2016-03-19 18:53
To those that occasionally pop in to see how we are doing.....WE HAVE PR.Yep, in January 2011 we finally got our visas after jumping all the hurdles required of us.A friend a couple of doors… Read More
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Life with and without the Gadget family, memories of being a cruising kid and... our recent plans for emigrating to Canada
2016-03-19 18:53
6 weeks in Canada, both on and off Vancouver Island has flown by and now we're back to the next stage of our immigration plans. Gadgetman's TB testing has resulted in a negative result as we… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
It's too hot at home, and too hot to spend the day on my bike behind the trike so we're out on the Trike for the day and decide to ride down to pick up Annette. A bit of Arundel castle Sea v… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Oh dear, I'm struggling to find the motivation to write at the moment.Andy has done his sputum samples and delivered them for incubation. I received a nice email from CHC saying that because… Read More
2010-05-28 18:16
Gadgetman received a letter from the CHC yesterday saying that he has to provide sputum smears and cultures for mycobacterium tuberculosis, taken on 3 consecutive days and incubated for 6-8… Read More
2010-05-24 10:10
A month ago today we went to have our medicals in Thornton Heath armed with £730 in cash and various bits of paper and umpteen copies of our photographs.The first part was to have the… Read More
2010-05-09 21:26
Highlights for me this yearOur friend coming too, she'd been to the 3B's rally before but NOTHING like this rally with big exposure to bikers in fancy dress with a difference.The moment that… Read More
2010-04-29 21:57
What a shame.We were all off to the 'Over The Edge Rally' tomorrow with a friend and Gadgeteen's girlfriend, but she isn't allowed to come so Gadgeteen doesn't want to come. I don't blame hi… Read More
2010-04-28 23:02
Last night a friend sent me this link to the sound of an engine that was incredibly evocative and reminded us of a baltic trader called 'Dana' back in Grenada in the 70's.This got me to thin… Read More
2010-04-26 09:38
The whole process of understanding Gadgeteen has altered my understanding of ‘normal’.During my earlier blogging days I wrote of a slippery slope that I could see him on and how… Read More
2010-04-24 19:48
Really I should have written this post before the Point Salines one because I wouldn't have written about it at all without a certain person's influence.My brother reunited me with an old fr… Read More
2010-04-22 22:22
Only those of us over 40 will remember this, a lonely lighthouse on an imposing cliff edge facing out to sea.It always seemed at least a mile high when I was a kid on ‘Kim’ saili… Read More
2010-04-21 17:54
Our Canadian plans are a step or two closer than when I last wrote. We have passed the eligibility stage after submitting 280 pages of documents, and are at the medical examination stage at… Read More
2010-04-20 17:39
I'm gonna try this writing lark again. I miss the blogging world and pop around from time to time to see what blogging favourites have been up to but have only got as far as posting updates… Read More
2007-11-12 18:23
Went to france for half term week to stay with french friends, then it was halloween and gadgeteen's 15th birthday. We have also have been decorating the hall, stairs and landing, a little e… Read More
2007-10-13 23:24
Gadgetgirlie went off to Tooting with a young Asian friend of mine to have her hand decorated in celebration of Eid ul-fitr today. As they walked around Tooting apparently Ggirlie asked why… Read More
2007-09-28 06:43
Gman and I have finally found a game that has hooked us and we play a couple of games a few times a week now. The Dutch guys in France this summer bought it for us as a gift because they spe… Read More
2007-09-25 22:23
Having written this last week I am delighted to report that my Monday evenings will be spent studying French. Phone calls to last years students attracted one, and another came in to class l… Read More
2007-09-24 07:27
We were so lucky with the weather this weekend so had a fab time camping at Hurley Riverside Park.with friends from the British expats forum who are also in the process of emigrating to Cana… Read More
2007-09-20 18:09
Gadgeteen's girlie is here today and Gadgeteen has an ear to ear grin. I think he is besotted. I must say that he's been much nicer to be around since he's met her, more co-operative and hel… Read More
2007-09-19 17:06
Today is the day that we finally get plastered. Our mate Bob has kindly come round after work to put a couple of layers on the landing ceiling. This is a job that has been outstanding for th… Read More
2007-09-18 07:24
I am on tenderhooks now for the rest of the week. Last night I went to my first French class of the year, a GCSE course this year. I wondered as I sat down and looked around, I wondered whet… Read More
2007-09-11 22:49
Early on last week a friend rang, saying, ' I've got those tickets you wanted.' 'Tickets? What tickets,' said Gman. ' The ones for the Soggy Moggy Rally that we discussed months ago, and it'… Read More
2007-09-04 18:52
We're back from our hols now and our photos are uploaded and in my Flickr account in the side bar for anyone who is interested.I gather that we had as much rain over in Brittany as most of E… Read More
2007-08-07 08:48
We're off to our favourite Brittany campsite tomorrow. The trike is back together again and running better than before and the trailer is packed full to the brim as usual, just the bicycles… Read More
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