Aug 2007 b

Thu 16 Aug 2007
On her way walking to work this morning Jen has a manky looking fox cross her path. Just managed to get the camrea out in time for this quick snap.


Fri 17 Aug 2007
The in-laws move on out, and the rest of our stuff does too. Everything gets moved into storage, only thanks to the work of our friendly local SCA helpers. Deb was especially helpful with giving directions, Steve and Clancy were great removalists, Dan was the Tetris-King at the storage place, to name just a few of our helpers....

Above: pizza and cola keeps the workers happy!

Sat 18 Aug 2007
Steve and Jen clean and clean and clean - from 7am to 2pm.

Terry helps out in the afternoon, and Lauren gives the place the official "witness" look-over. Jen also took loads of photos, just in case there's trouble getting back the deposit money / bond. At 2:15pm we handed over the keys and drove away, and moved into the graciuos hospitality of Nick and Jenny's (Edith) place about half an hour up the road.

Sun 19 Aug 2007
Sleep! Exhausted... a well earned rest day.

Mon 20 Aug 2007
Back to work as homeless people.
After work, we hung out at the Shakespeare's Head pub, for the Thamesreach shire meeting. About a dozen of us crammed around one of the big tables as usual. Amongst the discussions, Steve offered to cook at the group's Winter event planned by the amazing Edith (who's place we're staying at) for January. Jen offered to kick start the choir back up once we're settled into our new place. Cheery responses all round.
Finally, as it's Steve's mum's birthday tomorrow, Steve phones her tonight to wish her a good one (time-zones).

Thu 23 Aug 2007
After work, we both pack for tomorrow.

Fri 24 Aug 2007
Get our early flight to Frankfurt, for Nibelungen Kreig (SCA event).
Below: the view from the royal pavilion was incredible.
How lucky we were to have this set up for us!


Left: when in Germany, wear German.
Right: Steve prepares for FUN!
Below: While Steve has fun, Jen walks over to the instrument museum next door.


Above: Elric plays beautifully on the Harpsichord. Where else will you see a sweaty fighter playing a lovely (I think reproduction) instrument like this?
Below: the FUN continues in this stunning location....



Sat 25 Aug 2007
Today, more combat, more fun, Curia and court etc. We both met heaps of cool people, and had a great time.

Sun 26 Aug 2007
After saying our good-byes, we had a few hours available for touristing.
We started with the pretty, local town of Budingen. We stuffed ourselves with Wild Boar from the spit, and cheesy potato bake. Yum! Then we downed some gormet takeaway ice-cream too. The range and imagination of serving was astonishing. You could get a cheese-burger looking thing, that was actually iceream, and so on!
Anyway, here's a couple of shots of the town....


Then we travelled on to Rothenburg castle.


Above: Steve with our hostess Jeanne, in a 16th century kitchen. The staff run medieval cooking classes for the public too, but not while we were there.
Below: the views were beautiful.



Mon 27 Aug 2007
Bank holiday (public hol) so Steve and Jen did laundry and prepared new clothes to wear for next weekend. Jen will be visiting Finland, and Steve, Wales.

Tue 28 Aug 2007
Transferred our 10% house deposit to our solicitor. Scary!
Still homeless, but really looking forward to a real actual move-in date. Was initially meant to be last week but the seller keeps pushing it back - very frustrating!