Honey, I'm HOME!! Bet you weren't expecting that! I got home on Monday, it was so nice to leave lovely hot Sri Lanka to return home to be welcomed by the rain! Anyway, so I have just been spending some time at home catching up with my family and resting. But now I am ready to meet up with my friends for a big catch up! I plan to go to Kettering this Friday, but no set plans as yet so dunno if I will stay for the weekend. If anyone is free to meet up (and als...

Hello all, I've finally uploaded my photos as I've not put any on for ages! There are 9 (yes, 9!) new photo albums for you to look through when you have a spare minute or two (or if you just wanna skive off work for a bit!). Enjoy! Love, Rach x

Hello again! All is good here in Sri Lanka. I have been extremely lazy since I arrived, I have hardly done anything at all! I've done a little bit of shopping, I went to see a play with Fiona one evening, but mainly I've just slept & watched LOTS of DVDs! I feel quite refreshed now & almost human again! Oh, & this weekend I had my first hair cut since December, & I plan to go to a spa this week to pamper myself a little bit too, so that's also he...

Hello all, Just to let you know that I arrived safely in Sri Lanka, it's so nice to be back! Unfortunately though, I am not very well. I hadn't been feeling great on safari and had been suffering with a sore throat and ear ache. Fiona insisted I saw a Doctor when I arrived in Sri Lanka, and I'm glad she ignored me when I said I was OK because it turns out that I have an ear infection and acute tonsilitis! I am also exhausted after camping for the last 31 days ...

...continued from previous blog... It's absolutely impossible to capture anything about the spirit of our safari & how mad it was. I've described all of the sightseeing, but not much about the day to day madness of being on the truck for hours going delirious, or the freezing cold nights, or anything we really got up to. Here are a just a few of my memories from the safari: Playing football with Conor - any excuse to get the football out for a kick aroun...