After a long flight and too much plane food I finally made it to London Heathrow airport. It was an amazing blue sunny day and Aunty Thea and her dog Spike collected me from the airport and took me to Nan and Grmapa's where Nan and Thea cooked up a big English breakfast. I have spent the week catching up with Nan and Grampa, sorting out work bits and pieces including a trip to Woking on the train to get my National Insurance number and a trip to London to complete my agency training ready to start work. I have managed to get a job at the Gravesend Community Hospital in Kent on a Neuro rehab ward just for 2 and a half weeks to cover someones leave but that's a start anyway. I start next Friday and am looking forward to getting back into it. I am staying at Thea's farmhouse in Wadhurst surrounded by amazing scenery at the moment ready to help her with a catering job tonight. We went out and had a lovely English pub meal and a few beverages with Thea's friends last night and have spent today relaxing in the sun. I am going to get fat here!
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| Spikey met me at the airport |
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| Yummy dinner with Thea, Nan and Grampa |
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| Prawn cocktails |
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| Amazing roast duck! |
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| YUM! (except Grampa's little pressie for me - the parsons nose...) |
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| Thea's lemon and raspberry tart - DELISH! |
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| The view from the breakfast room at Nan and Grampa's |
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| Nan and Grampa's back yard |
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| Nan and Grampa's back yard |
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| Nan and Grampa's back yard |
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| Nan and Grampa's back yard - all the bulbs are out, it's beautiful! |
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| Highfield - Nan and Grampa's house |
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| The alpacas in the paddock next door |
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| Nan and Grampa's back yard |
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| Nan with her gorgeous cat pussoms, who comes and taps you on the leg for a scratch |
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| The local pheasant! |
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| The path to the village |
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| On my way to the train station |
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| Scenery along the way to the train station |
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| Scenery along the way to the train station |
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| Scenery along the way to the train station |
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| Scenery along the way to the train station |
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| Mortimer train station |
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| Mortimer train station |
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| Nan and Grampa's house |
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| Nan and Grampa's |
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| Sunrise on the way to the train station |
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| The London museum |
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| London! |
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| London |
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| Oxford street, London |
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| Thea's back yard |
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| Thea's |
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| Thea's car with all the blossoms out in the back yard - beautiful! |
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| Thea's place - Bugsey's farmhouse |
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| Our evening drink in the sun |
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| Stinky the cat reading his emails... |
