Premier Inn Huddersfield - North

Went to see 'Aladdin' at the 'Opera House' in Manchester this evening. Borrowing 2 unsuspecting children for cover, we went to see a typical Panto. With bright and elaborate costumes, corny jokes that appeal to kids and adults it was an absolute scream. Best ...

... that it feels like home yet but it did feel good to get back after our week away. Easy to keep clean, warm now that we need the heating and all very simple. I don’t miss the gardening, but it would be nice to be out under the pergola for a BBQ or just to have breakfast or a coffee. Withington and West Didsbury have a sort of community and bohemian/student type atmosphere. We enjoy being able to walk to pubs and restaurants and the bus is 50 ...

... for the quite fantastic place Hampi and as before when we visited for just one day, we wern't dissapointed. Judith has said it was her favourite part of the whole trip and I have to say, with the fantastic guest house we found and the extra time we spent there (due to the return train being full) it was quite perfect. As you have seen from the photos the place is huge and completely National Heritage. The great thing about the whole place is you can wander around to your hearts desire and ...

... the gorge up the gorge” debacle followed by kilometres of what, bog? on top of a mountain?!! where the hell were we?!! Also, damn the reservoir where, having run out of water, Ryan requested that I wade in and try and get some water for boiling. Cold! Muddy! Undrinkable! Squidgy!

Boulder Paths

"Over the boulder, down the boulder, **** the boulder, **** THE BOULDER!!!"

There are some points where the paths are naturally made of boulders or large rocks, fine I'm on a mountain I get it. However one day we hit some hard going with a path covered in boulders which, after about twenty minutes, I noticed there weren’t any boulders OFF the path, only on it. A neat line of ******, leg-twisting boulders was ...

... raining still!

It has been a bit of a blur today, as well as the Royal Marsden we have been to Addenbrookes in Cambridge, THe Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham and now I am sitting in a cosy front room in Sheffield with a real fire!
I am excited about tomorrow as we will be going back to my home town of Newcastle. Yippee!!
I have taken a few pictures of the day.

... and 3 final patients and was all done by 4pm but didn't get out the door till ten past after all the final farewells and well wishes. Headed home and did the final pack, said farewell to my land lady and the house I have called home since April and was off to Manchester.

Been hanging out at Amy and Dave's - catching up and packing. After girly chats of Fri night, Dave was at the pub with the boys. Amy and I did a quick shop in town ...

... at home, we once again had trouble fitting all the suitcases and ourselves in the car. While dad worked at finding the best way to fit the cases, mum and I completed a final run around the house checking under beds and behind tables incase anything happened to be left behind. Just before 9am we were finally ready to go so we piled into the car and headed away from 314 Willingham Street, the house where my mum's dad grew up, for the last time. Our ...

... you mind allowing this silly American who you've never met before and don't know if he's some sort of felon to take your credit card to order a bus ticket, and sure I'll pay you back in cash. Somehow, he went for it. And I was on my merry way. Slowly. Traffic in England, in a word, sucks. Coaches in England, in a word, suck. It's cold outside but toasting in the bus, figure that one out.

So a couple hours late and a few minor miracles cashed in, I was in ...

... the cost for the two of us to fly to Istanbul direct £400.... so after doing a little research we found flights into Slovakia for.... £65 - a rather large saving and as such we leave on Monday to fly there and then make our way to Istanbul. We found out after the flight was booked and the accommodation booked that the airport is 60km away from our place of sleeping, but hey I'm sure we'll be fine!!!! We flew into Manchester on Tuesday and have mostly relaxed ...