Going on Hollidays
Spain here i come, see you when i come back October 11th.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Bank holliday at the coronation
This past Monday, my local pub here in derby, had quite the entertainment for everyone, from sumo wrestling, gladiator fighting to kareoke. Later that night, they also had fire walking, got a picture of the fire, but got to cold for the fire walking part.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Nice little pub in the middle of nowhere
On the way home, we saw this little pub and had to stop, the sign says "Batemans awards winning Ales" could not miss the chance. Dont look like much from the outside, but there was beautiful flowers outside and to our amazement, the place was packed with people having their Sunday dinner, we drank our pint standing up, not a seat available, the food looked really good but we were still far from home and decided on only the one pint. 
Bit more pics from Skegness UK
Lawn bowling? not sure but was a nice to see all from young to old enjoy a game togheter.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Beach Chalet ?
The sign on the right says "beach chalet for hire" more like sardine cans for hire, each door is a different unit. This is also in Skegness, on the UK east coast.You must click on the pic, its unbeleivable, chalet with a view, where is the beach?
UK East Coast
Sunday my mate and I decided to head to the east cost, more precisely Skegness. The drive to and from was interesting, but once there was not really for my liking. More geared for kids and people stacked like sardines in caravan. Nice long beach but nothing like my favorite one in Sosua, the one between Sosua by the sea and Casa marina beach, reminded me more of something we have at home, the lake Erie beach.
Well its official now, Carol and I will meet at Heathrow airport on the 30th of September, fly out somewhere from Gatwick for a week the next day, she wants to keep it a surprise, comeback to Gatwick a week later, spend a few days somewhere, again a surprise then finally fly home on October 11th to Pearson International Airport, hop on Robert Q to Woodstock, then finally take the car home to Tillsonburg.
What an interesting 6 months, not sure if I would want to do that again without Carol, very tough being apart for that long, only seen her for a total of 13 days for the six month period, but sure was a nice experience.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Counting the days
Been very busy at work lately, we were preparing for the summer shutdown here at Toyota motor United Kingdom, TMUK as we call it. Started yesterday and so far it is going well, with a good plan, everything usually goes smoothly.
Two more weeks of babysitting them Brits and then will back off. Time to see if they can fly on their own, sink or swim. After that I will be counting the days to October first, that is when I am done here, starting to get boring around here. I have made great friends over here, and some will be life long friends but I do miss my Tillsonburg friends and especially Carol.
Carol and I will be going to Spain first for a week, for a well deserved vacation and then will be going back home finaly, to enjoy another two weeks of time off. October is already pretty booked, golf tournament on the 14th, best man at my best buddy's wedding on the 27th, shit, got to go get measured up for the tux, cant wait till I get back, will be to late, no worries, my best mate Mark is taking me today to do that. Speaking of Mark, never ever met a guy like that in my life, this guy is something else, would not know that by just looking at him, earrings in the ear and eyebrows, tattoos everywhere, but this bloke has an heart of gold. He is taking me everywhere, treating me like a brother. If we are at the pub together, he will not let me walk home by myself, and its just a 2 minutes walk, he will either walk me home or have 2 of his sons, Ben and Stu escort me home. Sometimes there is 4 or 5 walking me home. One night when Carol was here, they drove us home just to make sure we were safe. There will always be a strongbow in the fridge waiting for him, if he ever decide to come and visit me in Tillsonburg.
Anyway, this as been a great experience that I will never forget, but now I am ready to go home anytime, I will certainly miss this place and the crew at the pub, what a crew them boys are, from fat bastard also known as silent killer, Irish Mick, Paul, dodgy Dave to name a few, good laugh we had together, genuine good people that adopted me like one of their own, I will never forget what you guys did for me. Almost forgot Ray, this man went out of is way, to gather 5 sets of golf clubs so that myself, the owner of the company, the VP and the US general manager could go golf, he did not have to do that, we could of rented clubs but he would have none of that, what a gentlemen.
More later folks
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Heights of Abraham ( Matlock )
Yesterday, we went to Matlock, the drive there and back was fantastic, small villages, pubs and the view was awsome. For a change, there was no big motorway to get there, around an hour drive from Derby on small roads, this was finally the European experience we were looking for. Enjoy the pics below. Today, there is no definit plans yet, but I am sure the girls will find somewhere to go, maybe will go the opposite of Matlock on the A6 and perhaps discover more beautiful little villages.
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