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... to our other blog please let me know or alternatively you can search for shunny81 and this is the name of it. There are a few to read but it will take away the boredom on a Friday afternoon. <br><br>Hope your all well and the weather is not to bad. Just think of us when its raining having to take shelter of the 35 degree heat. <br><br>All the best <br><br>Nigel <br>

Sophia&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>Right it is Wednesday the 11th November we'll be departing in a few days!!!! Realy getting excited and a bit nervous now just thinking this time next week i will be on the other side of the world!!! Busy time now though ahead last jabs tomoz as well as seeing katie and lexie for the last time till i get back!! Then the evening ...

... along the east coast from Brisbane to Melbourne. From there I'll be getting active in Tasmania, with visits to mountains, forests, beaches and cultural sites. Along the way I hope to write and document my experiences, so I hope you'll drop in from time to time and see how I'm getting on?!

... Michael Jackson doco at the local cinema.<br><br>The next day we drove back up to the caravan for one last time to tidy up a little more and have a bit of a relax before we started the 3 week Contiki trip around Europe.<br><br>So we stayed 3 nights, did some shopping, eating, drinking and sleeping! not very exciting we know but at least we saved alittle money!<br><br>We headed back down on the 5th Nov as Andy and Bec had organised a bit of a bash for Bonfire night. Bonfire Night ...

At around 06:00 Arcadia slowly approached the Ocean Terminal berth and our Cruise was nearly over. We enjoyed one last breakfast in the Belevedere and waited for our disembarkation at 09:15. We sat and reflected about where we had been and all the facilities that the ship offered. My favourites where the Crows nest which is a bit like "Ten Forward" on the Enterprise "D", the Palladium ...

... south is also lovely with a huge Priory, which unfortunately was closed but we wondered down to the habour and saw all the yacht moored for the winter. OOh and the nasty swans.. I didn't know they hissed!! lol<br><br>Did I mention that I stayed in cowplains in Portsmouth and cowpitt lane in the New Forest.. mmmm whats this theme with all the cows??<br> Frank and Robert, Deidre's son's and their partners took me out to the Queens arms in the Forest ...

... people coming from London to take in the sea air and take to the water, ie the spas! Jane Austen apparently stayed in Southampton for a time as well.<br><br>The last night with the Smiths and we had a bit of a party night, I bought Indian... the music was put on and we were dancing and Olly was playing with his guitar and the dogs!<br><br>

... sure that half a bottle of Jack Daniels would be sufficient to calm Emma down for a significant portion of the flight. If pouring it down her neck doesn't work I'll just belt her round the head with it. Anyway, I'm off to work out how much excess baggage I'll be charged on my **** and to find enough sedative to keep Emma settled for the first 12 hours at least. I'll email everyone from the other side :)

... I shouldn't take it personally. Whatever. All I know is that this is one more reason I am happy to be a cat person. They are much less likely to subject perfect strangers to random attacks. We said good bye to Andy who was driving the three hours back to his work for the week. Then Sonya and I called it an early night as we both have lots of work to do tomorrow. If I am even able to type with my injury...sniff sniff.

... as usual, Sonya (who was a princess to her prince charming...ofcourse) had provided me with all things sparkly and it was like a fairy dust blizzard by the time I was done. Ofcourse, the costume wasn't complete without a maple leaf wand with which I could deem them all worthy. Sonya questioned me about the touque I was carrying around and I assured her it was only a carrying case for my camera. We ended up stuffing ourselves silly with every kind of ...