....At the very end As you can see from this entry's exotic location, I'm back home proper now; will be hanging out in West Yorks for the next few weeks whilst attempting to return to some semblance of a normal life. And then, hopefully, back to London in the not too distant future to re-join the people in suits. So, rather sadly I'm sure you'll all agree, the blog has reached its natural end. But first, in true Big Brother (and I notice now Hell's Kitchen) s...

...Back home So I'm here then. Back in Blighty and hanging out in London attempting to reaclimatise for a few days until the big family reunion up north. Thought I'd use a suitably ePolitix style Big Ben pic for this entry, just for old times sake. Definitely one from the 'Generic' folder. Ah, those were the days... And those days seem not nearly as long ago as they did when I was away from home. It's very strange being back and seeing my old life and surrounds...

......Bringing it home in fine style Blimey, this is really nearly it.... Is so strange to think that in a matter of hours I`ll be back in Blighty jumping on the tube, grabbing a copy of the Guardian and raiding Boots Chemists for my much missed favourite toilettries and make up. And I now fiiiiinally have a return date for when all these fun activities can commence; have got a seat on a plane leaving on Monday 10th - so pencil Tuesday 11th into your diaries, I...

Stalled in Rio.... There are worse places to be stuck waiting for a plane home I suppose... Am back in lovely, sunny Rio now after sitting it out for a week in the lovely but mostly grey Paraty further down the coast. As I said in the last entry, I`ve kind of been having a holiday from travelling over the last two weeks since I decided to come home a bit early and end the trip here in Brazil. So Rio state has now been home for the last three and a bit weeks ta...

Coming round the last bend.... Another entry, another Brazilian beach stop in little old Rio state. You may detect a theme forming here, and there is a reason for this - to be discussed later...** So here I am in Paraty, a super little ex-colonial town which is blessed with both a really pretty historic centre, complete with rather difficult to navigate extra large cobble stones and really fab old buildings painted in pretty colours, and is also surrounded by ama...