The Bell Hotel Thetford

<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 ...

Willie and Kath came up for a few day's at half term in October, to catch up with Sid and Debbie and to get a wee rest if that is possible with two small children!! They went on a pumkin hunt at Blenheim but did not tdo the hunt , instead they had a fish and chip picnic in the park, and ran around with the kids all afternoon. Here are a few pic's mailnly of Maisie and Ruan.

... will be flying. Check out www.seatguru.com a website which lists all the plane configurations for all the airlines and shows the good, the bad and the indifferent seats. Did you know for example that seat pitch on most planes is an inch shorter in the rear seats?<br><br>The best time to claim your seat is at the time of purchase. It&#8217;s amazing how booking agents lose interest in these matters once the dosh is ...

"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 ...

... Local guest houses? Backpacking (God forbid)? Websites like hotels.com and booking.com will give you great ideas and prices. Most countries also have guest house or bed and breakfast associations with town by town lists of such accommodation. Check out tripadvisor.co.uk for independent views on accommodation quality. By now you should have a good idea of detailed costs.<br><br>6. Book your accommodation.<br>The internet is a great price leveller, so go to ...

... t pull their finger out and we can&#8217;t get in to decorate and make the necessary representations to the council for approval for sub-letting? Do we try to do it from abroad paying someone else to decorate or do we delay departure and potentially mess up our convoy with friends and volunteering plans? We haven&#8217;t decided yet what we should do and we are just hoping that it will all play out in time ...

It has been very strange being at home seeing people doing the same thing as they normally do day in day out, but then what was I expecting. It has been great to see family and friends again and having a laugh with people you know, but now I have broadened my views I am not sure how long I ...

... mountains. We were both blown away, I knew the Lakes district was meant to be beautiful but what we saw far exceeded all expectations... I was feeling dissapointed that we weren't getting up to Scotland this trip but after our drive I feel like I have seen the best that Scotland could have shown me. We saw some great natural wonders, including a huge glacier boulder which appears to be resting on end and about to topple over at any ...

... different from the first day, but had to do it. After all the walking I had a few beers at a cool little pub, The Turf Tavern. Oxford was a lot larger than I had expected and there were massive amounts of people around. The weather whilst I was there was just perfect, around 20 degrees, great shorts and tshirt weather. They also have great kebabs here, i tried one on the first night. It had more meat in it than about 4 ali baba kebabs put together and it was only a medium size.