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Dah dum da da
... a nice night, and everyone was in good spirits. The DJ played "Especially For You" by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue and all but forced Phil and I to get up and have a bridal dance. It was probably the most uncoordinated dance anyone has ever seen, neither of us being terribly partial to dancing. But we did it anyway, and kept the clapping ladies on the sidelines happy. I think they were jealous that they couldn't dance to that song actually.
The ...
Some birds in North Wales
... miles visibility. With a bit of persistence a few gulls and Great Crested Grebes were located and a few more birders turned up but after a brief interlude of interest when one thought he'd seen a Slavonian Grebe (he hadn't) they didn't turn up much either. However they did tell us that they'd been watching a Firecrest at Conway RSPB reserve before heading this way and in return we told them where to look for the Black-throated Diver on Anglesey.
So, Conway next. ...
Weekend in North Wales
This is going to be an ongoing blog about our travels in the UK, probably concentrating on wildlife and sightseeing but weho knows what else will be involved.
Two cheap nights in the Bangor Travelodge for us to get the year's bird list off to a good start. Julie got the train from Birmingham after work and I picked her up from Telford station. after a pub dinner we drove home the ...
Good News......
Well good news came in today as I’vereceived an email informing me that my British Council Preparatory Visit application to visit Iceland's Academy of the Arts was successful and I would be able to go ahead as planned fully funded and visit the academy in February(2012).
So ...
1 month to go!
... for 2 weeks. After I say goodbye to Amy in Bangkok I'll fly to Sydney and spend 5 weeks travelling up the East coast to Cairns with the Oz Experience bus. From there I'll spend 3 weeks with the Kiwi Experience bus from Auckland to Christchurch and then an extra couple of days in Melbourne before flying home on May 9th (5 days before my 27th birthday and first day back at work!).
So that's the plan (which took me a long time to come up with!). Here's hoping it will be ...


