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There's No Place Like Home
So we finally reached our last week of travelling! We had one week left to spend in Bangkok before we flew home. We spent the week exploring temples, catching up at the cinema (before each film they play the national anthem and everyone stands to sing!), and most importantly hitting the markets! Bangkok has a HUGE weekend market, we spent 6 hours there on the Saturday, and 7 hours on the Sunday, and still missed large parts of it, it was incredible!
One day ...
Six weeks to go
We have now got to the stage that the holiday looms large. On Friday it was at this time in six weeks we will be.... Saturday was worse! I spent the day thinking in six weeks we will, hopefully be waking up in the hotel in Southampton and looking out the window at OUR cruise ship. Then it was breakfast, walk along to the ship and checking in. Finally it was we should be doing lifeboat drill about now. Even this morning when I woke, at home needless to say, I was thinking I wonder ...
And this one's for Logan, and my niece Dianne.
... to our family.
On 13th November I returned to Birmingham briefly for the funeral of my lovely friend and colleague Janet Brisland. While funerals are never nice occasions, this was a very fitting send off to a wonderful woman, and it was good to touch base with friends and colleagues, even though it was in such terrible circumstances.
On ...
Chapter Two. Lenham
... of selecting if we are to dine at the” Dog and Bear” or “The Red Lion”. After much agonizing, we decide on the Red Lion. I select the homemade soup of the day with the Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding from the senior menu. Unfortunately there is no senior discount for the pints of local beer I'm quaffing to accompany dinner. ...
Chapter One. Arrival.
... origins dating back to the 1700's. Inside it’s really pretty with ancient beams and a tiny flower-filled garden. There are three bedrooms, two baths, kitchen, dining and living rooms. The curving wooden stairs are amazingly steep and we have to navigate them with care. Cecilia, the youngster in the family, takes the top floor bedroom. The cottage provides us with a comfortable, well-equipped base for touring the Heart of Kent.
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