Lion Hotel Shrewsbury

... and if you must have a layover you could do worse than the airport in Dubai.
Anyway ,they were cheaper than all other airlines,including Jet for my dates of travel,so happily I went on with my booking.
I filled out all the forms,hit the submit button and then ERROR popped up on the screen.A problem had occured with my card.
Well I knew the funds were in the bank so I figured that I had made a mistake filling out the form.so I went ...

... by the canal. Further up the canal we watched narrow baots coming through the Wharton lock and picked blackberries while we waited.
We visited Tattenhall market for some homemade goodies and stopped on the way home for creak tea at Tarporley! Great day.

... After that we headed west to Shrewsbury and Telford. Getting towards 6 pm we got a bit worried about where we would sleep but found a great pub at Wellington on the outskirts of Telford.

Computer time is a bit difficult this week but there may be more news in a few days.

Sorry no pictures this time.

... at "The Moorings", a home for the elderly, where we took people through the Lords Prayer line by line, explaining the meaning with appropriate songs. At lunchtime we had a meal with Ernie and Sandra in the Star. Good value but not exactly cordon bleu. Nick Wall rang again and said he had received the article, and found our original email in the spam folder. He thought it was because the word "canal" contains the word "anal" that might be rejected by the spam filter. A challenge ...

... for scans and tests, pokes and prods and found out that the growth is back and will need to be removed. Six days until our departure date and we are stopped in our tracks.

We are now sat at home not really sure how we are feeling, partly angry, partly confused, and also massively guilty about holding a leaving party when we are not leaving (yet). Our family and friends have been tolerating our unbearable droning on about our fantastic trip, the things ...

... few weeks! At least we didn't have to see her drive off with her new owner, we just shut the door and quietly walked away.


But as they say one door closes and another opens, new adventures beckoned. When we left last time it didn't really feel like goodbye now we know we don't have to come back for a while there is a different feel to what we are doing, we are now staring into the unknown and just like leaving the UK for the first time we are excited and scared in equal measures!

... sunshine as we retraced our journey to Middleport Pottery to moor as arranged. Not such an open welcome. The lady agreed reluctantly, so we went up the hill to Burslem Methodist Church which was very lively. Youngsters, elderly, families, a good mix. Acoustics not very good, but seven musicians producing modern music, and a good talk about hearing God's voice and being called, using the story of Ananias visiting Saul after the Damascus Road ...

There was an American Indian once, who took a train across the great prairies. After three days travelling at speeds he had only ever imagined, he arrived at his destination. Alighting from the train, he sat down on the platform quietly, seemingly unwilling to travel further.

Bayton, England, United Kingdom rachelkw

V festival was wonderful - Neily and I had such a good time. I love music festivals - five years is definitely too long between drinks. V was unreal - so so many of my faves were there, James Morrison, definitely the highlight, though The Script, Lily Allen, Fat Boy Slim, Pete Murray, Natalie Imbrulia, Snow Patrol, Oasis & The Killers definetly make the ...

... we all set off again on the road to happiness the three of us having a singalong in stupids bag. we visited another castle and it was huger than Daves but he said his had more comfort zones so we allowed him that bit of show off manship. ok i heard Stewart saying we may be with out internet for a few days so till next time keep up the good work and keep smiling people as a smile is better then a frown it saves muscles hugs Trevor hoo roo