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My packing list, re-drafted to include new items, runs into four pages. Will it all fit into a 65-litre rucksack? Answers on a postcard please to the “You Must Be Joking That’ll Never All Go In There Competition”, c/o my house. The winner with the closest number of extra carrier bags I’ll need to haul …
I’m on the train to go and see Cookie, Jo, Charlotte and any others of the Southampton crew that are around. Crew makes them sound the kids that hang around outside garages, and I think we’re past that stage now – heck, I’m sat here in sensible shoes with Nik Kershaw on the iRiver, I …
Scary biscuits. Where did that expression come from? Am I the only one that says that? My to-do list has taken on a life of its own now – tick one thing off, and something else appears. Time is running out to sort everything out, so anything trivial is getting ignored! Still to do – …
Can’t work Originally uploaded by Natmandu. I need to get all this work done. I have less than three weeks before I fly out and I have to do half a million things – Wizwow stuff, packing, sorting first aid kit, more shopping, TEFL course, farewell beers with mates, walking the dog. Losing perspective. Cracking …
The Budget Traveller’s Guide to Sleeping in Airports provides info and ratings on sleeping in airports, something I was considering as an option for when I arrive at Mumbai. I get there after midnight, and then allowing for immigration, customs, losing my bag and getting generally lost, it’ll be three until I’m fully checked in. …
I went for my fifteen minutes of minor local recognition at BBC Radio Suffolk, and it all went quite well! Managed to get a good plug in for Aidcamps, and Salt of the Earth (the UK fundraiser for SCAD). When I was sat in the green room outside the studio, I saw the red light …
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