Thursday 3rd February

The blog site looks so good now, I’ve shown the link to everyone at Uni who was willing to see it, and I’m really happy with the way it’s developing. I’ve arranged to meet up with Simon on Monday next week. Hmm, I think I’m getting lessons in blog posting so that I can do … 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

Monday 24th January

I have to cover an early shift at work, but as I finish at 11 o’clock, I’m going back to Go Outdoors in Preston to exchange some walking trousers … I picked up the wrong size the day before whilst out with my sister and her husband. I don’t mind as I can take my … Read more

Mid- January

It is now mid- January and I have started to look at flights. Now, the last time I flew must have been around fifteen years ago, and I seem to remember the process of booking a flight for a technophobe like me was a relatively painless experience. Hmm, not so now. It was all so … Read more

Monday 3rd January

I went with my sister to ‘Go Outdoors ‘ in Preston. I have never been so excited to get fitted for a rucksack. My sister looked at me like she had never seen me before in her life … She was probably wishing she hadn’t at that point. I ended up with a great 70ltr … Read more

Early November and mid-December 2021

I paid my registration fee and booked my place. I then started doing my research about my trip and in mid November 2021, I enrolled on an online TEFL course. (Teach English as a Foreign Language). This was to gain my licence to teach. I didn’t really need it but I thought it would be … Read more