So this summer we'd agreed to go on holiday with my parents (so dad had someone to do long walks with & we'd get a cheap holiday!). Given mum's health earlier this summer we ended taking a week away mid-september. Mum & I looked at holiday cottages "up north" & ended up choosing one near Pickering at the south edge of the North York Moors ( Read more... )

Well I finally have all my good holiday photos on Flickr! Just in time to take a load more at Redmeption...

Photos from Australia can be found here & here & New Zealand can be found here.

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I was going to post this yesterday but then my computer time ran out! Even though I am feeling more cheerful today (probably due to a lovely evening with Jamie yesterday plotting our trip North tomorrow)... Ah mood swings, you gotta love them if only because you get to truely appreciate the ups :) I wish my moods would settle down a bit - I keep ( Read more... )

It's been nearly 2 months since I last posted, oppsy! Since then I have pretty much been all around New Zealand, skipping the east coast of North Island & I'm up to the Bay of Islands & Cape Regina next week. It's been AMAZING. I love it so much I am seriously contemplating moving here... Will see how readily available jobs are back in th UK first ( Read more... )

More photos from Australia have been uploaded to flickr - the set can be seen here

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I've been rather quiet on lj at the moment, sorry for that! I've been updating my travel blog through & occassionally facebook ( Read more... )