Busketts Lawn Hotel Southampton

I had to take Pete for a spin so I decided to visit Wincester, one of the oldest towns in England. Was setup as Englands capital at one stage and was pretty important place when England became a country, ie united under King Alfred around 7th century..

It did have a castle on the hill but all that is left are the foundation stones. The hall is still there with ...

... Michael's Church to help us sort and pack the boxes. You are all stars...

We can't wait to start seeing the smiling faces of people receiving your shoeboxes and we promise to keep you up to date with where we are, who we meet and the reaction your gifts receive.

Check back on Monday when the Trussell team will reach Bulgaria and start distributing your shoeboxes to men, women and children living in poverty...

Booked flight today - Guatemala on Feb 22nd 2010. So to mark the occasion I thought I'd start my travel diary today as well.

Two months to go - and a lot of list-making, planning, shopping, getting vaccinated, freaking out, and bouncing with excitement to do!

... interesting experience to be able to compare, and I think some aspects of that system are more favourable than our own, but then, some are also not. I was able to see quite a lot in 6 days - I accompanied people to criminal and civil courts the equivalent of both magistrates and supreme state courts at home. I also went to both an employment and work court, and a commercial court, sat in on interviews with clients and then the hearings for the mental health tribunal, went to the youth ...

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We are still alive and well. We are in Cambodia at the moment. Apoligies for not sending any travel blogs for a while. As we're are trying to do 2 blogs at the same time it has become too much to keep both of them going simultaneously, so this one has been neglected for a while. If any of you are interested in our travels I can add your email ...

... people coming from London to take in the sea air and take to the water, ie the spas! Jane Austen apparently stayed in Southampton for a time as well.

The last night with the Smiths and we had a bit of a party night, I bought Indian... the music was put on and we were dancing and Olly was playing with his guitar and the dogs!

... to stop. While it is quite common to start feeling minor contractions in the second trimester they should not keep coming regularly or uncomfortably. I had a fleeting thought of getting out the yogurt that I had brought but never got the chance, they made the call to start boarding soon after I sat down. I stayed sitting until the last call and then dragged myself to the gate agent. I felt very weak and just wanted to sit down. I thought that if I could just get on the plane and ...

... 385 are from the U.S., most of whom are retirees living in Florida. As you would expect, the "clientele" onboard seems to be in their 80's although we have one man who is 98. One of the entertainers asked for a show of hands, who has been married for 50 yrs.? Hands shot up. 55 yrs.? Hands still up. 60 yrs.? One couple won with 62 yrs. & that was only at the first show. We also have two young girls onboard from Rhode Island, ages 11 & 7. They ...

... former gatehouse of the Abbey. Another treasure we just stumbled upon. Because it was lightly raining, there was no once else around so explored leisurely, although I did get a bit wet. After exploring, we found the car and headed out. We'd had a great day exploring with Louise, but we figured we should get back to Bournemouth, so that we could check into our hotel in time. She dropped us off, we retrieved ...

... full of? Hundreds of drunk rugby lads singing songs liek "swing low sweet chariot" and "oh Danny Boy"! And aruging about who played better, and who could kick whose ass, etc. Highly entertaining, but not sleep-friendly. I am in Southampton for one day, to re-pack and head out again! This time to Egypt for two weeks. We leave for the airport at 6am tomorrow, so it should be another long day! But worth it of course :)