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Breakfast at a cafe in the Lanes (a maze of little alleys), then I managed to find time to slip out to a favourite shop of mine while Michelle and Emily talked about wedding stuff. England is a good place to find antiques and the like. Fortunately for all concerned I’m seriously constrained by space…

I think we all knew I wasn’t going shopping for wedding dresses. My role will be paying for it. By all reports a wonderful time was had by all and some lovely dresses were tried on. No decision on a final design though. By way of contrast, I was up early and caught the train…

Easy day to finish the week. Had to be out of the flat by 11am, flat in Brighton wasn’t available until after 1pm. No way we’re we dragging our cases around for hours, so we stayed at the flat, tidied up blogs, attended to social media and had an easy morning. Down to the station,…

If you don’t like ships, skip today’s post. You’ve been warned. As nothing opens until 10am, and we were up, breakfasted, showered and ready before eight, we had a bit of time to kill. We spent it looking around Gunwharf Quay, a previous naval base now shopping precinct, sort of like Darling Harbour or Southbank.…

Off to Portsmouth and the historic dockyards today. Home of the Mary Rose and the Victory. They say that getting there is half the fun. Doubtful. It’s about 90% of the effort though. We waddled off down the street to catch a train from West Bromton to Portsmouth. It always looks easy on the trip…

The Singapore to Frankfurt leg was fairly uneventful, which is how you want your flights. We got into Frankfurt about 6pm on Monday evening, to connect with a Heathrow flight due to leave at 7pm. Except that it didn’t leave at 7pm, it left at 8pm, but was late, so it was 8:30. Fortunately the…

We’ve made a start. We’re currently in the Silverkris Lounge at Changi Airport, and will be for a while. There is a 6-hour layover here. Flight was a bit bumpy, kind of like lying in the backseat, travelling on a dirt road. We did get to lie down though, much more comfy than sitting bolt…

Relax, we haven’t even started yet. I’m just setting the scene. I worried about leaving the cats. Cagney has decided that won’t be a problem, he’s not staying. In fact he was the first thing he packed.