The Road Not Taken

I spent last night at a pub quiz with my cousins Carmel, Karen and Clare and their respective partners and friends. Tonight will be a relaxing last night before I fly out tomorrow but it was nice to have a few drinks last night, pretend I knew answers to the questions and generally be reminded of the Hemel way of life.
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…that I decided to take one more trip into the city. The day looked promising weather wise and I had mentioned to my Dad that I would meet him for lunch up at the Law Courts in Great Portland Street. I also needed just one or two more items for my trip so off I went on the tube to Charing Cross.
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Song titles seem to make a regular appearance as titles for my blog entries. Today we have one from Sister Sledge. The family reference appears due to recent contact with some relatives in Australia. It would be ... [Continue reading this entry]

For my Grandparents 50th wedding anniversary, pretty much our entire family travelled off to the west coast of Ireland to a little town called Doonbeg in county Clare where my grandfather grew up. We took ... [Continue reading this entry]

I wish I were aleady in New Zealand. Not because I do not want to be in the UK, I am quite accustomed to the UK once more and even feel a little at home now I have been ... [Continue reading this entry]

When I tell people I am off to New Zealand and Australia for a few months I always get a positive response. However, I also get the obligatory "What are you going to do when you get back?". ... [Continue reading this entry]

Flicking through my guide books the other day and noting "must see" locations it did not take long to realize that there are far too many places I would love to visit for the projected length of my stay. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Apart from being a hit song for Europe back in the 80's, "The Final Countdown" is the heading for this blog entry as I am exactly 2 weeks away from boarding my first flight on what I hope to be ... [Continue reading this entry]

Guide books are ok. No, they are better than ok, much better. However, nothing is better than local knowledge and with this in mind I sent out a bunch of emails to some folks who are members of ... [Continue reading this entry]

The deed is done! Today the RTW ticket was booked. It does not feel like a proper RTW ticket as I will only be visiting 3 countries over 3 months and not 15 countries in 12 months. ... [Continue reading this entry]