The market stalls look so beautiful in the evenings.
Warmth and light during dark winter nights.


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In Manchester I happily live next to an Oxfam book shop and often pop in to see if anything catches my eye. I love it. You never know what you're going to find and you can purchase a fascinating book for a mere few pounds. I also unhappily live next to an Oxfam book shop because "popping in to have a look" usually means buying about 6. After a few ( Read more... )

7 hours to go

I drag myself out of bed at 5am and start to get ready

6 hours to goI stand in front of the mirror and curse my low self esteem. I feel like a frumpy idiot who can not pull of smart to save her life. I see that there are five minutes to go before the taxi arrives, do I have time for one last change? I run upstairs tearing my ( Read more... )

Arrived in Oslo safe and well...though very tired as it was 26 hours after I left the house in Kendal! Too tired to do much today other than seek food and shelter. This Internet cafe = cheap and comforting place to stop for rest.

So far...*On the train to London some person sat opposite me said their drink was "frightfully good" and this amused ( Read more... )

With the anniversary of mum's death looming and some memories of a difficult time on mum's birthday I decided to do something different for the 27th Jan this year. For mum's birthday I ended up downing JD from about 4 - midnight and it wasn't really wise thing to do... (Cheers to Bev and sister for looking after me though.) The flashbacks of ( Read more... )

Before setting of to Australia I remember posting some doubts about how an introverted loner like myself would cope with spending 24 hours a day with another person. (There were no problems with Anna of course, it's just that would be so new for me.) So how did it go travelling with another for someone who is used to avoiding people so I can get ( Read more... )

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