Chesterfield Hotel

Wow - only one week to the day before we make our way down south to London town to stay in the very affordable 'heathrow' travel lodge.

Liz in in Manc saying goodbye to friends and family and i'm sorting the last bits out for the fresh box before we go.

Just wanted to say thank you to Ron and Sue for ...

... the gorge up the gorge” debacle followed by kilometres of what, bog? on top of a mountain?!! where the hell were we?!! Also, damn the reservoir where, having run out of water, Ryan requested that I wade in and try and get some water for boiling. Cold! Muddy! Undrinkable! Squidgy!

... I was walking on. They’d paved the path with boulders?! On purpose?!

This was when my leg started coming out of its socket.

The Greedy Sheep Incident

Pennine sheep are in some parts greedy having been feed by walkers they rather expect food now. They will sneak up behind you but if you wave a stick they kind of run away and wait for you to stop paying attention again. I asked Ryan (remorseless *******) to watch ...

... raining still!

It has been a bit of a blur today, as well as the Royal Marsden we have been to Addenbrookes in Cambridge, THe Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham and now I am sitting in a cosy front room in Sheffield with a real fire!
I am excited about tomorrow as we will be going back to my home town of Newcastle. Yippee!!
I have taken a few pictures of the day.

Finally worked out my route.

Fly to Armenia, travel through Georgia to Turkey and fly from Istanbul to Mumbai. Work my way across to Calcutta and fly to Bangkok. Through Thailand and Cambodia to Vietnam, then onto China.

I am setting off early September 2010 and aim to be in China early December, maybe.

And then I have to get back...

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... 45 minutes while he takes his break, what a joke! We stop at a service station and I wait around while he takes his break and we get on our way again. Finally I arrive at Helena and Phil's house at 00:30 and sneak in a get straight to bed. What a day!!!

... sat nearby as if to see us off. Goodbyes are short and we set off into the countryside and the deserted (well they were never busy) roads.

The leisurely drive south down the A2 – IP1 autopista is uneventful and gives us the chance to start thinking about life back in the UK, something we have never had time to do at MV. It’s going to be strange being home after ‘settling’ here for six months and I’ ...

... premises. A sort of premises warming party. Afterwards to Dina's for dinner. Tuesday 13th December 2005 On reflection I rose later than I should have done. A quick cup of coffee and then made my way over to India House to see about renewing my visa. The place was packed and my number in the queue was somewhere near to last. I left the building and went down the road to have another cup of coffee and work on a sudoku. When I returned the place was sealed off and a police ...

... booklet of 11 tickets) and definitely the quickest flight of our travels. Heathrow is just the biggest airport I have ever seen. A beautiful clear blue sky, that was continually punctured by planes and jets. I remember looking out of the many windows and seeing so much movement of planes, and luggage trucks, and service people - that the continual energy had an infectious effect on us. I remember the rush of looking up at the departures board, and seeing a list of ...