Vive la France! |
You must be sick of me by now, but we had a lovely 5 day visit to Rouen, Giverny and Paris last Bank Holiday weekend (end of May). The first two days were very warm and humid, which was wonderful! Our...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:35:00 GMT |
Beautiful Ireland |
Elizabeth and I have just returned from the Early Spring Bank Holiday weekend in Dublin, visiting the beautiful Trinity College and the Book of Kells, shopping, doing a Literary Pub Crawl (good excuse...
Posted by on Thu, 10 May 2007 21:48:00 GMT |
Time flies when you're having fun! |
The good things about living in England are:
Some of the food (Ploughman's lunch at the Miners Arms)
Lovely churches (St Giles in Cheadle)
People at work (Obviously Red Nose Day)
Pubs
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Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:19:00 GMT |
First month away from home |
I've been here nearly a month now and settling in well. I arrived on Monday 29th January and the weather has been unseasonably mild, according to the locals and we have only had snow once and very lig...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:13:00 GMT |
Xmas 2006 |
Another year nearly over and tomorrow the Boxing Day sales! Yay! (not). Had a nice lunch in High St Ashburton with Robyn and were entertained by elves etc. Bought some branches of spruce and some red ...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:14:00 GMT |
Leaving home |
I have resigned my job and found my replacement, Glynis, a girl who worked here earlier this year and loved the place. I am sure she and Russ will get on well - both have a dry/warped sense of humour ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:30:00 GMT |
More of my favourite photos |
Here are some more pics of my Grampians sojourn.Me sitting in the fire place at the aboriginal centre at Halls GapOne of Bob's collection of old wheelbarrows in the backyard at Dunkeld (I counted 9, b...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:08:00 GMT |
My trip to the Grampians |
I have just visited the Grampians, way out west of Ballarat, for the first time in my life! About time, you might say, and I would agree. It was beautiful, especially the new growth after last summer...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:51:00 GMT |
Silver Anniversary Party |
Last Saturday night I went to probably the biggest party I will get to this year, apart from New Year's Eve of course. One of my best friends (Ellie) and my oldest friends (Neil) celebrated 25 volatil...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:25:00 GMT |
Duck Disease Dream |
I don't normally dream, and if I do, I generally forget the details straight away, as soon as I wake up or even before, having a memory like the proverbial sieve. However, some weeks ago, before Rhi l...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:26:00 GMT |
