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Manor stay
We drove from Chester to our accommodation at an historic hotel, Friars Carse. This hotel is amazing , very stately and opulent with an air of a country manor. We ate in the lounge for tea, sitting near the log fire in leather chesterfields waited on by a gentleman that kept bowing to us lol, the girls were very impressed. The bedroom G and I had was huge with very large bed, bath and wing backed chairs, the girls had a bed with a large canopy at the head. The grounds were lovely ...
Home..
... roughly 8 bacon sandwiches in my first 2 days home... safe to say I missed bacon! Ahhhhh well, YUMMY! I managed to rekindle my love of House series 1-3 and Doctor Who season 4, all round a goooood Toussaint! Off back to France on Saturday morning for another 6 weeks before Christmas - wooooooo! xo
Just an update, I'm all packed ...
Hadrian's wall.
Ok we left Glasgow bound for Dumfries, going to meet Uncle Robert and Aunty Alison. Karlyn hasn't seen him since she was 3 years old. Drove through farm yard heaven until we found him. Sheep and Coo's (cow's) everywhere. What a quick visit, stayed about 3 hours chatting and catching up. Unfortunately Cousin Ryan was not able to come to the house. Off we set to find a sleepover spot for the night. Find one just outside of Carlise called the Dandy Dinmont, right in a ...
From home to Glasgow to Schipol
... helps a lot!
Approx journey time from home to Nanjing 24+ hours
Flight Glasgow – Schiphol;
Small world –- sat next to lady who works for NCR (though I guess it's a big company) her colleague (sitting behind us) was off to factories where they make the parts for fast lanes that Steve works on. First flight went fast having someone to chat to - plus it was only 1.5 hours.
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The Night Before
... more than friendly but I still wish I had some more time at home! I know it's completely irrational - it is only 7 months but I still feel sick at the thought of heading to the airport :/ I hope that this time tomorrow I'll be writing a much happier blog about getting there okay, about settling in and getting to know people and about decorating my new room but knowing me, i'll be in a corner somewhere - sobbing.
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