Author Archives: John Rose

The Long Farewell

So the final farewell is upon us. All the boxes are packed, the bills paid and cancelled and the final big clean was reminiscent of the “Hard Knock Life” number from Annie. Karen sold or sent to charity most of her dresses, shoes and matching handbags, many children have been saved! The last task was […]

Countdown…

5 Work Days to go….

And now for something completely different!!

So far most of the posts have been just jobs that we have had to do. Now that we are getting closer to the date of departure we better start telling you all what our journey will be: Our first country on the magical mystery tour is India, and there is a lot of it […]

Task 4: Leaving Party

  The Vanbrugh Pub in Greenwich was the scene for our Leaving London Party on Saturday night. It was an exciting cocktail of good food, laughter, music, Jaeger Bombs and a great night was had by all. There were nationalities in attendance from places as diverse as China, Norway, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Hungary, not to […]

TASK 3: Resign From Work

Part of the going away travelling malarky means having to resign from our respective jobs. Fortunately for the both of us we are so “professional” and “hard working” (edit: I know you are stunned to hear that!) that this was a much easier task than we thought. Our last day in the office will be […]

TASK 2: Road Trip to Ayr

It was a rainy Friday afternoon in November and amongst the throng of cars headed up the M6 Motorway was a blue Renault Clio which was so full of boxes and clothes that the verb “rammed” does not do it justice. Karen’s car and stuff were heading home Our journey was punctuated by an overnight […]

Task 1: Research

Like Dr. Van Helsing or Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the first task is Research!