We're leaving at 10pm on the 28th December and driving overnight down to Folkstone about 280 miles. This will give us plenty of time for stops with the dog and give us some leeway time if traffic is bad or there are road works. We are booked on the 0650hrs shuttle to Calais ooh la la.
From there we head off to Belgium and our first stop of the trip is booked in Belgium near to the German border.
485 miles for our first day so not to shabby.
We are hoping the weather improves as i spoke to Monica our estate agent yesterday and she told me the area has bad snow at the moment and its been snowing daily the temperature was expected to be -16 last night !!!!!! It's +13 Here in the UK .
Thing's have been busy here last week we met up with some good friends of ours who have a house near Lovech and went for a drink. They are moving over in 2021 when they finish work. They bought us some books as a leaving present as we wont see them now till may next year when there next over in Bulgaria. They have also given us some suggestions where to stopover as they have done the trip a few times.
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| Some winter reading material |
Yesterday I finished work woooohoooo.
I'm officially on annual leave now till early January when i officially retire. Myself and another colleague finished the same day and the office was all decorated and we had cake always a bonus.
Next week we are having a leaving doo in Manchester so i may not surface on Tuesday, its quite nice not having to think what time you have to get up tomorrow anymore but boy does it feel strange.
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| Cake |
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| How big is my head on this cake ? |
We have loads to do now in the coming weeks before we leave. Julie is going to Glasgow over Christmas to spend it with her daughter Megan while me and Bailey the pampered pooch will share a chicken leg wear paper hats and watch Morecambe and wise on the big day.
He says he's looking forward to it but make no bones about it I'm having the TV remote
Take care
Mark n Julie
