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Bye bye Blankie
... was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and there wasn't much wind. So I walked around for about an hour before I found the mall in Basingstoke (surprise! Ashley shopping? Neverrrrrr... haha). It was quite big and was packed full of people trying to do their Christmas shopping. The only store worth mentioning is Primark, the store with the onesies. I bought a fleece reindeer onesie that has feet, a tail and a hood with reindeer horns on it! I went back to the flat happy to ...
Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
What can I give this Christmas?
This year 6,657 Christmas shoeboxes were donated to The Trussell Trust for distribution in Bulgaria. This is another record and a reminder that there are a lot of you out there that really care about others much less fortunate than yourselves. If the children and adults who will receive the presents this year were able, they'd say a huge thank you to everybody who gave shoeboxes or their time to help sort them. It's really good ...
The Angel and the Wet rats
... br> Now I was completely lost and we were completely dependent on the Tom Tom.
What a marvellous device.
I expect we did look rather bedraggled and pathetic as we drew up outside their front door... and within minutes, our wet gear was hanging up dripping in their utility room.
What a life-saver!
Not just place to drip, but a very convivial evening with friends.
Thankfully, there are no photos of this, some of our wettest moments of this trip.
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Sandhurst Royal Military College Heritage Days
... hear them firing on the range and often see helicopters flying to or from the college. We had wanted to see it so away we went.
Obviously we are not the only ones wanted to see Sandhurst as there was a line to get into the car park but we made it and then there was the walk. OMG. Sandhurst is huge! We walked about 2 miles from the car park before we got to the buildings ...