I haven't done a blog update in a while but to be honest we haven't really been doing much exciting. Andrew went home to New Zealand for James Murdoch's wedding last month and that was a bit of a horrible time for me but I managed to get through it. I picked up an awful virus from the office so was really quite sick in the second week he was away. I never thought I was going to miss him as much as I did but I suppose being on the other side of the World and ...

Today was my last day in York so after Andrew left for work I checked out of the Hotel and headed into the City for another day of exploring. Firstly I visited the 'Peter Rabbit and Friends' store which was filled with all sorts of merchandise focusing on Beatrix Potter and her famous friends. I bought a little book called 'The World of Peter Rabbit and Beatrix Potter' which explains her success and how Peter Rabbit became one of the most famous rabbits in the ...

I decided to start the day by visiting the York Castle Museum which I thoroughly enjoyed. I ended up spending nearly three hours here because there was so much to see and such fascinating history to read about. The Victorian street, the famous Kirkgate, was a real highlight with its authentic shop fronts and interesting objects which offered a glimpse of a bygone age. There were literally thousands of wonderful and weird, beautiful and bizarre items in the col...

I was very excited about my trip to York and was up super early getting everything sorted and headed to Hammersmith station at about 9:30am to catch the tube to Kings Cross. I had allowed plenty of time and when I got there I made sure I knew where I had to be and waited for the platform number to appear on the board. Once I was on the train I began to relax and was very excited about what layed ahead. The train trip was beautiful and I was very lucky that the...

I can't believe how quickly Christmas and New Years came around. We have had a fairly nice festive season but it's simply not the same without family around. Andrew had some leave he had to use up because you can only carry 5 days over into the new year over here so he had a pretty relaxing time. I was at work for all the days in between the statutory holidays but I didn't mind. To be honest it was very quiet in the office and we also had a couple of short ...