Hi Grace,

Happy New Year to you! Well you have beaten us to New Year by several hours. Hope you enjoyed celebrating the New Year in Nelson. Much warmer than here! Have a great 2010 and look forward to hearing more about your travels.

Clairexx

Hey Grace.

thank you so much for Christmas card. Wanted to send you one but it might get lost now so will send it after Christmas. Sounds like you are having fun and glad you foudn work.

Do you know when you will be back here or you will see what happens. Thanks for keeping in touch. Missing you

Talk soon

xxx

Hi Grace,

Looking forward to hearing how that kiwi pavlova turns out - sounds delicious! Much more interesting than Christmas pud! Nelson sounds a lovely town with beautiful scenery all around it. What a fascinating part of the world you are staying in. Louise is very much looking forward to meeting up with you in NZ if you are still there when she comes through on the Kiwi Experience!

Have an interesting NZ build up to Christmas. It's cooold here!

Best wishes to you, Clairex

Giant eels?!?!?!?!?! It will improve your swimming skills if you see one come towards you! Leeds vs Southampton on Saturday, should be a cracker. Enjoy your walk to work..

Grace!

I hope you are well, sorry I havent posted for a while!!

Things are good here, it is getting colder every day. I went to Saints at the weekend - we won 3-0!! Although the scoreline doesnt really reflect the game as we werent that amazing... although Lambert scored a blinding free kick!! Everyone was cheering 'Lambert for England!'

I booked a trip to New York today with Helen Capp which will be good, we managed to get a pretty cheap deal. I need to know all the good places to go so send me an email!! [email protected] . I also reserved two beds in the hostel you stayed at (although can cancel before). Would you recommend the hostel? I imagine we will be out all day and night but would be good to know if it is good or not - it was more expensive that others but if it is centrally located then i dont mind! xxxxxxxx

ps: glad you got the parcel!! dont open presents until Xmas day!!

Hello, Im now back from my 2 week holiday from around Europe... i felt like you as we had backpack's though we stayed in hotels rather than hostels! hehe oh and we ate alot of cakes just like you ate alot of chocolate around your trekking! hehe

Sounds like your having lots of fun with your jobs and interviews hehe you must know much about Nelson as you do hillingdon, with delievering your leaflets! Hope your bike trip went ok to the climate change meeting! i think a fire started in copenhagen yesterday!

Thank you very much for the christmas card! we met up last week and so i didnt open it until i met the others! wow what a long letter hehe! its now sitting on my mantelpiece, i told my dad not to put any sheep in our lounge when we have the christmas tree or we wont have one anymore! haha So your christmas card is on the way, hopefully it will get to you in time, i had to post it after the cutoff date as i was in Zurich! Well i hope the weather cheers up for you and doesnt rain so much! its been pretty cold and rainy here! but then this is England so what do you expect hehe!

Any way im going to stop blabbing on... i suppose i could talk for england and tell you everything thats happened lol but then i would be doing a blog myself haha!!

Im always looking about 2x a week for a new update just so i dont miss one hehe

Hopefully see you soon, im going to figure out your number so i can hopefully ring you on christmas day :D ill try remember that there is a time difference lol!

Speak to you soon Love Laura and Rob xx

Grace,

Lucy told me about your blog the other day so I had to have a look and see how you are getting on. Pretty well, clearly. Enjoy the rest of your travels and we'll see you when you get back. Some very nice pictures by the way. I'm very jealous as I've only been to some of the places.

Hi Grace! Sounds like you're having an amazing time... I'm always so excited whenever I read your blog entries! I'm still trying to win the lottery so I can come and join you - no luck so far! lol

Love from Elizabeth xxx

HELLO!! WOW WELL DONE FOR YOUR JOB :D AND UR ACCOMMODATION!! BET YOUR MANCHESTER IS MUCH BETTER IN YOUR HOUSE THAN IN YOUR HOSTELS HAHA!! YOU WILL NEED TO EMAIL US WITH YOUR ADDRESS SO WE CAN SEND YOU SOME POST!! ROB AND I ARE AWAY FIRFOR TWO WEEKS NOW SO WILL CATCH UP WITH YOUR BLOGS WHEN WE GET BACK :D HAVE A GREAT TIME LIVE LAURA AND ROB XXXX

Hi Grace,

Congratulations on getting the job in Nelson. You've done really well. Fascinating to read about your tramp, the setting sounds so peaceful and scenic. Looking forward to the next blog!

Clairexx

Yes we hada good time with H and J, and Edmund and C drove me. VERY cold day walking along the sea front. Now we are in for more gales and the rain is torrential. Guess what, David is taking Jack to the Saints match on Sunday against Brighton. (Hope there is not too much trouble!) Also hope the weather improves.

What fun you are having, though hope you get work soon.

Luv as always Granny and Grandad XXXXxxxxxxxxxxx

Lovely to read about your time in Nelson. We do envy you - youngsters never did this when we were young. BUT we enjoy going off in our caravan and exploring. Just spent a week in Malvern in lovely autumn weather with beautiful colours in the trees. We 'climbed' to the top of Worcestershire Beacon (actually walked up the easy side). Then we went on to Cambridge where my grandaughter started in September, reading Forensics and Criminology. She's enjoying it and has made lots of friends.

Look after yourself. All our love Joy and Humphrey