Thursday 16th June

Wow, I have been so busy these past two weeks that the time has flown by, and my departure date… 18th June, is almost upon us. Paddington is totally excited and is currently sat in my rucksack… mainly to make sure he doesn’t get left behind. I don’t think I’d dare to be honest … … Read more

Monday 30th May

Wow, the time is just flying by. I have got all my work done for my Uni assignments and I have just finished University until September … I feel I can breathe out now … Well just a little. I did get a bit of a shock last week … I decided to check some … Read more

Monday 16th May

I’m not quite sure where the time is going as the weeks are just flying by. I’ve been busy with my Uni assignments and ticking off jobs on my Peru to do list. All my little jobs are nearly all done now … what a relief it is too. We haven’t done much walking, but … Read more

Sunday 27th March

I have promised Paddington that I would take him to the Pleasure Beach, and I thought he might like to come to the Sandcastle Waterpark with me as I have been asked to conduct a Pool Lifeguard exam there, and I can show him around inside. I knew it would be an early start … … Read more

Sunday 20th March

Hello, it’s Paddington again. Elaine is letting me write on her diary page while she gets on with some work for her university course. The weather was rather wet last weekend so we didn’t get out on our morning walk, but I believe we are going out for a longer walk today as it is … Read more

Thursday 17th February

Paddington at The Sandcastle

Paddington bear arrives … I had a lovely surprise when I met Simon today in the Hive coffee shop. He had bought me a mischievous looking Paddington bear. Just brilliant. I loved him. I told Simon that I would be taking him to Peru with me and that he would probably feature in more photos … Read more

Monday 7th February

I met Simon for coffee at the Hive cafe, and I brought my new Samsung S6 tablet with me. He did a great job of setting my tablet up for me and showed me how to make blog entries on it via WordPress, and how to create tags that link to specific things that I … Read more

Tuesday 1st February

This morning I uploaded my insurance details to the IVHQ site, such as, whom the policy is held with and the policy number. Another one ticked off the list. I’m just waiting for the criminal record check to come through now. It should only take around two weeks, so I will be able to upload … Read more

Monday 31st January

I submitted my official holiday request form in to my manager at work, so my time off is now organised. I also had to sort out a criminal record check or DBS, on the government website as that is required for the company that I am going with, (IVHQ) and I’ll need to upload that … Read more