Sandford House Hotel Shrewsbury

So there we have it - the ferry is booked! I will be taking the 'King of Scandanavia' out of the country at 1700 on the 5th December. It's another one of those milestone events that forces one to reflect on the reality of the situation; however fear has given way to anticipation on that score.<br><br>For a few hours yesterday I considered "copping out" with the Dover to Calais crossing - being cheaper ...

An early start from London and back in Crewe by 9.15, shortly thereafter I had the slightly surreal experience of helping someone move into my flat. Many hands made light work and we had all of the stuff moved into the flat within 30 minutes.<br><br>After a fantastic lunch I went back and removed the very last of the stuff, including the bike and the backpack; and now I am staying at Steve's ...

Well I am happy to report that despite postal strikes I have my passport back and a multiple entry visa stamp inside.<br>I was so relieved to have the passport back.I really do not like to be parted from it.<br>All I have to do now is get through the next 4 weeks at work.Oh well I am sure I will manage.<br>Bye for now.

... man)<br>So anyway.I got the photos done.filled out the forms then raced off to the post office to send everything to the Royal Thai Consulate.Had to be done this weekend as I am trying to avoid the massive postal strikes that are rolling out across Britain at the moment.<br>So hopefully next week I will have my passport back with my new visa in it and the last 5 weeks of work will hopefully not drag too slowly.<br>Thailand awaits.<br>

... will hold my booking for 24 hours while I sort my bank out.This is not the first time this airline has done good things for me,more on that at a later date,but it certainly increases my respect for them which is already quite high.<br>So anyway to my bank.I borrow a mates phone later that day and contact my bank.What is going on with my card? We noticed unusual activity on it.Someone tried to book an airline ticket with it so we put a block on for ...

Afte a lazy start to the day we headed out to go see some locals of the New Forest starting first with the donkeys then the ponies, cows, pigs, squirrels, ducks and geese - oh and manybe some sheep too! <br><br>We headed up around Frogham, over the High Corner Inn to the pub at Fritham, the Walter Tyrrel and the Rufus stone, thru Beaulieu and back up ornamental drive before heading home to have dinner at the George! Great day not too rainy and very entertaining!<br>

... by the canal. Further up the canal we watched narrow baots coming through the Wharton lock and picked blackberries while we waited.<br>We visited Tattenhall market for some homemade goodies and stopped on the way home for creak tea at Tarporley! Great day.

After a great few days with Ian &amp; Pauline we took off west through North Wales. Had Paulines ham cobs on the promonade at Rhyll overlooking a windswept beach but in glorious sunshine. Carried on around the north coast to Conway and then followed the river south to Ffestiniogg past the slate quarries and then to ...

... once again, and stopped by the very ornate bridge at Salt, from where we walked the half mile to visit the Holly Bush Inn. This is a 16th century thatched pub which produced some very good food. Back to the boat, and off again, as the mooring is quite noisy, next to the railway. We found a peaceful spot by Lower Burston Bridge, although there were several other boats there. Days of Elijah was two boats in front, and we invited David and Carole on board for drinks later. We had a ...

G'day all, sorry about the delay but internet access is not a big thing here in town and besides we have been having a ball in Wales, the scenery has been spectacular and so have the women oops um i mean the country side, We decided to bite the bullet and hire a car as this was a quicker way of getting around we basedourseleves at the Purple hotel in shrewsbury and got a really good deal £50 a night including a full breakfast not bad ...