericay - it's been my home for the last 18 months. But in order to see the world I've sold up and am moving out. I went to Chelmsford around lunch time - picked up a Lonely Planet guide to Baja California, looks fantastic whale watching, deserts, surfing and cycling. I will definetely make sure I visit there on my travels. I spents some time in Norsey Wood - one of the best features of Billericay, ancient coppiced woodland consisting largely of Sweet Chesnut. At this time of year spring is just kicking and vast swaves of Woodland Anemones carpet the ground. Usually I run around it but with my slight hangover a walk was all I could manage, got some nice pictures though. I've just been watching the ... read more
My house.
Wood Anenomes
Inside my home




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