Willingham House Cambridge

... to look like evening. I have been trying to go for a walk every day, both for the exercise and to try and convince my body to get over the jetlag, and have found that said walk must really take place in the morning, or one suddenly finds that lunch is over and it is too late, as it will be getting dark soon. Which leaves one to sit indoors for a ridiculously long evening, and wonder where the day went.

Yesterday I had my second training day for work, and presented the case ...

So after 6 months away and visiting 8 different countries, we have now arrived, reluctantly, back in England. Although its not as cold as we were expecting, which is a bonus!

We have had a fantastic time and visited some amazing places, and we are now hoping that reality doesn't hit us too hard!

Hope that you have enjoyed our blog and will probably see most of you shortly.

The last few weeks have been really manic while we've prepared to put our furniture into storage and get our property ready for letting. Thankfully, most of the hard work is completed and now we can concentrate on getting ready for our travels. It's difficult to believe that we leave in just under a week!

We fly into Delhi on Monday, arriving very early ...

... cousin Elliot, his fiancee Nicole and their little 8 month old baby Isla came to visit. The girl has personality! After a play we were off to the Green Man for dinner - Uncle Alan joined us again. We had lovely views of the countryside and fireworks (Guy Fawkes seems to drag out for a few days!). Then back home to Hudsons Lodge for an early night - to Paris tomorrow!
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... up by my cousin Elliot after some initial issues - Josh and I had hoped to hire a car for a couple of days, however due to lack of credit card we couldn't. Elliot kindly swung past Jim and Cath's to pick up all our 'other stuff' and then to Aunty Sue's house in the country - seriously !

Another country down - just Paris to go on Sunday morning. I can't believe we will be home in a week - the much feared packing will have to begin soon!

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... Light lunch in St James' park. Visited St Pauls Cathedral and climbed all 528 steps to the top. Magic views across London. Cathedral is beautiful and very impressive. Trip back up the Thames on a ferry included in the tour - young bloke's commentary very informative and witty. Dinner in an Italian restaurant in Cambden Market, then the train home. Bit of packing for the trip to France, then bed. Another great day

So we're all booked and looking forward to the next 9 months passing really quickly! We're going for just over 2 weeks and have planned the following: 4 nights in San Francisco 3 nights travelling down the west coast 4 nights in Los Angeles 1 night in ...

... biggest draw) during the 1/2 hour directly preceeding the biggest influx of the day. She was a good guide and we learned alot about how the colleges and the University function. It's a lovely university town (if you can look past all the tourists). Punting on the little river that goes through town is a recommended pasttime (NOT on summer weekends!) but watching it from on shore was hilarious. We passed on this ...

After three and a bit years in the house it's all been emptied (and lots has been taken to the tip) and put into storage. We had quite a lot more stuff to move than I had thought, with the main culprits being the wardrobes - heavy and too tall/wide to easily move out of the house without partially dismantling. Mind you, it did mean I got the chance to spend the day as a white van man bombing around ...

As you can probably imagine, I am still in Cambridge. In two days I am off - I start getting excited. I spend the last few days working (I still haven't managed to prepare everything I need, well, there won't be any entertainment for me during the flight ...