Northampton Hilton

With time rapidly dwindling I went down to Banbury way this afternoon to visit my brother et famille before I leave, taking the opportunity to say goobye to two young nephews - one of whom was able to appreciate some of the implications of what I am doing, "But what if you get sick?" he asked. :-)

Back up to Stoke in the late evening. Last day of preparations tomorrow.

... now in Northampton, tomorrow we leave for Dover, and on Friday morning we board the ferry for France. Hurrah! If all goes according to plan :-) We'll let you know how we get on of course.

Having got our hands back on everything we own, we're now able to upload some pictures we took of our time in Norfolk, in case anyone fancies a look. They're below.

Hopefully the next entry will come from France, please cross fingers for us.

... bags at Victoria Station and spend the day walking around, trying to tire ourselves out as much as possible!

Sadly still no luck with uploading photos - dammed new version of travelpod! Will try at my old haunt in London tomorrow before getting on the plane to Singapore around 9pm! Not too sure if we'll post again - if not, thanks to all for keeping up with our trip, it does really feellike we've shared it with you all!
XO

Well since Amsterdam Josh and I have been staying in county Bedfordshire with my Aunty Sue. She lives in a country house, dated from the 1800's (and has the deeds to prove it!), with her dad - known as Grand dad to all) and her doggies, Molly and Buddy the bulldog.

So Friday we had a glorious sleep in, then headed to Milton Keynes for a couple of hours of retail ...

... pancakes and strong coffee until opening time. I would reccomend anyone go to the Heineken experience - Josh and i were a bit 'oh it's another brewery' but it really is fantastic. Lost of interactive displays, memorabilia and a ride where you 'become the beer' and go through the brewing process - you stand on a moving platform that jerks and rolls and even sprays water at you! You also get a couple of free Heinekens - Josh rated it as better than the ...

... and windy!) walk up around the dunstable downs. This afternoon was spent around St Albans, the site of a large cathedral and what is rumoured to be the oldest pub in England... or so they claim!

Tonight has been another quiet one - JOsh is conked out on the couch next to me and i'm just catching up on bookings and car hire bits and pieces. So tomorrow is another early start - 7am flight to Amsterdam for the next 3 days!

XO

... We’re now planning to spend November in France where we can speak a little of the language. A couple of great opportunities have come up there that look very exciting. Providing that there are sufficient volunteers, one of the hopes is to erect an eco building in a woodland using local resources. So we won’t be gaining a winter suntan immediately, and the woollen socks will be important!
Alex

... that day. There was 2 hour delay to the bus that took us to Northampton, prior to that we had killed time in a kebab joint for about 2 hours as well. But all our whining and complaint subsides when we saw the place we were going to stay for 4 nights. Sedgebrook Hall.

Omigod even without daylight we knew that the surrounding was breathtaking. The hotel were as picturesque as we had seen in the pictures online. The ...

... again but this time using the stableford scoring system. I did better this time and after a while managed to get some good shots off the tee. I got a par 3 on the 117yard 4th and more 6's than 8's. My final score was 122. Overall a good day not because of my scores but because I had a great day out with my son, who scored 101 & 96, and two colleagues from work. I just need to play more often.

... avoid getting a very serious crick in your neck when doing your hair, is to sit on the toilet and then twist around. I think I have had some interesting hairdo's since I've been here, and it may explain why I am sunburnt on one side of my face. But the bedroom mirror is at normal height so that's something... PS Have caught World Cup fever! Australia 3-0 against Japan. Yay!!! WIll have to run around with my shirt over my head to celebrate.