Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2182

Should have left already. v excited, next stop shanghai, then Sydney!! xxx... read more

Well helloooo everybody!! This is our first entry... so don't expect much! What a mad day we had yesterday!! Completion day (suposedly at least!) and come 2.30pm we hadn't heard from our solicitors yet. To say we were a bit twitchy is a bit of an understatement.... After a few phone calls it became obvious the money was not going to come through from the bottom of the chain, so panic started to set in. Not as bad for us as it must have been for our buyers - they had a truck full of plants (no exaggerating, we mean FULL), 8 (yes, that'll be "eight") scared cats in cages and enough boxes to fill the town hall and nowhere to go had we put our foot down and refused to let them in. But, ... read more

Just a bit of a random photo thingy with sport as they common thread. First of all are some photos from the football, and not the sport of Aussie Rules fooball I used to love (due to an abysmal year that vastly resembled the one before and the one before that the mighty Hawthorn Hawks are now dead to me - Shane who?). In an attempt to find a replacement team in a replacement sport to love I took Alice and Craig to Fulham v Everton for their birthdays. It was all very easy to get a ticket, the crowd was well behaved, the seats great (even though they were the cheapies) and it was all fun. I don't think I barrack for Fulham or Everton though so will have to keep searching.... maybe Liverpool... Two ... read more

I’ve now moved on from my brother’s flat in Borough, to the other side of London. I’m now spending the week, courtesy of my friend Dom Tilden and his lovely girlfriend Amanda in the neighborhood of Fulham before flying over to Ireland on Friday (2nd September). They have gone to Majorca for a week and have left me in charge of things here. I certainly appreciate the opportunity to live in this lovely part of London. Fulham is very agreeable for many reasons. Firstly its an excellent place for food and drink, its close enough to town without being too close and its home to the beautiful (but often overlooked) Fulham Palace, which sits inside the very lovely Bishops Park which is in turn hugged by the Thames Path, a picturesque walkway that winds its away ... read more

After planning for what seems like a significant chunk of my life, I am mere days away from leaving the country, and everything with which I am familiar, behind for seven months. I am calmer than I thought I would be. I feel I'm ready - my flights are sorted, my rucksack is packed, all my documents are ready and my first nights accomodation is booked - and whilst I am apprehensive about what is to come, I am certain I can handle anything that will happen over the next few months. Having left the working world behind I felt a sense of euphoria at the thought of having so little in the way of responsibilty for such a long time. I can get up when I want, go where I want and spend my time ... read more