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November 19th 2007

Published: November 19th 2007

The last few days have been much quieter than most, we relaxing, tidying up around the house, and generally doing nothing much more than we would at home. We did go to Harlow to look around and do some shopping. Judy introduced Rags to Primark, a place where clothing sells at low prices with the company depending on turnover to make it's money. Interesting place and we walked out with a couple o... Read Full Entry

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Judy and Rags

Weggs

We first backpacked in Eastern Europe in 2001 visiting Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia & Italy. In 2002 we spent the whole 12 months backpacking around the world. This was before blogs so find details here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~weggs/weggs_world/index.htm In 2007 we enjoyed another 6 months. This time we organised some home exchanges to help the budget, meet new people and be able to kick back and relax in a few places. Hawaii, San Francisco, Mexico, Croatia, England, Scotland, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Austria, Netherlands, China & Tibet were all visited either briefly or fo... full info

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Water clock

Southwold Pier had lots of contraptions to amuse us!

An exhibition of wacky machines

Tim Hunkin's wacky hand-built machines include the "Mobility Masterclass", where you can test your ability on a zimmer frame, walk the dog through Southwold experiencing the dog's view or even get your mother-in-law frisked!

Some cute homes

Beach huts

These sell for as much as $35,000 pounds and all they have in them is a few chairs and a meal preparation area.

Damage

A recent storm has seriously damaged a few of these beach huts.

Walberswick

A peaceful spot on the other side of the river Blythe to Southwold.

Spotting deer

We spotted these deer from the road and went back to investigate.

Alerted to our presence

Crossing fields

Scarecrow

We heard a shot and when we looked we saw it wasn't really a hunter but this scarecrow that had a slow burning fuse which set off a cracker at set intervals.

Judy reads the map (Felsted)

Even with a map we still get lost and it doesn't make any difference which one of us are reading it!

Cute cottages

We passed some cute cottages like this 15century one and some others that weren't so cute - amazing how many have front yards with only a bit of grass in them.

Some might find these names amusing!

We continually have a laugh over some of the names of English villages.

Doff carving the pheasant

The meal is served!

Complete with all the English trimmings including bread pudding and quince jelly!

24th November 2007

Thelma
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See what you mean about being cold. The photos are good though. Hope you enjoy your stay in the Canary Islands, it will be a bit warmer there. Will look for piccies when you come back, bye now, love Mum

24th November 2007

Weggs
Judy and Rags

Cold
Yes, it has turned quite cold now. When Rags was raking this morning he said there was some white stuff which he thought looked like fertilizer but then realised was ice from the overnight frost. We're having second thoughts about the cold weather in China! Enjoy your holiday too. We'll put lots of photos up of the canaries when we get back here next Monday.

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