Hotel Campanile Birmingham

... but anything was going to be better than nothing. Amazingly, within a week of the interviews, she was offered BOTH of the part time jobs. As luck would have it, she even managed to swap some times around, meaning she is now working full time, with 50% as a data analyst for the National Health Service and 50% as the membership officer for the National Governors Association (the association behind school governors).
So after all this ...

... If we haven't managed to see or speak to you in this time then I apologise profusely. It just means you'll have to come out to NZ then, won't you?! Yes, you too can have the fun of leaving home on Tuesday afternoon and arriving in Wellington on Thursday afternoon....hmmm. There's no news to this, other than our freind's wedding went excellently. It must have been the ...

... so he recommended a place called "Fairy Glen" and another nice walk which we can be near to the lake. The waterfall walk is easy. I suspect the route is privately owned because it required a fee of 50 pence. The waterfall is nothing that fantastic but still it is nice. The only downside to it is the condition of the water. The water is very dirty. It is a pity I think. We walked along the trail and reached the picnic area. We are blessed with sunshine ...

... Earl of Leicester, transformed Kenilworth from a medieval fortress into one of the greatest Tudor palaces so he could entertain Queen Elizabeth I in style for 19 days in 1575, costing millions of pounds. The Keep was breeched during the Civil War in the 1600s. The Great Hall where they dined was huge. It was so cold ...

... and we had a great view of course over fields and little villages.













We did heaps of mud and stiles and Stephen entertained us with two face plants. We eventually found our way to the village of Weston-sub-Edge. It had a 13th ...

... crooked walls, stone floors and period furniture. Youngest children slept in a trundle (trunkle bed) until old enough to handle a candle in their parents room and then up to 4 of them share a largish single bed.





We then walked around the markets and then past Garrick’s Inn, Nash’s house, the Alms houses and Hall’s ...

... mouth! Because we got so damp we decided to do the 2 hour walk and not the 4 hour one. Ended up taking us 3 hours. We passed through a field of sheep – white and brown ones – and there were a lot of cute lambs and all the sheep were 'baaing’ at us.








Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom hilaryramsey

... was used to create electricity. We then walked down to the boathouse on the River Avon. We had a great time and really enjoyed it all.













Afterwards we wandered around the town and found a tearoom because Nathan was dying of cold and needed a hot chocolate. It's a pretty town – some ...

... Stow-on-the-Wold and saw the Royalist pub 976AD – oldest pub in England and then to Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter – 2 lovely little villages around a stream and then on to Broadway.










Went out to dinner at Margaret’s in the village of Radway. She lives in the old school house next to the church

NB I wrote today's piece before I heard about all the bombs going off in London. I am not sure how they will affect my plans, I will have to hope that there are no more such attrocities. Hello again Well it is the day before I set off. I think I am just about ready. It has been a hectic week trying to make sure that everything is in order before I leave. Of course a trip like this takes months of planning and you can ...