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Published: August 10th 2007
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St Margaret's Bay
Waking up to a perfect morning Hello to all our faithful readers. As you may have guessed the blog has gone haywire. We have tried our best to retrieve everything that we lost but as we are not techno whizzkids the going has been tough. If there are any computer anorachs out there that can help we'd be very grateful. Hopefully things should be Ok from now on and we'll give you an update of our last stretch in the UK.
We made our way around the Wash and true to its name it was awash. Sorry Lincolnshire and the fens we weren't too impressed, when you've seen one cabbage field and a pair of ditches and dykes (the grassy and watery variety) you've seen them all. Round the corner to Norfolk where we met Lisa and the sun came out - Hooray. Walked the prom in Sheringham and sampled the crabs in Cromar, it's got to be done. We pumped our canoes up and paddled along the broads. Nik demonstrated his DIY skills and fixed my puncture, he does like me after all. Very impressed with the Broads especially the quiter backwaters. Passed through lots of picturesque Suffolk villages including Lavenham, Sudbury, Orford, Hadleigh and Southwold
Norfolk Broads
Messing around on the river where we thought it would be a good idea to buy fresh fish off the quay. Take a tip from me, don't try to cook smoked haddock in a confined space. Kent was more inspiring than we thought it would be, Canterbury shrouded in history and Dover with its spectacular white cliffs and when you squint through the smog you can even see France. What a difference a bit of sunshine makes even Dungeness power station looked pleasant. Last stop was Brighton where we had a spring clean before handing our beloved van over to Reg. We turfed everything out and spread it all over the grass to give it an airing. What we thought was a kind neighbour turned into a Norah Batty lookalike who insulted us by saying that all our precious things made the campsite look like a car boot sale. I suppose Nik's side could've, needless to say we didn't speak to her again.
My turn to summerize our UK leg and to look forward to whats next. As June has said we have been frustrated by the blog crashing, although some has come back we have some other instructions which might as well be in
Southwold
Smelly fish and a friendly seal latin , with my IT skills ive a better chance of knitting fog ! We also have confessions, apologies and thanks to mention. Firstly we confess to becoming Croc wearers, for those that dont know they are hideous looking plastic sandels usually in bright colours that make the wearer look like a cartoon. However in our defence they are light, comfortable, warm and good in water. I am so taken with them that I was not put off even when I read in the paper last week that ' they should only be worn by people who have stopped having sex or are unlikley to ever start. Our apology is for sneaking into Southsea without looking anyone up, In the one day we have here we have had to sort out hundreds of things, packing,banks and other boring stuff. On our dash into town it was interesting to see all the changes that have occurred in the last 10 weeks shops changing, bars renamed, buildings demolished and most significantly our local lapdancing club has introduced mud wrestling on Tuesday nights .... goes to show you cant stop progress. Next I would like to express our gratitude to all the friends
Lavenham
Very pretty and family and their tolerence to our 'freeloading' on our way round. Since I mentioned in an earlierblog whom we had met up to Appleby we have since met up with :- Ginny & Matt, Charlie & Sheila, Maggot, Stuart & Sally,John & Astrid, Dave & Kate,Pauline & Bob, Steve and Tracey plus assorted offsping of those mentioned. By way of thanks if any of you fancy getting away for a break to the sunny south coast dont hesitate to call me and I will book you a weekend into Southcoast world at Bognor Ive heard its reasonably priced..... I think June might edit that bit. We now look forward to what lies ahead. On Sunday we fly to Alaska via Vancouver. It seems strange that last week I was worried about getting caught without a pay & display ticket, hurting my feet on the shingle beach and changing into my trunks without showing my bits and next week I shall be worried about being attacked by a bear, trampled by moose, ravished by wolves or sat on by an American! So it is with excitment and trepidation that we start our next chapter. June is especially excited about the
Last Supper
Spring cleaning in Brighton airport security checks.... sometthing about the rare oppotunity for some much needed intamacy, whatever that means. Next stop USA... Adios amigos
We've thouroughly enjoyed our Uk tour and realise that we live in a beautiful place. The rest of the world has a lot to live up to.
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yellow belly
I am hurt about the comment re Lincolshire, there are many different types of cabbage (as you well know nik), and the history behind those dykes and ditches is far too long for me to put in a comment box, didnt think you were that shallow (scuse the pun), your names have been given the the border patrol. mmmm sez it all about the crocs.