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Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
Tits and more!
... with a toad. Then the motorhome pitches up, gets the awning out and parks car under the awning - didn't realise that's what they're for. I thought the awning was for those warm sunny days when you sat out in the evening with a barbie and a gallon or two or wine. Pehaps I'm being a big optimistic about the evenings in the UK!!!
Another bacon and eggs breakfast - set off the smoke alarm this time. We need to get a checklist of all the things we do before we move ...
Doing nothing all day
... test our ability to 'live' in Monty without any outside entertainment. And it worked. It was warm, comfortable and with enough space to do the things we want to do without tripping over each other. We were forced into this because it rained for 36 hours non stop. We did not move out of the van all day - except for David doing a rubbish dump and filling up the ...
Getting Monty ready
What a saga! Filled Monty with water, put clothes and food in the lockers and got the heating working. Just about to move off the drive when a car pulls up opposite the driveway - can't get Monty off if I haven't got the width of the road. He's a big lad and its a small roadway. So went to neighbour and asked if he could get the new car moved - he ...
Back to Southampton
September 14: It is Day 14 of the Baltics and St Petersburg cruise, and we`re on our way from Oslo to Southampton.
Christine, together with many other passengers, not feeling the best on account of the effects of the rough sea we are ...
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