Last time I left this blog I was job hunting and the delay
in the posts means I found one!! So, let’s start back in June. I’ll split this
into two posts June – September and October to Now. Job hunting took me 3 weeks
and in the meantime, Sarah showed me around Milton Keynes and introduced me to
Green Tea Chai Latte... mmmmm.
During this time I took a trip into London (see previous
post), only an hour away on the train for the Queens Jubilee, Thames River Pageant.
I’ve never seen so many people in all my life. I didn’t even end up getting to
see the river Thames because the crowd was so many people deep but I did get to
experience the atmosphere, travel around on the ‘tube’ and see some famous
landmarks.
I also managed to get down to Kent to see my Great Uncle
Derek and Great Aunt Pam for the day. I was lucky enough that they had all of
their sons, daughters in law and grandchildren around for the day as 1 son had
been married the previous day. I got to meet a lot of family in one go which
was a lot of fun! I even gave them a taste of NZ by taking around a Pavalova
Roll. In between working I hope to get down to London and Kent again soon so I
can see them again.
Being in Milton Keynes there are a lot of places of interest
that are a short coach or train ride away. I’d always wanted to see Oxford so
off I went to the University Town. Oxford has so many lovely buildings, a gorgeous
park and canal and bicycles and hanging baskets everywhere. It is such a pretty
place, I can see why one would love to go to Oxford for Uni! I walked around
the town and decided on a traditional English lunch of Bangers, Mash and a Pint
of Beer!
Eventually the holiday had to end and I got a phone call
about an interview. I went up to Leeds for the interview and had the job
secured an hour after leaving the office, I was to start on Monday the
following week. The next step was to find a place to live and I ended up
getting a room in a two bedroom flat in the middle of Leeds City Centre. I
moved in Saturday and started work Monday! I won’t bore you too much about the
work as at the end of the day, work is work and this blog is entitled ‘Steph’s
Adventures’! I had a 3 month contract working at Manheim Auctions doing some
web testing and met some really nice people during my time there.
A few weeks after starting the job, it was back down to
Milton Keynes for the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone. I felt very spoilt there as
we had guest passes of the British Racing Drivers Club thanks to Brendon. On
arrival we got to park in the grounds and then got taken by golf buggy between the
clubhouses. Watching F1 was such an experience, I had no idea the cars would be
so loud!! It was a great atmosphere and even though the first day we used our
umbrellas for rain, the second day I had to borrow Sarah’s for the sunshine!
Back in Leeds, I have taken a few day trips away on the
weekend to see places such as Kirkstall Abbey
Skipton Castle,
Embsay Railway, Bolton Abbey,
Harrogate, York, Sheffield and Manchester (to watch the All Whites play at Old Trafford as part of the Olympics!).
I also took another visit down to Silverstone to watch more racing, this time with Brendon in the car for Murphy Prototypes. We had a nice group of Kiwi’s there and it reminded me of our kiwi sayings such as ‘mean’ and ‘sweet as bro’. We really are a unique group of people and I’m so proud of that!
Skipton Castle,
Embsay Railway, Bolton Abbey,
Harrogate, York, Sheffield and Manchester (to watch the All Whites play at Old Trafford as part of the Olympics!).
I also took another visit down to Silverstone to watch more racing, this time with Brendon in the car for Murphy Prototypes. We had a nice group of Kiwi’s there and it reminded me of our kiwi sayings such as ‘mean’ and ‘sweet as bro’. We really are a unique group of people and I’m so proud of that!
I eventually made my way down to London again in early
September for an interview which went well but while I was there I got to see ‘Rock
of Ages’ at the Shaftsbury Theatre at West End and had a look around. I made
sure I visited the Museum of Natural History, the British Museum and Hyde Park!
Sarah joined me in Leeds for my birthday at the end of
September and we spent a really nice day in York. We had a good look around and
they had a food festival on which meant the place was busier than usual. After
a drink next to the river and a meal at Jamie’s Italian we headed back to Leeds
on the train. What a great way to spend a birthday!!
This pretty much takes us up to the end of September so next
stop is Prague...
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