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Not that long to go.
So to those of you that are actually reading this (hi mom, hi dad) I thought I would try and keep an up--to-date blog going so that I can try and keep as many of you in the loop as possible whilst being away, as for the first time in years I will not have my blackberry glued to the palm of my hand. (Argh!)
To those of you that aren't my parents, or someone that I don't see weekly for a burrito and a pint (Dd Ball I'm ...
Travel Planning :(
We got jipped by Afriqiyah Airways today :( They wouldn't let us cancel our flight from Ghana to Italy so that we could fly to Paris instead, so we had to book a second flight from Italy to Paris so that we could drive to Switzerland. Crazy morning planning travels... not funLunch: Nando's
- Chicken Lemon & Herb Pita (so-so)
- Chicken Spicy Wrap ...
Different ways of doing things
... preceded rail as the main form of goods transport. The canals are being restored now, as leisure features. As a student I made canal trips on canvas-topped narrow boats though today's hire boats are better equiped and have cabins. The Wilts and Berks Canal will not be restored along its original route through Swindon but I hope it will be restored ...
Boots were made for walking... good thing too
... able to put faces to names opens up these personal histories to a whole new level. I’m thrilled!!
Back to London... and straight back to the Army Museum at Sloane Square to ask about Egyptian Auxilliary Forces in the 19th Century. Unfortunately this seems to be an information free zone!! There appears to be very little information about the nearly 70 years the British were in ...
St Peter's Square continued
... is how Ewan McGregor made himself at home on the sofa that I had a few minutes earlier been sitting on in Alan’s drawing room. Sigh.
Where was I? Oh yes, then there was Jane Seymour and how Alan orchestrated her meeting with the director of Live and Let Die… and much more.
After saying or goodbyes, and clutching our lotto tickets we made our way back home on a number 27 bus. This was a far simpler alternative ...