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Just a quick post to say that we arrived in Amsterdam this morning after catching the ferry from Newcastle. We’re staying in Hamm tonight after doing 200 miles today. Heading to Frankfurt tomorrow and will hopefully have a chance for … Continue reading
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Blocked in Newcastle
When you live on an island, the first boat signifies the start of an adventure. a departure from the known mundane repetitive nature of modern day life into the unknown, unseen and mostly unplanned that invariably happens. Life is experience. … Continue reading
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Out of Dodge
For the past couple of weeks it seemed the country was trying to stop us leaving. This morning we got up at stupidoclock and caught it unawares. as i write this we are on the Belfast to Stranraer boat having … Continue reading
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Hmm
Don’t mean to sound like a broken record or anything but we are still at home. By that I mean at the in-laws as our house was emptied in preparation for renting though I’ll get to that. Helen went up … Continue reading
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Rusty Ring…
So it was all coming together and then whilst sweeping up the garage (cleaning really is bad for you!) I managed to get a piece of metal lodged in my left eye. One trip to A&E later and I now … Continue reading
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Still here
Just a quick post to say we are still in the country sorting out all the last minute stuff. We will hopefully be away this week all being well and will post up a decent blog entry then!
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Tiring times
I should know better. The first sign is that everything seems to be going OK. We are busy with preparations for sure but everything is ticking over best it can. I mounted the pannier racks on Helens bike and then … Continue reading
Last day at work…
Well my last day at work seemed a pretty appropriate time to add my first post to the website. I like to think of this as Neil’s department, but considering he’s done basically everything there is to do with the … Continue reading
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2 Weeks to go…
Rain. Lots of it. Last work week and the weather is doing little to lighten the mood. During the last couple of months we’ve had to organise a lot of things and quite a few of them have not gone … Continue reading
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