The Liddington Swindon

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.

... passport and it took me about 5 months. More on Polish bureaucracy in the next entry. <br><br>2. Vaccinations - I am a bit paranoid so I wanted jabs for everything I could have them for: Hep A, Hep B, Hep C, polio, rabies, typhoid, yellow fever, jap. enceph., meningitis. (I know, it looks quite comprehensive but I'd rather be safe than sorry). It's taken us 6 months to have them all. There were times we would visit our ...

... not possible. Now, with just 3 months to go it's real, it's tangible, it's there, waiting around the corner. <br><br>Many things have happened during those 16 months of waiting. We got married with Michal and as a result of that my surname is far less difficult to pronounce and far easier to spell. Unfortunately, the same doesn't apply to my first name, Malgorzata, which has sadly remained a nightmare. Call me Gosia, please. <br><br><br>

... breakfast of Full English for John and Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon for Jane, fortified us for the next leg of the car trip, this time to the Midlands.<br><br>Once the Sat Nav (aka "The *****") settled down we discovered we had only gone in a 50km circle twice and after a 5 hour ramble through the English countryside along the A30 and M5, we arrived at Tetlbury, a charming village in the Cotswalds ...

... a couple of jobs, ski resort jobs, retail.. something a bit different to what I do. I did also apply for some computer jobs as well just to see how I go.. As yet nothing!! I'm just wondering if they disregard me because I haven't got my national insurance no yet.. ah well it should be here soon. I'm a bit miffed actually because some of the applications took a bit of time to do and they don't even have the curtesy to even acknowledge your application.<br><br ...

... to Pizza express.. and they have these entrees called Dough Balls!! lol more fat and more grease to eat!! By this stage I was finding it hard to walk normally down the stairs to the toilet.. woops<br><br>I think we ended up at another pub and with Ally's brother and his friends.. was quite a fun night but the headache the next day.. ouch. Apparently its because I had mixed my cider and wine.. a no no. Ah well you live and learn!

www.volunteersecuador.com www.intiwarayassi.org Well folks, that's it, it's all over. The fat lady has sung, the shouting has happened, Roy Orbison is in agreement. Yep, I'm back home in Blighty. It was a bit of a sudden decision, I only booked the flight a couple of weeks ago - I'd hit the travellers wall. I'd got to the point where I simply didn't really want to see another church/museum/view/Inca thing. At that point its time to head home, so I ...

My first Christmas away from my famiy! I spent the holidays with the Sandersons as I was living with them at the time and I'd only been in the UK for about 3 or 4 weeks and didn't know anyone and all that jazz.. I got a lot of Betty Boop stuff from Janine and Shane and some Tigger stuff from Sammy.. my presents from home were at Dennis and Lindsey's so I didn't get them until I got to their place on the weekend after ...

... Glastonbury. I thought that it was going to be more like a Mardi Gras parade where they throw trinkets off the floats. But instead, all watching were to throw coins at the floats as they came by to gather all "alms" offered. This was a charity event and all money donated would be given to charity. The floats kept coming and coming and coming. It would have been much more enjoyable if there wasn't sooooo much to enjoy. The parade lasted at ...

August 13, 2000 &#8211; Sunday<br><br><br>London to Stratford to OxfordAfter the usual European continental breakfast, we headed off to Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon. We arrived in Oxford, and I was overwhelmed by the old, and I mean very old, buildings. <br><br>We toured a small part of Oxford University. There are over 30 colleges at Oxford and there really isn't a 'campus&#8217; to speak of. Oxford is known ...