Parklands Hotel Oxford

Back for the last time - (I heard those sighs from over here !!)

Two days after our marriage thanksgiving service, we had the coldest weather and heaviest snowfall they have had in the UK for 30 odd years. The village was cut off - roads impassable (a lorry jack knifed on the road out of the village and blocked it for some hours) but sin...

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After a more relaxed day on Saturday and the others returning from London, Sunday morning was spent going to church with the whole family, then racing home to get ready for our Marriage Thanksgiving service. Lill did my hair and makeup and all the girls helped make it a special time of preparation (we had an hour ...

Whew! What a crazy few days I have had!

Sunday
Got up early
Hatched a plan to go to Ikea
Realised my nearest Ikea is an hour and a half away on the bus in Milton Keynes.
Trekked out to Milton Keynes and as soon as I walked into Ikea thought is was all worth it.
Bought a quilt, quilt cover, towel, lamp and coat hangers for ...

Lots of snow on return to UK. a 4 hour bus trip from Gatwick to Northampton and met by Charlie and Nikki. Great to see them both, but great to see Niki again.
Back to Bugbrooke for some Fish Pie, games and sleep.
Sledging on the Clumps next morning and then back to Manchester.

Can't believe how fast time has gone or the million and one miracles that happened to get us all together for the Christmas celebrations, with all of us converging from different directions. The weather we have been experiencing here in the UK is unprecedented, the most snowfall and lowest temperatures for a number of years. With the threat of B...

This entry is be pretty boring. Beware!!!

-You should be able to tell where I can easily and quickly upload pictures on various entries and the ones where there are only a few pictures, I had to fight for internet time. Or the PC was too slow. I had good access for this entry.

Like I said I before, I just picked a place on the map ...

As I type this, I am currently sitting in a courthouse. Or, more precisely, in a "list caller" stand in a courtroom. The hostel we just arrived in in London, called Clink, is an old courthouse and for you fact junkies: the courthouse where The Clash were put on trial. I'm kind of in love with this hostel, but more on that later...as now I shall ...

You may or may not have heard but Britain is currently getting slammed by blizzards. It all started last Sunday when reports started coming in of a massive blizzard headed our way coming from Russia. While our Canadian blood kicked in and we got very excited the country however panicked. They are not equipped to deal with snow and we were reall...

  On Friday, I went around London for a few hours in the morning with a quasi-uncle, who's not quite related to my family.  We went around the Victoria and Albert Museum reallyyyy fast, and it was really interesting so I'd like to go back at a slightly slower pace.  :)  After that, I got my first Indian food since California -- chicken korma, m...

We decided on Thursday that this weekend we were going to do something other than sit around as we were wanting to start seeing things again and now that life was falling into place it was time to get doing and less being lazy. Scott wasn't 100% behind us on this one but both Aimee and I wanted to rent one of those Gondolas which I'm not even s...