Holiday Inn Reading South

... a doze, and we’re soon ready for the luggage drop. Security is the usual inefficient hassle (no problem with the checks, but why can’t they sharpen the process?) and then through to the shoppers paradise. Vanda looks for perfume, but can’t find any that suits (it suits my wallet though). More reading, a sandwich and before we know it we’re on the train to Gate area B. Boarding takes for ever, and for some reason we eventually take of an hour ...

<br><br><br>"Whatever can go wrong at the most inopportune moment, will" Sod's law<br><br>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.<br><br>First the laptop email chose ...

Booked my ticket to the States 2 weeks ago and been sorting out all my stuff at Bekey's house since then. Seems to have been a relative success, packed up the last of my worldly goods and moved boxes to Mum and Dad&#8217;s house. Was pretty sad to be moving out, I&#8217;ve been living with my big sister for about 18 months and have really enjoyed it. Bekey&#8217;s taken good care of me (lots of delicious meals, yum) and we&#8217;ve had a lot of fun. Had lots of cuddles ...

... It was quite nice ands dry and up at the top in Whitchurch-on-Thames we saw another wild deer. It was the biggest we had seen so we took the snaps and movd on into the village, and what a lovely place it was. In the church of St Marys, we were given a tour by a local. Amazing. OUtside was the second toll bridge on the Thames. This one cost twenty pence, realisticall it wasn't worth four times more than the one in Swinford.<br><br ...

... is not what you would normally associate with Norway - no wild mountains or waterfalls plummeting into the fjord here. The landscape is dominated by a myriad of islets and small natural harbours and inlets, where you find patches of green between grey or black barren rocks, worn and furrowed by the ocean and ice age glaciers, where vegetation still incredibly ...

... visit - I could only spend an hour and a half there which was far too short. It was good, but to be honest, I still prefer the primate exhibits out at Dubbo Zoo. Bath was beautiful and for anyone visiting the UK - really worth visiting. Unfortunately it rained virtually the whole time I was there until the morning I left - a shame, because it really does look wonderful in the sun. The first day I took the free 2 hour walking tour of ...

... capacity due to an earlier train cancellation. People and luggage were packed everywhere including standing in the aisles. Fortunately, we made our way to the very last car (the "quiet" car.. sniff, sniff) and had no trouble finding seats. It did make for an very interesting trip to the food car (and some close encounters of the strange kind ((there is definitely a story here!!)) which of course was near the front of the train. The ...

... guided me in from out of town. I got a lift to Starbucks to pick up mail and called Elizabeth up to see if I could bunk in with her another night. Bless her, she agreed. I gave her a sachet of lavender in thanks for all her help in these terribly hot days she has offered me shelter. Used my sheet sleeping bag and had Thomas the cat on the bed the whole night again. Some of my plans for the next few days also finally came together. Oxford a day or so later than expected and travel to Rotterdam next week.

... We then have 5 days to see central Australia (most notably Ayers Rock) before flying down to Melbourne for a week of exploring the Great Ocean Road and, best of all, the Neighbours set! You know I can't go to Australia without giving it a visit. 25 June 2006 - 29 July 2006 : South Africa 5 weeks hop-on hop-off bus ticket to travel rather hastily along the south and east coast of South Africa via Swaziland and Lesotho. Hoping to sample a lot of the ...

... a cropper in Pakistan, that should shut them up a bit) and even the rugby, which happened at LEAST two years ago. My boss and fellow workmates know the following things about Australia and Queensland specifically: 1. We throw children overboard 2. Jo Bjeike-Peterson was our Premier (he's been gone for 20 years!) 3. Pauline Hanson doesn't like many people 4. we drink lots (like they don't!) No wonder they think I'm a bit backward. In general, a lot of British seem to ...