Hello sweet,
was great seeing you the other day, wish you coulda stayed longer but who knows eh!! Maybe we'll meet again on these shores..... I bloody hope so?
Im thinking of going to Thailad in May to suprise my mum, just for 2 weeks, a little holiday you know....heheh!
Hows NZ anyhow, bet your having the time of your life.
Speak soon
Cathryn x
Karen
Hello Sweetheart!
Sorry not been in touch for a while, but I've had a mad time of it - lots of places to see, lots of rain, being bored and refusing to pay small hostels massive internet fees - I'm a right tight arse now I'm a backpacker! so saved it all for Cairns!!! Been in Cairns 10 days now and met up with Chris and Steve done a couple of days out sight seeing with them and also had some drunken nights out! Ailie is due here next week too!
Your journal is fab and I'm soooo jealous - hopefully Thailand will be on my itinerary next year (need to do some serious saving!) and also Fiji - hearing and reading so many fab stories, I can't not do it!!!!!
Anyway, you are having a wicked time babe, I'm glad! I'm in Cairns for one more week then head to Darwin and then down the middle of Oz - in about 5 or 6 weeks I'll be back in England - how depressing!!!!!
Stay in touch though and we'll have a UK reunion!!!
Lots of love
Karen
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Rick
Glad the leg is not hindering you too much Jules. The 'cankle' thing sounds lovely though!
I also (on the two dives I have done in my entire life) found a strange liking for fish. One particular electric blue one looked cool. I went round the hotel, when I got back, feeding the fish for about half an hour!
I think you should definitely go for the skydiving - it's on my list!
Newcastle was really good - not that many stag/hen do's due to the time of year.
The best way for me to describe it is that there is The Gates (like the Printworks), Quayside (like Deansgate Locks) and the Centre of Newcastle (like the centre of Manchester) all within about half a mile.
No taxis required - even for the female heel wearers!
Experienced a club (Baja Beach Club) it's done up like a sauna inside!
Just realised next month is my birthday - and more importantly Vegas time.
It's good that I'll be seeing you soon (Nic's wedding) but not good that your travelling has to end - possible temporarily. Do you have plans for when you get back?
JP
Hi my Kimbers
Glad you had a good night for Nic's hen do, gutted I missed it, we will defo have to go when i get back. Sounds like the usual mayhem and broken biscuits if you were up till 6am! LIVERPOOL!! -Brilliant, love it there - can't wait. I have got so much to look forward to when I get home. Gonna have to go shopping when i get back for something to wear for Nic's wedding - any idea's?? My outfits have mostly consisted of sarong's and flip flops which I don't think will go down to well. Yeah, that would be cool. I don't start work straight away when i get back so we will have plenty of time for catching up, dinners, girly wine nights while I'm at Nic's. Do you still go to the gym in Bury? Need to get back on it - no exercise for 6 months is not good! Hope all is well with the wedding plans, can't wait to hear all about them. Say hi to Alex for me, oh and how is Ange by the way? Miss you loads, love Jules xx x
JP
Hi Mands!
I'm good but very tired, I am cramming so much in I wake most mornings and don't know what day it is or which country I'm in. I'm now in Auckalnd in New Zealand after a monster journey from Bangkok - Sydney - Auckland all in the last 2 days. Still not sure what to do for a night out when I get home. The 31st doesn't seem to be good for everyone so maybe the 7th April? How are you anyway? I was just thinking the other day that when I started my trip you were looking for somewhere to live - have you found anywhere? I booked my trip on Fiji today and I will be spending my birthday on Beachcomber island! Can't wait, it's pure party paradise, then the next day is st paddy's day and apparently it's even big in Fiji! Anyway, msge back about the 7th so I can let people know. Miss you, looking forward to seeing you when I get back. Lots of love Jules xx x P.S If I'd known how good looking the kiwi's are I would never had spent so much time in Oz!!
Hi Rick
Oh sweet lord they are plotting to take over the world - they are multiplying!! I'm in NewZealand now and there is the risk of filth so I am getting out of the city quick and going to the Bay of Islands - no chance they will creep up on me there! Did you have a good night in Newcastle though? I have never been and have heard it's a good night out (stag and hen do hell aside). The diving has been brilliant, I never had any interest in fish before, now I think you will find me frequenting the aquarium at the library in town most Saturdays!! The leg is ok, I had lots of Thai foot massages whilst I was in Bangkok which helped. It does swell up to an alarming size though sometimes, usually after lugging my backpack around (now 17kg, after starting with just 10kg and sending 4kg home!). One cheeky monkey (miffy) found it hilarious and named it a 'cankle' - charming. It hasn't stopped me doing anything though which is good. Just been looking into skydiving when I get to the islands, bungy is out of the question! Thanks for washing the sponge - he needed it, I could smell his square pants from here!
Lots of love Jules x x x
Kim
Hi hun,
Wedding plans are coming on fine.
We went on Nic's Hen do round Leeds on Saturday - we had a brill night.
I haven't been to a proper club in at least 8 months. We went to Speed Queen - we'll have to go again when you get back.
Me and Nic got to sleep about 6 Sunday morning. We'll tell you all about it when you get home.
We're going round Liverpool for my Hen party. I'm going to arrange it for end of April. We'll be staying over. I'll try and get us an apartment for the night instead of hotel.
You can come to mine every night for tea if you want when your staying at Nic's or I'll come round hers. We've got lots of catching up to do.
Be good and I'll speak to you soon. Love ya loads.
xxx
Rick
Well Jules, just back from Newcastle and all was not well.
On the journey there it was filth wagon central.
We saw 3 wagons and one was the most horrific sight I'd ever seen - a 40ft arctic. lorry, the sign was huge.
No further Crunch sightings in the North East - it's definitely a dying breed.
Hope you are enjoying the little(ish) time you have left - what with your new diving thing going on.
Has the leg fully healed yet or does it still trouble you occasionally?
Take it easy kid.
P.S. I jet washed Sponge the other day.
Mandi
Hi chick
Hope you're ok.
Just at work,bored so though I would write you a quick message. So it's the 31st march is it? Ill start rounding the troops!Where would you like to go or is that a stupid question!!!What day are you back??
love yaxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p.s. made home made cheeky vimtos on sat nite.needless to say, they need tweaking as I was one step away of having to have my heart restarted on sunday!!seriously
Ill have them perfected by the time you get back.xxxx
JP
AArgh!! Just spent nearly 1 hour trying to catch up on my journal and none of it has saved! I am now sulking off to the pub to watch the footie..........:(
JP
Hello!
Yeah can't wait for Nic's wedding - not a clue what to wear as have no idea what is in fashion at the moment. Do you think I can turn up in my favourite outfit at the mo of bikini and fisherman's pants? Maybe not. I am trying to get round as much of Thailand as possible but it is exhausting! Gonna need another holiday when I get back! x x x jUles
Hi my Kimbers
How's the wedding plans going? Is you mum really excited? Yeah don't worry, we will have to book a whole weekend at least to catch up. I am having my welcome home do on the 31st March which I think is a saturday. Mandi is organising it so let me know if you can come. Think I will be house sitting for Nic when i get back so I will pop round yours for a brew, tea, anything that's going really! Miss you lots love Jules x x x P.S Say Hi to Alex for me x
Hi Lisa
So lovely to hear from you. Glad the year has been good to you so far. Sounds like your well on your way to another concert filled year. You will have to fill me in on what has happended in the music world since I have been away as all I hear is what is on my mp3 and what they have over here, which is usually more out of date than my mp3! How are Patrick and the Sponge? Hope they are being well looked after. Miss sitting next to you at work, won't be long till I'm back and it will be as if I never went away - not! Lots of love Jules x x x
The Abbott
Hi,
Hope you are well?
Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while.
Well fingers crossed the year is going well so far.
I'm sorry to report that all is quite on the concert front. Only 2 concerts and a festival booked so far. I can't complain after last year. I'm still keeping an eye out for a couple more though.
It sounds and looks like your having a great time.
Take care
The Abbott x
Kim
Hi Hun,
Just got back from Austria, ski-ing. We had a brill time. You wanna see how good I am at ski-ing now. I loved it.
That's more pictures for you to see when you get back.
Only 35 days til your home! Can't wait to see you.
I'm definitley going to look into doing some travelling with Alex at the end of this year.
We have so much to catch up on I hate writing these little messages, we need a right good gossip!
Anyway hun, speak to you very soon!
Love ya loads
xx