SWITZERLAND Day 144 Wednesday Dec23 1140 I had a terrible sleep last night. In between the washing I was just stressing about making my flight. And stressing that it wasn’t going to be cancelled. This combined with the washing led to a restless night full of stressful dreams. I even had one dream where I was trying to get away with a hit I’d put out. The worst part being the hit I’d put out (in the past) was on my grand parents!! My alarm to get up w...

Day 141 Sunday Dec20 1415 This morning I woke to my alarm at 0645. Two hours after I’d gone to sleep. It was hard but I managed to get up. The lights were still on Mikey was asleep sitting up with his chin resting against his chest. It did not look comfortable. I got dressed and packed the rest of my gear and shouldered my pack. I tried to wake Mikey to say good bye. But all he did was grab a cushion and use it to block the light from getting into his eye...

CARDIFF Chris and I, although going to different final locations were catching the same train. Well same two trains. Oxford isn’t on the main London-Cardiff line so we had to catch a 5 minute train to get to this line. It was really good having Chris there, for the one day I didn’t have to think about my transport, I just had to do what I was told and get on the right train. After the 5 minute ride to the main line we had to wait almost half an hour as t...

CARDIFF Chris and I, although going to different final locations were catching the same train. Well same two trains. Oxford isn’t on the main London-Cardiff line so we had to catch a 5 minute train to get to this line. It was really good having Chris there, for the one day I didn’t have to think about my transport, I just had to do what I was told and get on the right train. After the 5 minute ride to the main line we had to wait almost half an hour as t...

OXFORD 17Dec The bus driver, John, was a crack up a really polite positive bloke who was really cheerful. His intro was pretty funny too. “If you need to use your mobile phones please consider your fellow passengers and if you intend to use personal headphones please remember what personal means. And if you do want to listen to your music very loud please come and talk to me I have a special seat reserved for you underneath the bus with the baggage.” Aft...