Tl Milton Keynes Old Stafford

With time rapidly dwindling I went down to Banbury way this afternoon to visit my brother et famille before I leave, taking the opportunity to say goobye to two young nephews - one of whom was able to appreciate some of the implications of what I am doing, "But what if you get sick?" he asked. :-)

Back up to Stoke in the late evening. Last day of preparations tomorrow.

... now in Northampton, tomorrow we leave for Dover, and on Friday morning we board the ferry for France. Hurrah! If all goes according to plan :-) We'll let you know how we get on of course.

Having got our hands back on everything we own, we're now able to upload some pictures we took of our time in Norfolk, in case anyone fancies a look. They're below.

Hopefully the next entry will come from France, please cross fingers for us.

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.

... bags at Victoria Station and spend the day walking around, trying to tire ourselves out as much as possible!

Sadly still no luck with uploading photos - dammed new version of travelpod! Will try at my old haunt in London tomorrow before getting on the plane to Singapore around 9pm! Not too sure if we'll post again - if not, thanks to all for keeping up with our trip, it does really feellike we've shared it with you all!
XO

... I was in need of cough medicine, and we needed another suitcase for all our stuff! Of course we managed to buy other stuff, but not surprising. Milton Keynes is similar to Chaddy or Chermside in terms of size - you can buy everything from there!

Yummy tapas for lunch, then we headed home for a bit of r&r before heading out for the night with Aunty Sue and ...

There’s a picture of Laura and me taken about a year ago, standing in our pyjamas on the morning of our wedding with the event location owner. We were deciding the pudding menu for the reception that evening and I was yet to pick what I was going to wear for the ceremony and the party. So with that sort of attitude to organising our own wedding, it’s not surprising that despite a year’s ...

... top trumps rules, but need to claw back a 2-0 defeat though). I also want to thank Sheila, Rick and my adopted Gran Dorothy for their presents also. A special thanks goes to Emma, who is slaving away on a special birthday dinner while I am writing this. I have definitely enjoyed this birthday weekend, and it will be one of many special memories this year!!

... the airport it was clear that something was up Once I said good bye to my driver I went into the airport with my new best friend the luggage trolley chap (30 rupees a bag total bargain), you have to show your ticket to get into the airport and then you and your bags are checked at a security point. After a very a jolly good frisking ( me ) and an x ray ( bags ) the luggage chappie wheeled my trolley to the normal Sri Lankan Air check in desk ( but I did ...

... with some drinking thrown in for good measure. Loads of stuff going on inside my head, am I doing the right thing, am I to old for this, am I to portly for this, what shall I take,how the hell am I going to pay for this and other such unimportant thoughts race through my head, but they won't stop me, I don't want to do practical things I am fed up with doing practical things! All I know is I need this more than anything else I have ever needed before ...

August 13, 2000 – Sunday


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.

We toured a small part of Oxford University. There are over 30 colleges at Oxford and there really isn't a 'campus’ to speak of. Oxford is known ...