Regency Park Hotel Thatcham Newbury

<br><br><br>"Whatever can go wrong at the most inopportune moment, will" Sod's law<br><br>All I had to do today was to get the laptop ready for travel: clear out old files to make space for photos, transfer my planning files with all the hotel, travel and other necessary detail; and check in.<br><br>First the laptop email chose ...

"We're leavinghome" Beatles<br><br>Leaving thehouse for three months over winter can be a bit of a worry, and besides, thehouse insurers don&#8217;t like it.<br><br>Fortuitously,Barbara and Steve will be house sitting. Good friend Barbara and new partnerSteve have both recently left failed marriages and are looking to start a newlife together. So the arrangement suitsthem, suits us, and suit our insurers. <br><br>But even so,much has to be done to get the house ...

"If you can always sit, don't stand; lie, don&#8217;t sit" Anon<br><br>Unless you&#8217;ve got first class seats, you are not going to lie, so get a good seat.<br><br>Flying is a very competitive business. Not just amongst the airlines, but also amongst passengers. Because (particularly on a long haul flight) you&#8217;ve got to give yourself the best chance of getting the best seat.<br><br>Once this was easy: just ...

"Got no bags and baggage to slow me down ......" Cliff Richard - Travellin' light.<br><br>No that's not strictly true. I may be travelling light, but Vanda's has already emptied her three wardrobes, and yesterday the kitchen sink went missing. Think that may also be in the case!<br><br>Take a lot or take a little. that has been the debate over the last several weeks.<br><br>Vanda's view is she will need clothes for every conceivable occasion, and washing and ironing ...

... eat at Grannie and Granddad's that we feel quite at home. The waitress asks us if we are heading for legoland and we say yes but we are first heading for Windsor castle, she tells us that legoland is closed because they had some plumbing issues , I guess they had also had had a lot of rain. Brady is disapointed as are we, ( until we later see the price of addmission, it;s really expensive like 38 pounds for adults and 28 for children double that for ...

... each day, and our committment is to work for 5 hours a day for the upkeep of the community. The community also runs facilities used for conferences, a camping ground and sweat lodge facility, and B &amp; B on a very small scale. Some residents have part time jobs outside the community and work in jobs such as nursing, special aid teaching and book keeping. We are here for 3 weeks in total. Already our imaginations have been set ablaze with ...

... are so many I want to see I'm going to have to narrow the list down a bit. Friday night I went with Mike and my roomate to go see a band that his co-worker is in. Mind you he works at Parliament so it was pretty funny to see this man who I'm sure wears a suit and tie every day rock out on stage. I felt like such a local! Saturday was a wonderful day because I got to see Ed and Sherri! It was so great to see some people from home. We had a great day in ...

On Tuesday I flew back to England from Madrid. The flight was uneventful, though a bit sad...looking out the window while leaving Madrid I wanted the plane to turn around and take me back! But, on to new adventures. I am staying in a place called Caversham, which is about 40min outside London. Or as Ange likes to call it: Caversham-on-Thames. Ben, Angela & 10 month-old Anna have just moved here from Canada, so I am visiting them ...

... bit with markers and gave it to my girl. I watched her read it through and then tuck it away in a pocket. I hope she takes it seriously. I know those things can be a bit cheesy, but if it has the potential to help her self-esteem a bit, I am willing to put it out there. The rest of the day was lovely, with great groups of students. I did have a bit of an annoyance with a few characters in citizenship who were throwing wads of paper despite many admonitions for them ...

... I am starting to get used to the moving around, and while I haven't managed to go from one room to another in one trip yet, I am starting to develop a system of "stuff transfer". Thankfully, most of my rooms are not too far apart, so taking a couple of trips is not unmanageable. Friday was busy as well, but not so much because of the classes as for preparation to go into London after school for the autumn Fulbright teachers' meeting. I had to bring all my ...