Travelodge Shrewsbury Battlefield

So there we have it - the ferry is booked! I will be taking the 'King of Scandanavia' out of the country at 1700 on the 5th December. It's another one of those milestone events that forces one to reflect on the reality of the situation; however fear has given way to anticipation on that score.<br><br>For a few hours yesterday I considered "copping out" with the Dover to Calais crossing - being cheaper ...

An early start from London and back in Crewe by 9.15, shortly thereafter I had the slightly surreal experience of helping someone move into my flat. Many hands made light work and we had all of the stuff moved into the flat within 30 minutes.<br><br>After a fantastic lunch I went back and removed the very last of the stuff, including the bike and the backpack; and now I am staying at Steve's ...

Well I am happy to report that despite postal strikes I have my passport back and a multiple entry visa stamp inside.<br>I was so relieved to have the passport back.I really do not like to be parted from it.<br>All I have to do now is get through the next 4 weeks at work.Oh well I am sure I will manage.<br>Bye for now.

Well now the time has come to start preparing for the next trip away.<br>Yesterday was taken up with getting passport photos(why do they always look like mugshots?)<br>I had to have my picture taken twice.In the first set it looked like I was smiling and the guy taking the photos asked me to keep my lips together for the next lot.<br>Well I dont know about this.<br>Why cant passport photos have us looking happy.Surely we are not ...

... and if you must have a layover you could do worse than the airport in Dubai.<br>Anyway ,they were cheaper than all other airlines,including Jet for my dates of travel,so happily I went on with my booking.<br>I filled out all the forms,hit the submit button and then ERROR popped up on the screen.A problem had occured with my card.<br>Well I knew the funds were in the bank so I figured that I had made a mistake filling out the form.so I went ...

Afte a lazy start to the day we headed out to go see some locals of the New Forest starting first with the donkeys then the ponies, cows, pigs, squirrels, ducks and geese - oh and manybe some sheep too! <br><br>We headed up around Frogham, over the High Corner Inn to the pub at Fritham, the Walter Tyrrel and the Rufus stone, thru Beaulieu and back up ornamental drive before heading home to have dinner at the George! Great day not too rainy and very entertaining!<br>

... by the canal. Further up the canal we watched narrow baots coming through the Wharton lock and picked blackberries while we waited.<br>We visited Tattenhall market for some homemade goodies and stopped on the way home for creak tea at Tarporley! Great day.

... After that we headed west to Shrewsbury and Telford. Getting towards 6 pm we got a bit worried about where we would sleep but found a great pub at Wellington on the outskirts of Telford.<br><br>Computer time is a bit difficult this week but there may be more news in a few days.<br><br>Sorry no pictures this time.

... they would send it off and hoped to have it back repaired by Saturday. We had a planning meeting in the playground next to the canal to discuss the detail of the mission. It seems we have ten boats: Gospel Belle, Days of Elijah, Tumzul Coud, April Rose, Maggie May, Maranatha, Loftus Rose, Nutshell, Kew and Gabriel. Wed 16th September Precious Stone Mission started with a team prayer and worship meeting at 9am, where we led with some worship songs. This was followed by a coffee ...

I wasn't going to blog again before I had actually arrived in Ghana, since this is meant to be a travel blog and I haven't even left my doorstep. However, I've just reread my first entry (always a mistake, how cringe-worthy!) and realised it gave an impression of complete disorganisation. I didn't want readers to worry about whether I'd make it out to Africa without ...