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| A Stag in Woburn Abbey Park |
A lot has happened since I last wrote. I went up to York for a few days to spend some time with Andy and his brother, both of whom were spending time with their dad and stepmum. We did a lot of walking through the Yorkshire and Bedfordshire countryside. I took my camera (a gift from Andy) with me and so I took loads of photos when I was there. I've created an album on Flickr... if you want to view them, seem them click here. I've also added the photographs I took when we were walking through Whitby and at the Bridestones of Pickering. It was an adventure as we went to places I've never been to before and even though there were disappointments along the way, I learned to deal with these disappointments quietly and quickly. On Friday, the day before we got home, we travelled to the village of Woburn, and went for a walk through the grounds of Woburn Abbey. It was beautiful. That night Ben and Andy stayed in hotel with their dad and stepmum, whilst I stayed in an AirBnB listing in the nearby town. Its my fourth time using AirBnb and I'm full of praise for them. The listing I stayed out was as good as staying in a hotel, but for a fraction of the price. It's almost like staying with friends of friends.
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| Bournemouth Harbour |
I've also met Andy's maternal grandparents. On Saturday 23 September, we went travelled to Bournemouth to spend the day with Andy's grandparents. I've never been to Bournemouth before, since as far as I know, my family never travelled to that part of the country. I really enjoyed walking into town to see the sites and walk about. It's been lovely being able to spend time with various extended family members and I'm also grateful I'm not meeting them all at once over Christmas. I'm also seeing more and more, where different mannerisms of both Andy and his brother, Ben, come from, as we spent a few hours with their paternal grandparents at the end of August.
I'm going to write a separate post about some news I want to share in regards to what's happening on the job front.