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Bye bye Blankie
... was still so great to be with the two of them. For a short time they were the closest friends I had while traveling, thats what its like when you backpack. You make fast friends that are like instant family, so it was sad to say bye to Blankie. We did walk her to the station and waved her farewell as her train went past.
Jamie was leaving about an hour later for Scotland and I was due to stay on my own for the night. I was happy to make a homemade bolognese sauce and ...
Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
What can I give this Christmas?
This year 6,657 Christmas shoeboxes were donated to The Trussell Trust for distribution in Bulgaria. This is another record and a reminder that there are a lot of you out there that really care about others much less fortunate than yourselves. If the children and adults who will receive the presents this year were able, they'd say a huge thank you to everybody who gave shoeboxes or their time to help sort them. It's really good ...
The last day
... our counter at all, despite a number of people including us going to her side but getting a stern rebuff that 'not here'!!...not my numbers!..jobs worth or what! Anyway, despite this and after getting used to the public face approach which is generally stern, it is a great place to visit. A funny sight was as we were leaving the hotel we were shouted at by a very 'Russian' woman, gesticulating with her hands, we quickly realised ...
Eye to eye with a bald eagle
... birds - sea eagle, merlin and black kites.
Finally back to Wyke farm to have chilli and a warm up.
Decided to keep the heating on all night! Not a good move - too hot at 0130 and had to get out of bed to turn it off.
I will learn how to set the timer on the heating - but can only do one thing at a time. The booklet that comes with the van covers everything - the info is about 6 inches thick!
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