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Hydrogen bus?

Is it really powered in some way by hydrogen? Certainly seems to be steam rather than fumes coming from the exaust…

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Landed

…phone seems to be working. I’m connected to something called Is Tal – or Og Vodafone. Iceland looks just how I left it!

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Bag packed and ready to go

And so, it’s time for me to say aurevoir, toodlepip, sees you later. My bag is packed, I think I have everything (I hope I have everything), and I’m ready for the off. Tomorrow, at approximately 1pm I will be…

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Holiday mode…

It’s hot again today. It’s even hot in this air-con office. So I’ve taken the sensible choice, and have come to work in shorts and cork-soled, slip on sandles. There’s something very nice about sitting here, working on journals whilst…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 11

Emotional Farewells and Fond Memories Day 11. 6 August 2003 Wednesday. Bed at 2am, I wake at 8 after an interruption at 6 when Shaun leaves without so much as a goodbye leaving his lunchbox behind for us to remember…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 10

The Crazy Gang At Large in Tallinn (reprise) Day 10. 5 August 2003 Tuesday. Today I lie in to the grand ol’ hour of 8 o’clock. I’ve slept well — having settled surprisingly well back into the comfort of beds…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 9

Amber Shops and Elevants Day 9. 4 August 2003 Monday. Wake at 0700 hours. Seleft reasonably well last night despite the 2am-ish finish of the Truth or Dare and the cold feet in the early hours of Monday dawn. I…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 8

Boat trips, native horses and tug-o-war… Day 8. 3 August 2003 Sunday. The second of two leisure days. So, what’s on the itinerary? A boat trip, riding native horses (but round a paddock rather than the countryside) and a trip…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 7

“And another thing I’d like to remember to you…” Day 7. 2 August 2003 Saturday. “The interesting thing is that…” there’s something else that I have to tell you. Ester is one of those people – a historian, archeologist and…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 5

The woods, frisbie, liqueurs and tongue-twisters Day 5. 31 July 2003 Thursday. We return to the farm in our school bus but this time not to transfer to a collection of faithful if ailing vehicles. The woods where we are…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 4

Hay Making and Rides in the Mobile Sauna Day 4. 30 July 2003 Wednesday. Our thirty-seater German school bus arrives shortly after 9.15 to take us to the farm and to our first day of work. It is after barely…

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Adventures in Estonia: Day 3

“So – that’s it. I think.” Day 3. 29 July 2003 Tuesday. It’s the first morning on Saaremaa and I wake early – this time due to the uncomfortably hard beds – or boards – as we like to call…

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