1. When I went to my weightloss clinic last week, I wasn't surprised that since 19th December, I had actually gained 0.3Kg (about 2/3lb); after all, we had been to four dinners leading up to Christmas, and had then spent four weeks eating out and being fed HUGE breakfasts-by the last week, I was just eating cereal and then having a bowl of soup ( Read more... )

The best part about going away is the coming home! We have been home long enough to shower and put on a load of washing, so I thought I'd update before having a little nap ( Read more... )

After our last missive, we went to the Talisker distillery on Skye; I didn't think it was possible to have stronger winds and rain until Thursday when we went to Inverness! We visited the graves of the chiefs of the Clan MacGillivray at Dunlichity and Culloden moor and found among other things the well of the dead and the graves of the clan ( Read more... )

Since we last wrote, we have seen the prettiest place in Britain, the most beautiful (a long way from the prettiest), had our grandest experience, had our coldest weather and our warmest hospitality ( Read more... )

Today we went to Stoke on Trent, to the Wedgewood factory. We spent enough that our VAT refund covered the freight home. Which is probably better than carrying it around and risking breakage and/or excess baggage on the way home. It will probably arrive home before we do ( Read more... )

It seems so long since we were near a computer; in the end we didn't go to Battle-the motorways near Hastings were closed so we decided that the minor roads seven miles away would be too risky. We went to Leeds Castle instead (which is nowhere near Leeds!) -thank goodness we had Pearl's touring atlas- and then to Stonehenge, to Winchester and to ( Read more... )

We made it; after suffering severe turbulence over India, Pakistan and Afganistan (and being woken up every hour or two to be told that we had to fasten our seat belts), we arrived at Heathrow early, and to our amazement, went through both immigration and customs without even being checked. Actually, the man from immigration said that they like ( Read more... )

We leave for England and Scotland TOMORROW!!! One more sleep. We had a big family dinner last night, as tomorrow will be a bit rushed, and my parents gave us a set of digital scales as requested (this IS relevant ( Read more... )

We got home on Saturday to discover that our modem was kaput (due, we think, to an electrical storm). But I am feeling so relaxed, that I could handle it! It was replaced this morning, and I'm getting back in touch with the world ( Read more... )

First thing in the morning, we are heading up the coast for two weeks. We rent a holdiay house a block or so from the beach and just do nothing (or as close as possible) for the whole time. Then we come home and two weeks later head for Britain, so we really need THIS break so we can be relaxed for the NEXT one. Worked flat out at work today, so ( Read more... )