Merry Xmas to you all and best wishes !... Phil & Nida
Late 2015 and 2016. So we started with the Aussie trip last Nov Dec. Pretty good. Very good camping and excellent trees and travelling. Not as spectacular as our trip to NZ in 2014 but still very good. We had the "New house Celebration in February with Monks in attendance and many villagers coming and indeed helping. Our own "disco" as well ! Met some expats living near all very good also indeed helpful. Returned to UK at the end of March. Travel Ok and 2 nights in Gloucester before retrieving the MH from storage (excellent facility and very helpful). A few minor hiccups in April and early May 1 Stuck in the mud ! 2 Minor damage to MH had to be repaired and also new wheel spats (mudguards) needed fitting so travel to Sittingbourne for all this as well as service and MOT. We also needed to meet SSE in the house in Maidenhead and again got stuck in the mud ! Eventually all was sorted We use the Canterbury Aire which is really handy..a free bus into the city and indeed we booked our flights to Thailand at the "Flight Centre Shop" where we got a very good deal with sensible tings as well as dates. So on Friday 6h May we set off on the "Great Scandinavian Trip". We ate Reindeer Stew whilst singing "Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer..made a very tasty stew" (to the obvious tune) http://philip-clark.weebly.com/summer-2016.html http://philip-clark.weebly.com/norway.html http://philip-clark.weebly.com/finland--sweden--home.html This was simply a superb trip (and we may repeat some of it in 2 or 3 years time !) Back to the UK towards the end of August and a pleasant time staying mainly at Stroud Farm Holyport. We travelled to Malvern towards the end of September to place the MH in storage at Newent (Gloucester) again and train to Slough. Travelodge in Slough very convenient. Then the 12 hour Flight to Bangkok , Hotel for 1 night and the train to Uttaradit. All well here.. The garden a Total Jungle but now very tidy again (so no need to sing "Jungle Bells"). We did our Ususl "Visa Run to Laos" 1o days ago but now there is a new immigration office in Uttaradit and so in 3 months I ecpect to get a visa (retirement) extension wwhich only means visiting the Office. It should also mean I do not need to visit London next summer as the visa extension can be renewed every year !. So Christmas decorations and lights done today
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