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I cannot be trusted to write when I am depressed, it seems. Even when I know it mat help me feel better, and make a pledge to try. Bah at me. This last year has been very hard for Gav and I, our longest time apart so far. It was actually a full year between visits this time. I got so depressed that I rarely got out of bed. All I did was work, when ( Read more... ) -
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Just to update: My flight got in fine on Wednesday, and I have been trying to rest since then. I have a dreadful cold/flu type thing, just as after the last flight, so I cannot sleep for more than a few hours at a time currently. It doesn't seem as bad as last time (I lost my voice for weeks and was so dizzy and out-of-it that I fainted and did bad ( Read more... ) -
Lost in Kinross and Far Away in Fey Wood
Saturday, Gavin and I visited the island of Loch Leven Castle, accessible only by ferry. This island is located scarcely twenty minutes from Abernethy, and we deemed it a lovely last adventure, given that I will be flying back to the states on Wednesday.
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Ivy-ventures.
- 03:38 Leaving our lovely site, Wyreside Lakes, just out of Boland in LancashUre. Best site, but not quite the most charming. #
- 04:22 Yesterdays fun location: Fair Snape Fell #
- 09:17 Wonderful lunch in Preston meeting Faye. Talked about her new book just out, and so great to finally meet in person! #
- 09:24 Also saw Cottingley photos & other ( Read more... )
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Ivy-ventures.
- 05:13 Our loveliest campsUte yet, The Bull In The Thorn, a 15th c. pub & BnB in Derbyshire... #
- 06:26 I know I will never get over the sweeping countryside of the Peak District. #
- 09:04 Past Manchester and Liverpool, on our way to play in the Forest of Bowland. #
- 09:06 Amused and morbidly curious abt the Camelot amusement park near Chorley. #
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Ivy-ventures.
- 03:25 Morning & still awash, but not too bad. However, the inventor of sleeping-bag bag is a sadistic bastard! #
- 05:33 First sight of blooming heather, sweeping hills above Wensleydale. #
- 05:34 The Forbidden Corner in Middleham remains unexplored! #
- 08:01 Rain, lunch, rain, York, rain, heh... #
- 10:12 Rambling down the Shambles was so ( Read more... )
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Ivy-ventures.
- 08:50 Late morn well spent at Dunstanburgh Castle: ruins, waves crashing against sheer basalt cliffs! #
- 13:23 At Alnwick Castle, words are not enough: even all the ones in the castle library! #
- 13:25 Now at the mammoth Barter Books in Alnwick...left without a book. New personal record! #
- 14:04 Amusing place name of the day: Wide Open. #
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Ivy-ventures.
- 03:24 The fun begUns, picking up the car just now. Must get back into UK driving mode! #
- 08:47 St Andrews ahoy, and thus heading south. #
- 11:15 Nearly to the border, charming rain, highly appropriate. #
- 11:57 Currently having a pint at The Barrel Ale House in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scapa Ale for him and water for me. So not a local, me! #
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Pledges and Plans
Needless to say, news of my return to the internets was greatly exaggerated.
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My computer is fixed! Ivy has returned.I can now read and keep up with all of you dears, and the rest of the internets as well. In a good way, of course ( Read more... )