It's been a long, long time everyone, but I'm back. The main reason for my lack of contact is that I'm sick, hence I'm in on a Friday night and writing this. Just before Christmas I got a new temporary job, managing a restaurant. Friends I've made here are both involved in a business comprising 5 restaurants and bars in town. Zoe is English and has been sick on and off for a fair few months and so decided to head back to the UK to see a doctor who knows someth...

Just thought I'd do you a quick list of all the strange little things I miss about Blighty. Obviously my wonderful friends and family are first and foremost!So, in no particular order, here goes: 1 - Starbucks.At this time of year you can't go far wrong with an Eggnog latte and a turkey feast Panini, but I'd settle for a grande triple shot skinny vanilla latte. 2 - The Times.My daily read at bedtime and the fabulous Saturday Times which takes all weekend to get...

I'm back and sorry for the long delay since my last missive, but I'm slightly worried that I may be boring you all as everything here is slowly becoming the norm for me. It's surprising how quickly the shocking becomes mundane and probably not good on my part. So, back to life here.New Hope remains as chaotic, hectic and all consuming as ever.At the moment my main concern is getting the books up to date.At present I'm working on August and using a new accounts s...

A good day to you all and hope all is well with everyone. New Hope seems to be ticking along nicely, but I will be very thankful when Kerry is back at the weekend.I've had a few visitors whilst she's been away and the results of the Sherry/Sith tour has been really great (even though I do say so myself!!) The first visitors were two ladies, one from Canada who is a Rotarian and does lots of charity work for Cambodia, and her friend from Australia.We showed ...

Hello again……………this month is total chaos and my writing is also, so bear with me. New Hope is inundated with visitors from various places and I’m tearing my hair out. It’s all good for the project but we could have done with them being spread out a bit instead of all arriving en masse and needing attention. We have a group of 7 from Barclays in the UK who have been fund raising for us after one of their group came last year. We have 4 Rotarians...