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... hides out (and trashes) in the latest film is in Lacock. And, wait for it, I can offer you an exclusive preview into what Harry Potter's parents' house (in Godric's Hollow) looks like, which will be appearing in the next film! How cool is that? Ok, well, only Caroline and Terri and a couple of other HP fans will get excited about it, but I thought it was cool.

Anyway, since I'm feeling rather sniffly, I think I'll end my entry here.

xox Hannah

... 8211; rolling hills, still lush and green; random castles around every other corner; flocks of sheep, stopped at railroad crossings; and still some beautiful autumn leaves on the trees, framing the scene. All wonderfully English!

We arrived in Bath by the late afternoon, and Di and the kids picked us up at the train station. We got a lovely tour of the kids’ beautiful prep school and its extensive grounds, and we also drove to a few other lookout spots ...

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

... long one of 11 hours. At Paris I had to go through customs again and once again all my loose bits had to come off including my belt and shoes (such a pain). As I was taking off my belt an old lady, who stood behind me, asked "how are you gonna hold up your trousers now?" Wouldn't she like to know ;-)
Then as I boarded the plane and got to my window seat I discovered a chubby bearded Mormon guy (yes u can spot them a mile away) sitting in my seat. So I had to debate whether it worth ...

... is quite big in the UK, the shops are full of Halloween stuff and dress up clothing! Elle and I decorated the front of the house with stickers etc. Elle had done a pumpkin at school and Jane found this battery operated light that switched on and off and changed colour. You'll see some lovely photos of us dressed up.

Elle's friend had a party for the kids and then they went trick a treating.. everyone in the neighbourhood was quite good except for ...

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... pub name in England, with more than 480 pubs in England bearing that name.

We got to Bath and saw the Roman baths which were very interesting, and after that we got to explore Bath on our own. We didn't have much time after taking so long at the Roman Baths, so there wasn't much we could do besides walking around the city and enjoying the architecture surrounding us. Bath is a beautiful place. I would definitely like to spend more ...

... our own alcohol you had to buy it on site. We assumed this would mean it would be expensive, but no, the most expensive bottle we bought (and it was fizzy pop) was $15 (about 6 quid).... So needless to say we had a very nice day drinking nice wine; stuffing our faces and listening to Jazz...then off to our hotel (which we thought would be a dive as the weekend was a cheap deal)....it wasn't it was a really nice hotel with pool etc. We were knackered ...

... and it seems there is no wind here. Walking around the stone circle is fun and I take a lot of photos. I'm thinking, however, that the stones could have been bigger, at least I expected them to be bigger.

The circle used to work as an astronomic calendar, it would predict the solstice or some natural calamities. It was also used as a place of prayer, and people would meet here to begin and to end each season of the year.

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