Rocks and Baths 16th -17th May 2009We picked up our transport for the weekend, 'Bertha the Ford Galaxy' on Friday afternoon. It was time to test if we could still actually drive a car. It had been so long since any of us had gotten behind a wheel (Well a wheel on the right hand side of the car). We thought that we would make full advantage of having a car, and enjoy the luxury of supermarket shopping without having to lug everything home on the bus. We made our ...

Cardiff - Home of the Rugby, Doctor Who, Welsh People and Roald Dahl. 1st - 4th May 2009Dan and I set off as soon as we could Friday afternoon - we really wanted to make the most of the Bank holiday long weekend. After all this is the only public holiday we will get to enjoy while we are working. We got down to the Benfleet rail station hoping to catch the 4.30 train to London, but the nice man told us that if we waited until the 4.50 one the cost of the train t...

Weekends in London - Autumn 2nd Half term Just to let you know as to what we've gotten up to on our weekends during the school term here is a very very short highlights list.• Went to see "Thriller" the musical. The music of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. Very cool timing with this. We went on the Saturday night and he announced his comeback shows the following Wednesday. I was hyped up enough about the man already from the thriller show, that...

Hola! Dan & I are off to Spain on Saturday! It's about bloody time we had some holidays! See you in a week suckers. Enjoy work Adios Amigos

Snow, Glorious Snow (and a weekend in Canterbury & Dover)Monday 2nd February 2008It is not often I enjoy waking up for work on a Monday morning. However, today was different. We opened the curtains to see the glorious white stuff covering every square inch of the ground. We turned on the radio and connected to the internet - to see what we'd all been hoping for. School closure!!!! The weather was too bad to make students (and staff) travel to school. I don't...