SO three weeks today ill be in a car heading for heathrow, to begin the first stage of my global adventure! im very excited.... im sure u can guess that. im trying to get packed and all organised now- so much to do so little time. ive only got one more week of work and this is my last friday. last night i had my final mandarin lesson with li hui at swansea college. it was quite sad to leave them all, but hoping to keep in touch with li in the future. last weekend i had my last look at the brecon beacons before i leave- it was kerries birthday and we went horseriding at a centre next to craig y nos castle. ! she was soo pleased with her surprise- esp as we had pretty much convinced her we were going to make her do sheep dipping or something similarly mucky.. luckily my horse was the fastest in the west- actually it was the laziest damn horse i have ever had the misfortune to ride. but we had a giggle, got sore bottoms, saw lots of cute lambs and almost fell off enough to make it interesting! so last few days of relative normality......