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 things to my ankle when I fell). Edit: Never mind that. Just as sick. Will try not to faint again.
When awake and able to concentrate, I am reading and doing various creative projects.
Speaking of creative things, I have had a big festive project under my bonnet, working on it for over a year, and it is nearly ready to unveil. I am excited about the possibilities.
I am dreadfully, achingly sad to be away from Gav again. It feels so bizarre to have two such distinct lives...when we are together, it is hard to think of being apart, and when apart, I can barely comprehend how blissful it was to be together. It is as though all of my joy and life is squished into the times that I am with him. When together, it feels like we have never been parted. It is nearly three years with Gavin. I only hope that financial issues will allow us to be together within the year. We are confident, and deeply in love.
Here are a few preview shots of the trip, the rest following once I am more conscious...
Dunstanburgh Castle from the front
Inside the castle, in the enormous courtyard.
The Forest of Bowland
Gav amang the heather again...and so very windy!
At The Bull i' the' Thorn, in Derby. Gav put me in a good mood by wanting to take this because I looked like a Rossetti *glow*
The Minster in York. We couldn't stay as long as we wanted, but it was amazing.
The Shambles in York. I want to go at night for the Haunted Walk as well when we come back!