Mark & Sarah in the UKAdventures throughout the UK

Victoria and Marc's Wedding

Sarah and I will be heading back down to Devon again over the next 4 days for my cousin Victoria's wedding. I will put together an Xmas photo gallery while down there and will be back online on Sunday evening. Take care!

Happy New Year

Sarah and I would like to wish a happy new year to everyone out there who reads our weblog. We hope you can all stick to your new years resolutions :)

Sticky Fingers

Sarah decided while in the middle of cooking that it might be a good idea to slice off her fingernail plus some flesh underneath. Here is the aftermath

PS. Not shown: copious amounts of blood

Welcome to our new weblog!

Welcome to our new weblog. I (Mark) Will no longer be posting anything related to whats happening here in the UK on my other weblog.

You will notice that there are 2 posters to this weblog, both myself and Sarah will be posting here, you can tell who wrote what by looking at the name that is displayed below each entry.

I will also move all my old posts regarding the UK etc from my other weblog to this one. Stay tuned to keep updated!

The New Flat, The Photo Gallery

Here it is, a photo gallery of the new flat.

Sarah and I are heading down to Devon this afternoon. Hope everyone has a great Xmas and New Year. Don't expect any posts from me until at least the 29th.

Seeya!

Contact Information

Here is the contact information for the new place:

Home Address
First Floor Flat
11a Marine Avenue
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex, SS0 7PS
England

Phone Numbers
My Mobile Number: (44) 0796 333 1616
New Home Number: (44) 01702 354 133

Remember if calling from international, you need to drop the zero's on the front.

New Photo Gallery, Sarahs Rooms

I have put up a new photo gallery showing pictures of the room(s) that Sarah has been living in for the last 2 months. Pretty small stuff!

On another note, I have moved into our new flat. Theres been a lot of lifting, a lot of shifting, a lot of cleaning and a lot of mopping, but its finally beginning to look like a home. I will take some photos of the place soon and put them online. We have a fully stocked kitchen, but are still without much furniture, we went to IKEA to buy some stuff but they were sold out of /everything/ that we wanted to order (A sofa, bed and armchair), so we are going to have to wait for the new year before putting in any furniture.

Here are our movements over the xmas / new years break(s).

Now -> Wed 24 @ 4pm, At home
Thursday 25th -> Sunday 28th, Down south in Devon with my family for Xmas
Monday 29th -> Wednesday 31st, At Home
Thursday 1st -> Sunday 4th, Down south in Devon for my cousins (Victoria) Wedding.

I will put up a photo gallery of the new appartment before we leave.

Young Persons Railcard

If you are between 16 and 25 (inclusive) and living in the UK and havent heard of the Young Persons Railcard then make yourself aware and get one. 1/3 savings on travel throughout the UK, it costs 18 pounds for the card but its worth its weight in gold, its going to save me about 759 pounds on an annual travelcard from westcliff-on-sea station through the to the underground, plus it saves me 20 pounds every time I travel from london to devon. Bargain!. Check it out.

We have found a flat

After sifting through some absolutely terrible flats and houses, Sarah and I have finally decided on a place to live. It is in Westcliff-on-Sea, an area roughly equivalent to a suburb, just west of Southend-on-Sea. We are near the sea front, although not with a sea view. Time to walk to the beach would most probably average about 5 minutes as you have to go down a long flight of steps and a path to reach it. The beach isn't much to speak of anyway, its not white sand, just grey sand (maybe even shells / pebbles, we haven't ventured onto the beach yet).

There are some movie theatres about 5 minutes walk away, a number of hotels and pubs within 5-10 minutes walk away (in fact the nearest pub would be about 30 seconds walk to the end of the street away, but its inside a hotel so i'm not counting that one :) ) . We are about 5-10 minutes walk from the Westcliff train station so the commute into London shouldn't be too hard, just expensive :(.

The flat is a first floor flat, with cedar wood flooring through the hallway and living room, bathroom, kitchen (with included washer/dryer, fridge/freezer), large sunken master bedroom and reasonable sized second bedroom, so if anyone wants to visit, you're most welcome! The flat is recently renovated as well so everything looks brand new and is in excellent condition.

I have also added a new photo gallery in the pictures section, under United Kingdom, 2003. I took a trip to Windsor Castle after a mistake with Air Emirates cargo division left me with a hire car for a day and nothing to use it for. I did a tour of the castle and got to view the state rooms inside. Amasing stuff.

Stay tuned for some pictures of the house over the coming weeks. We should be able to move into the flat in 2-3 weeks time, hopefully before xmas.

On another note, I changed the pictures gallery around so its a bit easier to navigate, the picture narrative is now at the top of the screen, and navigation buttons have been placed at the top to. Look out for more changes to make it a bit easier in the coming weeks.