The Black Horse Inn Brighouse

... we have had since we arrived. Lots of laughs and reduced to tears in the end. I think the 2 kids may have also enjoyed it.
The Villain from Coronation Street and the star, Aladdin, from Hollyoaks. A pleasure for the ladies in the audience.

Great night.

... form 2&3 choir is a great group who are very keen. Boys changing voices adds an element of difficulty to finding suitable repertoire.

I have enjoyed the teaching and the challenges but much prefer a balanced load of classes, ensembles and lessons if given a choice.

It’s nice that Rhonda and I work at the same place. Some days lunch together and then off in to the city for a coffee. Manchester is not as big as Melbourne or ...

... morbid interest, some to learn a little more about the ritual of cremation and the Hindu journey to obtain Moksha (deliverence to god) and purified of any sin... For us I suppose it was a little of the two... As one would expect, no one would wander up to someone elses funeral and start peering at the corpes being 'delivered' and so it could only be done by guide - a quite mercenary guide who delighted in taking money off us for for many different reasons - money for wood for the pyres ...

How could anything be worse than the Ball Breaker? How? And yet it was. Damn the kilometres of bog, damn the no bacon butty truck on the highway, damn the twisty part where you go around curve after curve after curve and don’t see anything ahead of you but CURVE. Then damn the “ ...

... back for me while I got something out of my pack, he didn’t, and the sheep almost got me.

See that Campsite?

After almost finishing the part of the Pennine that I call “The Ball Breaker” Ryan points down the mountain to a little campsite in the distance. It was far away but hope sprang back into my heart until he said, “See that campsite? Our campsite is only 2km from there.” YEARGH!!!

Well the day has finally arrived! The alarm was set for 6.00am but we were both awake before it went off. After a quick breakfast we were on the bike heading for a rendevous at Colin's house in Halling in the rain!

After a quick cup of tea, Leigh up turned on his Triumph Tiger and it was time to set off for the Marsden to meet Lyndsey & David & guess what it ...

... a festive glow - it always makes me think that xmas is truly xmas when its dark and cold and there are chestnuts roasting, but I am looking forward to warmth, beaches and BBQ's for xmas. Had my obligatory cup of mulled german gluhwein - yum and my bratwurst, and wandered the numerous stalls with varied goods from complete tat to beautiful xmas decorations, wooden crafted toys and woollen hats and scarves. Didn't buy anything other than a ...

This is just to get the ball rolling as it were.
Our aim is to have a life laundry over the next few months. Plan our year long trip through Europe. Sell or pass on to others things we need. Buy and equip a motor home. Produce a photo/video documentary of the trip.

Die Arbeitsgruppe hat sich ein bisschen rehabiliti**t. Wenigstens ein Mitglied, uns**e Dame aus Ghana. Sie hat nämlich Kuchen gebacken und Saft und Weintrauben zur Gruppenrunde mitgebracht. Mit Essen hat man bei mir ja fast imm** ein Stein im Brett. Dass kein** die Arbeit gemacht hat, die wir eigentlich an diesem Tag besprechen wollten ist dabei dann unt**gegangen. Und üb**haupt wollen die and**en Gruppenmitglied** das ganze Projekt nach hinten v**legen, weil momentan so ...

... As it turned out, I wouldn't be staying in Manchester. But I'd also be getting treated to better hospitality than I could have ever imagined. Sophie's parents run a B&B in Rochdale, so I'd be staying in professional accommodation for absolutely nothing (I'd also find out that Sophie's father was a member of the Manchester United club, and had I mentioned something sooner, I could've easily gotten tickets to Old Trafford. Bollocks.). The Marshalls had planned an Indian ...