Posts Tagged ‘UK’
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Over the last couple of days Welshpool has had unprecedented snowfall (upta 1 foot deep in places).. what was only meant to be light snow fall.. turned out to be quite heavy.. almost arriving with a vengeance.. heh.. prolly heard me complaining last year about not getting enough…
Being preggie kinda stopped me from [...]
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Tags: Adventure, Snow, UK, Welshpool
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
baherer @ Newtown not having any maternity wear..
the one reason for going into Newtown was to find some maternity jeans.. and would you believe I tried about 3 stores.. ie. Dorothy Perkins, New Look and Peacocks.. ‘n neither of them did maternity clothes.. their excuse.. ‘our larger stores do it.. but not us‘ [...]
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Tags: Newtown, Pregnancy, Shopping, UK, Wales
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Sunday, June 18th, 2006
Henge:”A monument comprising a circular ditch with an external bank which encloses a circle or number of circles of stones or wooden posts.“..says www.newarchaeology.com/articles/gloss.htm
..now let’s be honest.. when ya think of a henge.. like say stonehenge.. castlerigg stone circle.. you’re thinking there’s quite a bit to see.. i mean.. in a stoney kinda way.. *smiles* [...]
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Tags: Cumbria, England, Nature, UK
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
On Tuesday 30th May 2006, Gurgi and myself headed to Cumbria to visit Plainjane. Over the days that followed, we visited a few places of interest.
This ancient monument was built about the same time as other British Stone Circles between 2500 - 1300 BC during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
Although we found out later that [...]
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Tags: Cumbria, England, Nature, UK
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Sunday, June 4th, 2006
While Renee and myself were visiting Plainjanes house in Cumbria, we have been busying ourselves visiting places of interest.
We went down the road to have a walk by the river Eden. Although we have got plenty to blog about and lots of photos to post, I decided that my first post on this blog would [...]
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Tags: Cumbria, England, Nature, UK
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Monday, May 29th, 2006
well.. well.. well.. early September last year, the 16th to be precise.. not long after my arrival in the UK.. DP and I went upta Scotland to visit my family in the highlands, Elgin
.. after a few fun days there.. my Nan and Gran decided to drive us back to Welshpool.. and stay a day [...]
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Tags: DP110, Gretna Green, Gurgi, Scotland, UK
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Monday, May 29th, 2006
DP and I have made a couple of trips to the Welshpool Canal Docks lately.. taken something to eat and watch all the lil duckies ‘n swans swim about..
it was pretty nifty.. ‘cos of it being spring ‘n all.. all the lilluns are out and about.. so we’ve watched this lil group of ducklings grow [...]
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Tags: Ducks, UK, Wales, Welshpool
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
..and get tattoos!
oh yeah.. we finally did it.. we finally scarred our bodies for life with pretty pictures how can you not do it?..
our day in Newtown started off with a pleasant 30 minute bus ride through scenic midwales.. mind you.. we only discovered the bus service between Welshpool and Newtown a couple [...]
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Tags: Newtown, Tattoos, UK, Wales
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Sunday, March 26th, 2006
well i was planning on blogging about this ages ago.. but it’s only just now that i’ve been bothered enough to have a go.. Saint Patricks Day was on March 17th.. so we decided that once i got home from work and refreshed.. we’d go out for a few drinks and try get some free [...]
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Tags: St Patricks Day, UK, Wales, Welshpool
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
..well sorta, I have news!
after a couple of weeks of gruelling interviews… actually, there was two all together.. and it wasn’t particularly gruelling.. kinda unnerving i guess.. but anyways.. I have been offered a full-time Sales Assistant position with a local store.. *cheerin’* ..I’m so happy I got the opportunity I did.. ‘n [...]
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Tags: Life, Travel, UK, Work
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