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Thursday, 11 Oct 2007 | Views [131]
Before we knew it we were back in the company of Kim and
Ainslie, then Guy, Shelagh and Anna. We spent a last few nights in Vinnie,
organising the trip ahead and get our packs ready for the next bit.
With a distinct lack of bravery I said ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Wednesday, 3 Oct 2007 | Views [161]
£160 later (not counting the emergency RAC membership) we're back on the road. We've noticed a dramatic improvement in Vinnie's health - he had always been very heavy in the steering (so much so that I was reluctant to drive him) and now it's a breeze! ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Monday, 1 Oct 2007 | Views [335]
After a rest for a week or so at our favourite campsite in
Glastonbury (including a visit from Bill and Amanda and an epic walk through
neighbouring Somerset countryside one day), we headed down to Dorset for the
Sturminster Newton Cheese ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | Views [153]
Following the disappointment of Latitude and its distinct
lack of hippies and the like, we’d signed up at the last minute to do Big Green
Gathering (near Cheddar) for a different stewarding group, Green Stewards. It
was interesting to see ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | Views [455] | Comments [1]
After yet another balloon flight cancellation in Marlborough
we headed for the WOMAD site, near Malmesbury. Avebury is one of our favourite
places, being a much larger stone circle that Stonehenge, so we made a detour
through it. The stones ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Monday, 23 Jul 2007 | Views [194]
Unfortunately, but predictably, we got stung for MOT repairs to Vinnie. Of a list of a dozen or so faults I managed to fix about 5 of them, armed with just a pocket knife. For the rest we needed to leave Vinnie at the garage in Cambridge for nearly ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Monday, 23 Jul 2007 | Views [205] | Comments [1]
This festival, in its second year is supposed to be like a mini Glastonbury, supporting a range of contemporary performing arts such as poetry, theatre, comedy as well as music. It’s set in a beautiful estate park near Southwold… and there ends the ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Wednesday, 11 Jul 2007 | Views [174]
In Cambridge we've managed to catch up with loads of friends. Kim and Ainslie, Guy, Shelagh and wee Anna, Mel, Alex and Dan, Penny, Roger, Jenny, Richard et al! Within a few minutes of arriving we were walking down Mill Road and Mel cycled past - nice ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Friday, 6 Jul 2007 | Views [186]
In my not-so-professional opinion and with full
consideration of the available facts, I’m now pretty confident that the ‘sore
toe’ (see Southampton Beer Festival) should be redesignated ‘the broken toe’.
Nearly four weeks later most of the bruising ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Friday, 6 Jul 2007 | Views [227]
The next day we had our longest
drive to date – across to Birchington in Kent to meet up with a long lost
cousin, Trevor Brook. He and his partner Irene were very welcoming and had more
information about the family than I could take in in one ... Read more >
Tags: Family
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