Ypres Castle Inn Rye

As this is my first ever entry that my background is of someone who has travelled the United Kingdom an awful lot and has travelled to a lot of Europe, Australia and New Zealand. I will have a lot more to contribute in the coming months, but that is it for now and I hope that I shall enjoy meeting many new people and share your thoughts and experiences.

... crack open my piggy bank just yet, can i???

swanning off to paris this week to see grandma and pops, work party do the following week and then brussels before chill-axing over christmas. looking forward to meeting my cousin layla and savouring the seasonal cooking.

lots of love.......
willow
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PS almost forgot -chickenpox have scabbed over now - inherited mum's immune system so kicked viral butt no problem.

... s house in Maidstone, with a mug of tea reflecting on an amazing 5 days. I have met old friends and lots of new ones. I have never laughed so much or been so impressed by the generosity of complete strangers...a big THANK YOU from us all.

Well I know it's a Friday night & I should be out celebrating but I think I might just have another cuppa & early night!

... believed me.

We now have all the accomodation for the trip sorted thanks to some generous family members and one of the cheapest Motel deals in the UK!

Today we got a call from the local newspaper, confirming that they will be running Colin's story next week and Colin's justgiving site reached over £1600 which is great. Well I better sign off for now as Jackie is trying to watch the "X Factor" and the Jam Doughnuts are calling me!

... the bottom of the high street it began to dawn on me just how inescapably and unashamedly anti-Catholic the whole event is. I obviously had an idea of what to expect before arriving, but it’s only when you see it up close and personal that the mind-boggling political incorrectness begins to hit home. Lewes bonfire night is a throw back; an anarchic anachronism. The whole country celebrates November 5th, but no other town can claim to be as bound to its roots as Lewes.

Huge ...

... go whilst in Kent (did you notice that little "whilst" thrown in there – we’ve become so British). He reminded us to drive on the left side of the road, and off we went.

After a few wrong turns, we eventually ended up at Flint Cottage on Cork Farm (on Long Hill in Old Wives Lees Village, in the Parish of Chilham, in the region of Canterbury, in the County of Kent, in England on the island of Great Britain in the United Kingdom ...

... and suddenly calls for me with a voice-of-someone-being-in-an-urgent-sit uation. I hurry down, to see that he cut is hand badly with a sharp cutter. We need to go to the hospital for stitches! We were quite surprised, we had not to pay anything!
Of course, we will not leave until Frank's hand is healed, since I am certainly not capable to handle the sailboat by myself.

... Now the waves are pushing us, we do not feel the wind (since we go as fast as it is), the tide is with us too, the big sail is wide open and we go almost 7 Kts. At 6 PM we are back in Dover!! 7 hrs to go and only 3 to come back!
Tomorrow we will climb up the hill to visit the Dover Castle, and I will have a swim in the sea. Brrrr :-)

... of give in the mooring for when the ship breaches through swells mid-channel. Disable your alarm, and dont center-stand 'em ... unless, of course, you dont mind your pride and joy travelling on its cyclinder case / the volvo next to you for the length of the crossing screeching its head off... Anyhoo, we found out one very important fact - *grins* Jase categorically has NO sea-legs whatsoever ... photograpic proof can ...

... honoured, deeply embedded feature of daily life. What is much less frequently voiced is the truth that our friend and foe in the sky helps you to be stoical in other avenues of life. Working on a weekend is not my chosen pastime, but my state of mind is saved by the fact that I'm not staring through the window at blazing sunshine, knowing that London is bouncing in happiness and expectation of the coming summer.