Stanton Manor Hotel & Restaurant Chippenham

Hi!

So with only a week and a half to go, I have, of course, managed to contract a cold. Grrrr. I think I can probably blame my weekend in Bath for that, as it was absolutely freezing there. It actually made me appreciate the "mild" weather that Norwich enjoys (comparatively speaking). The thing is, I don't want to blame Bath, because it is such a lovely city!

I headed there on Friday afternoon and met up with mt friend Teresa. We got to our ...

... dating from 1675, it was awarded “The UK’s Top Tea Place 2009” by the UK Tea Guild. Serious stuff.

Refreshed by our tea stop, we walked through the town park and over a quaint old bridge to the Saxon Church. This church, named the Church of St. Laurence, dates as far back as 709 AD! It’s a characteristic Anglo-Saxon building – tall and narrow with small windows and a simplistic, non-ornate interior. It was neat to contrast ...

Well 7 weeks to GO!!!!


June is still busy buying clothes can't keep her out the shops. We are busy trying to set up all the systems we need in place and staff what they need to do in our absence.

Great finding so many people interested in what we will be doing and where we are travelling to.

Just want to get Junes problem sorted at the hospital they are messing us about. Got heavy with them today.

Watch out for the next update.

What an arrival

Having board the easy jet flight we were told that the wind was blowing at 50 MPH in bristol well whats new its bristol we arrive 15 minuites late after a pretty bumpy decent but smooth landing at Bristol airport

Welcome to wind and rain as the door open follow by a gale blowing accross the runway

... breakfast of Full English for John and Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon for Jane, fortified us for the next leg of the car trip, this time to the Midlands.

Once the Sat Nav (aka "The *****") settled down we discovered we had only gone in a 50km circle twice and after a 5 hour ramble through the English countryside along the A30 and M5, we arrived at Tetlbury, a charming village in the Cotswalds ...

... a couple of jobs, ski resort jobs, retail.. something a bit different to what I do. I did also apply for some computer jobs as well just to see how I go.. As yet nothing!! I'm just wondering if they disregard me because I haven't got my national insurance no yet.. ah well it should be here soon. I'm a bit miffed actually because some of the applications took a bit of time to do and they don't even have the curtesy to even acknowledge your application.

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After Stonehenge, we started driving towards Bath which is a couple of hours away, so the driver gave us a bit of a tour on the way there. We saw things like the "worlds smallest prison", and a horse scraped into the side of a hill exposing white soil? beneath the grass. Apparently it was put there to signify if you were in a certain kingdom or not (forget the king's name of that area). We also learned that the Red Lion Pub is the most ...

... second day, we catch the train to Bristol. We leave after the morning peak hour, and wander along the river and have a coffee at a riverside pub. We walk along the shopping strip and have Cornish pasties for lunch! It's not a terribly picturesque city but it has a nice feel to it. That evening we call into visit some of Penny's friends and I make Leek & Parmesan risotto for dinner! The third day, we head to Cotswolds Wildlife Park, where we ...

... see Stonehenge. The sun was starting to rise and so we were the first ones there and got some nice shots without any people in them. We returned at about 8am and entered the site and it was the most amazing thing. People who think they can just look at it from the road miss out. It is incredible walking next to it and gaining perspective of its sheer size and age and it boggles your mind wondering how on earth they got those bloody big rocks on ...

... bus takes me from Stonehenge to Bath, a Georgian city situated very close to the border with Wales. I am fascinated by its cobbled streets, grey stone houses, cute bridges and an interesting cathedral. Most of the time, however, I spend in the Roman Baths, which are so huge that after a few hours I get bored and only think of getting out of here. The Roman Baths are, well, baths used by the Romans, and the water inside is STILL WARM.