Sydney House Hotel Shrewsbury

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>

... the lady at emirates phoned me back(nice) to see if all was well.Not reallyI need to phone the bank,my phone has no credit left on it and I can not top it up because my card has been blocked,and I really want this flight.After this date the cost of flights has jumped by over £200.<br>This is a lot of money to not have when you are planning a 4 month trip overseas.<br>Now get this,emirates tell me that this flight is practically sold out but ...

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>

Afetr and early start thanks to a wake up call from 'Freinds', we headed off to Beeston. We visited Beeston Castle courtesy of the Poyntons.<br>Spectacular veiws from the hill top and castle site.<br>Later we drove to theShady Oak pub for a pint and food (in the ...

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 ...

... they would send it off and hoped to have it back repaired by Saturday. We had a planning meeting in the playground next to the canal to discuss the detail of the mission. It seems we have ten boats: Gospel Belle, Days of Elijah, Tumzul Coud, April Rose, Maggie May, Maranatha, Loftus Rose, Nutshell, Kew and Gabriel. Wed 16th September Precious Stone Mission started with a team prayer and worship meeting at 9am, where we led with some worship songs. This was followed by a coffee ...

There was an American Indian once, who took a train across the great prairies. After three days travelling at speeds he had only ever imagined, he arrived at his destination. Alighting from the train, he sat down on the platform quietly, seemingly unwilling to travel further.<br><br ...

... list. UK solo guy Ben's Brother needs to be checked out too.<br><br>The UK really do music festivals well, it really was great, a real carnival atmosphere; rides, stalls, seedy food everywhere. The weather was actually really good too, always a bonus. Neil and I were NOT prepared for bad weather, we just went along as if it was in Sydney, and when it poured ...

... small car and they were in big tractors now I know how Fay Wray felt when she met Godzilla, We went up to the coast and found an awesome castle called Rhuddlan it was one of the first to be established in the fight to keep the welsh at bay, and was in pretty good nick the following day we headed to the coats and snowdonia wow what a change from the flat lands the coast was awesome and we followed the coastal road along it and all you ...