Campanile Hotel- Milton Keynes

... br>Its going to be a a ******* Ball!!!!!
The Goodbye Party Organised and i think everything is sorted!
No more clothes to buy...maybe just a few xmas presents before i go.
And i have packed and unpacked my bag about 4 times already!

Its really bad i am just wishing the next few weeks away!!!

I'm sure i won't be sleeping for days before!!!!!

Only 553 hours to go!!!
Yippie!!!!

H.x

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.

A quick update. Things have moved on, including us. We're pleased to report that a few days ago Brian the van was declared healthy, after some serious re-constructive surgery!

On Monday we left Norfolk and began a series of public transport journeys that would take us from Norwich to London, London to Cheltenham (to visit with friends for a couple of nights) and then Cheltenham to Birmingham to finally pick up our beloved Brian. We ...

"Whatever can go wrong at the most inopportune moment, will" Sod's law

All I had to do today was to get the laptop ready for travel: clear out old files to make space for photos, transfer my planning files with all the hotel, travel and other necessary detail; and check in.

First the laptop email chose ...

"We're leavinghome" Beatles

Leaving thehouse for three months over winter can be a bit of a worry, and besides, thehouse insurers don’t like it.

Fortuitously,Barbara and Steve will be house sitting. Good friend Barbara and new partnerSteve have both recently left failed marriages and are looking to start a newlife together. So the arrangement suitsthem, suits us, and suit our insurers.

But even so,much has to be done to get the house ...

... will be flying. Check out www.seatguru.com a website which lists all the plane configurations for all the airlines and shows the good, the bad and the indifferent seats. Did you know for example that seat pitch on most planes is an inch shorter in the rear seats?

The best time to claim your seat is at the time of purchase. It’s amazing how booking agents lose interest in these matters once the dosh is ...

... brought to my attention that no one who was with me that night had seen my passport during the trip and maybe I should check my case when I get back, I on the otherhand was certain that the passport was left on the table. So i got back checked my case and there it was. So changed my flights again and here I am now, Monday morning back on my way to Milton Keynes-City of Dreams Tm on the virgin Train. Was going to have a beer and ...

... at 2029! Sarah - the very kind soul that she is volunteered to pick me up at MK, so I was at home at 2130. I was exhausted - a very long day indeed. I shall load up my pictures onto here and also many more onto www.flickr.com - my sign in name is ronnie2002. So go have a look - after Sunday or they won't be there. Cheers Ronnie

... came with a boat tour, which was great! many photo opts and it was such a nice day-- wonderful idea. I have taken so many pictures.. but they don't do London any justice.. you need to be here to see it for yourself. We had a little trouble with the bus in the late afternoon. I guess they stop running around like 5, who knew? So of course we missed our welcome meeting. Way to start off the tour! Haha, at the point beyer and I realized it was a good thing we were on this ...

... on this planet anymore... He lent me his digital camera so as to take photos, because I didn't have one. Come to think of it, I was very stupid to travel abroad without a camera! Now I want to show him my pics taken while I backpacked abroad just like he often did.



Surprisingly, things were very expensive in England and I didn't want to spend much money. So I always ate sandwitches or pasta cooked in his house. During my stay in England, I visited a lot of cities ...