North Hill Hotel Colchester

Well I'm still at "Granny's". But there are so many birds to look at now. Granny puts out seeds every day for them as it is aproaching winter now. They are not allowed come in to this house to sleep, as Granny said they would make too much mess !! Shame, 'cos I could have played with them, maybe tasted one or two. Pheasants are every where now ...

So after 6 months away and visiting 8 different countries, we have now arrived, reluctantly, back in England. Although its not as cold as we were expecting, which is a bonus!

We have had a fantastic time and visited some amazing places, and we are now hoping that reality doesn't hit us too hard!

Hope that you have enjoyed our blog and will probably see most of you shortly.

... white fur coat. She grabs me in a rugby tackle as she thinks I might leave a trail of slime all over the carpets.!!!! (now that would be fun!) She quickly makes sure I am cleaned and dried off and no damage is done to me !!!!! Well how was I supposed to know what a pond was ?? no one ever told me, not even mum or dad.!!! Must curl up in my bed now for a catnap after such an exhausting day.

Well I'm woken up quite early to the sound of Granny's voice. She has come to collect me and take me back home with her.Granny looks a different colour !!! quite a lot browner, so she and Grandad have been somewhere hot !! So I collect up all my belongings, get back in my travel basket. Brenda is sad to see me go...says I was her favourite. But I told her ...

We arrive at Stansted at about 8pm and proceed to have a, probably, day old burger somewhere in the airport. Yum. Turns out that all the shops, in the departure lounge and outside, close at about 9pm so we have to sit around for 4 hours before our flight boards with nada to do.

Finally we get on the flight with a load of other backpacker types and head to Malaysia!

Yes folks,
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Well all of a sudden, I am bundled into my travel basket, with a few of my personal things. Now when I go to the vet, I don't have my toys with me !!!! Just a minute....., I remember Granny packing loads of her clothes into suitcases and getting a bit flustered sorting out lots of other things, including that precious pony going off somewhere ...

... remains of a much larger Church that was never finished off. Inside you can see damage caused by Oliver Cromwells men back in the 17th century. Thankfully they sucked because the place still stands.

Further south, we stopped for lunch at Southwold, a very popular seaside resort favored by old people. The pier had a weird placed called the "Pier Under The Sea Show", full ...

... i got made to feel right stupid as i ended up at some quizz night where i knew nothing except what a squirrel picture looked like. mmh. guess they are not my thing. anyone else that could pick 4 countries ending with unusual letters? try your heart out, i did!! also a short meet with raf, who just happened to be in london...the world is getting too small. anyway, that in hand, it was off to fight the ques at heathrow.

... looking forward to: The Bangkok nightlife Vietnam on the back of a motorbike Not getting beaten up Angkor Wat at sunrise Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain scoring centuries in Sri Lanka Crossing Australia by train Overlooking Sydney from atop the Harbour Bridge Flying over Milford Sound in New Zealand Hunting big-ass grizzlies in Alaska Not having to get up for work! Hopefully I'll have these adventures, many misadventures, and much more besides. Stay tuned.