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<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 ...

... superb train journeys in many parts of the world)? Once your dates are fixed it is costly to change destinations, so get this bit right!<br><br>4. Fix your dates and book your ticket.<br>Generally the earlier you do this the cheaper it is, but make sure you are happy with your destinations and your budgeting skills. If not,wait and go onto the next stage. Ring around to get the best deal.<br><br>5. Look for accommodation<br>Where will you be staying: Five star ...

... 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 ...

... Edmunds church in Kessingland, the sum shone down on us and the air was fresh, its at a moment like this that you feel lucky to be alive, the world is a fantastic place and you just need to get out there to enjoy it. <br><br>We continued on and left the path behind us, returning to the tougher terrain of pebbles and sand. We walked for what must have been another mile when we came across a petrified woodland, no it wasn't scared but instead preserved by the harsh ...

... thing was to get my wet suit, mask and fins on and wait for the current to slacken at the end of the ebb. The harbour master told me that there are only a handful of minutes' of slack water ie before the fresh flood tide starts the current flowing the other way, so I knew that if we were to get away today, I would only have a few minutes to sort the problem out. The water wasn't cold but the visibility was about 3 - 4 inches so it took a while for me to find the problem and to ...

... the boys were now ravenous and once fed, they were champing at the bit to go crabbing. They soon befriended Callum from the catamaran, the son of Julie and Ian Dalgleish, who also owned an absolutely wonderful dog called Marley, (after Bob) - a Hungarian Vizsla ( a type of pointer). The boys then spent the rest of the day catching an impressively large number of crabs, which kept them fully occupied while we relaxed. One nice thing that happened in that we were ...