Best Western Weston Hall Hotel Coventry

With time rapidly dwindling I went down to Banbury way this afternoon to visit my brother et famille before I leave, taking the opportunity to say goobye to two young nephews - one of whom was able to appreciate some of the implications of what I am doing, "But what if you get sick?" he asked. :-)

Back up to Stoke in the late evening. Last day of preparations tomorrow.

... those working on it. The biggest disappointment so far in the six years or so that the idea has been pursued.
Teaching in Hungary is perhaps a possibility however the wages are not brilliant and registering for taxation, necessary but a nightmare!
Watch this space....

Keith

Right so I do know that I have the tendency to go a bit crazy during essay time. We all do. Having had no sleep, stress headaches and come out with a perfect 2.1 essay I decided to take a break and head to the highlands with a few mates. Just to prove how hectic Coventry was before I left, here's what I had to do on the last day: 11am-12: States and ...

... to my favourite shop, Lush, and spent a fortune as there are no branches near where we live. We also bought a voile for the front door and I had to buy a hoody as it had gone really chilly and I hadn't brought my coat with me. Went to Oggies for a breakfast pasty and an apple one to take home for tea. We left the next day after making sure everthing was shipshape for the next visitors.

Woke hearing the ringing of church bells from Holy Trinity for the 6am and 8.30 am services – such a lovely sound!!. Lay in and read for awhile before heading out to Kenilworth Castle (about 20 mins. away) with Stephen & Michele. Cost 4 pounds 95 for me and 2 pounds 50p for Nathan (total $17.50)



Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom hilaryramsey

... on doing the 4 hour walk (9 miles) but due to the bad directions ended up getting lost, going to village that wasn't even on our map and did the 2 hour walk in 3-1/2 hours and walked about 10 miles. We started off uphill to the top of Dover Hill where snow totally covered the ...

... come home.






We walked around Holy Trinity Church looking for Shakespeare's grave. Didn’t find it, but had fun reading the headstones. Found out later that it is inside the church. Bought some duck food for 50p ($1.15) and fed all the swans, ducks and geese.






Then into the info centre and booked our ...

... we were quite damp. It was fun though and pretty walking across fields with stone walls and through forests.













Of course, there was a lot of slippery mud. Stephen's shoes didn’t have a lot of grip so there were always expletives coming from ...

... through the Armoury and Torture Chamber. In the Kingmaker section and Royal Weekend Party they had wax people showing two different eras in the history of the castle. They were both really interesting.






We went down to the Mill and Engine House on the River. The Mill was created 600 years ago to grind grain. In the 1900s ...

... br>





We then went home and went for a drive to Bourton-on-the-Water. We paid 3 pounds to park the car for 3 hours and walked into the village called the Venice of the Cotswolds due to the number of little bridges over the shallow little stream running through the middle. Has lovely pubs and beautiful shops. Stopped for lunch and ...