Blogs from Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

OUR ADVENTURE Tuesday 27th July 2010 10.30 am - Limo arrived to pick us up at Annie and George's house. We were waiting for it to arrive. (from about 9.45am ) There was some fun getting the bike boxes into the trailer. The trailer was not a proper bike trailer. It was being used by the other limo with 7 people in it. Tom and the driver had to put one bike box into the trailer and the other one had to be strapped to the top. Lucky Tom was in the scouts and could tie knots. We were a bit worried as it looked like rain and the box could not get wet or it would start to break apart. We left Annie and George’s place about 10.50am. Lady luck was with us. It didn’t ... read more

We have been in England for just over 2 weeks now and have really been making the most of our visit. So far, we have caught up with pretty much all our friends and family at least once, and are even being able to fit a second visit with some people! We spent a lovely few days with Kerry and Mark and their boys (and bump!) as soon as we returned and then ventured off on British Rail (or whatever it's called these days!) to see Peter, Natalie and Daniel's house where Nanny awaited us. All this time, the sun shone and the cousins had lots of fun in the garden. After this, Ian and I spent a quiet week with Nanny in Boston spending a fortune. We have been able to ship a few more ... read more

Good afternoon all... I hope nobody is working too hard at the moment (sorry guys). Sunny Stamford greeted me with open arms on Friday and Saturday and then decided to rain since then. Quite a good example of what we will be facing for the next couple of months! Thank you all at work for my card and collection - it was really kind of you all and very much appreciated! We are currently in the depths of administrative shenanigans - banking, credit cards, emails, music sorting, last minute frantic buying etc etc... It is our intention today for everything to be sorted and finally crammed into a tiny rucksack - after that its just a case of waiting for the counter to reach zero - it still doesn't feel like we are leaving in 2 ... read more

The groundsman nodded at the pilot and made a rotating motion with his right arm, gesturing at the inner of the two propellers on the right wing. Slowly it began to turn. Whop…. whop... whop… whirr…. and the blades were suddenly a blur. He moved closer to the roped-off crowd and gestured likewise at the outer propeller. The pilot acknowledged, touching his forehead, an informal salute. Whop… whop… whop… whirr…. On the other side, the inner propeller seemed a little more reluctant. Whop… whop… whop… whop… pause… whop… whop… whop… Like a car engine on a chill morning, it seemed to reluctant to kick in. I could sympathise. It was knife-edge bitter in the northerly wind, notwithstanding the May sunshine. I already had my hood up, anchoring my cap in place, and was regretting I hadn’t ... read more

Arrived at airport at around 7. Our flight takes off at 21:45 to Bangkok where we arrive at 16:00 local time (09:00 English time) Nerves and excitement are just starting to set in and we're just beginning to realise how long we're going to be away for. We also start to have a first disagrements... who will write... and what style we going to write in.... AGH WHAT A GREAT BIGINNING. Anyways the 10 minuts of interent of London Heathrow cost us so much money that we dont have time to write more... or anything for now to write about. Also terminal 3 is horrid loads of people and not much space. ... read more