Final countdown

If Europe could then so can we....or something like that. Anyway, the time has come, its our final week in the UK. We went to my grandma's 80th birthday meal on Sunday and never ones to break a habit we have spent the last day and a bit charging round the country on trains. I hate bloody trains.

We are now in Hartlepool seeing Jules' family then its briefly back to Sheffield to pick up Jules' stuff then to London and on to Singapore. Its all very real now - the last couple of weeks have sort of been a bit of limbo, sorting out final stuff, but this time next week we will be there.

Very odd.

This is now probably the last post until we are actually travelling, bye for now and well bye to England too.

And another

By my count that's the fourth leaving do we've had - only 2 more to go I think - and my turn to have the stupid picture.

Feeling a bit hung over - finding the shop that was selling cans of carling at 11.30pm might have, in hindsight, been a mistake. The champagne certainly was.

Thanks to all who came, sorry there wasn't enough time to speak to you all properly, though Jules probably did.

So the leaving do was a success

As you can see Jules' leaving do went well and this all happened before I arrived.

She only fell off one chair when I was watching.

Well week 1 of not working and well apart from going on a trip to alton towers that neither of us probably could afford just a few weeks before buggering off for 10 months, not much exciting to report. Been buying insect repellent, disconnecting phone lines that sort of thing.

Last day

Well last night was my leaving do and today is my last day at work - very odd. Jules' last day and leaving do today.

I'll add more when things get a bit more interesting