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So that day came around as it always does, the one where teachers are at least as anxious as their students - results day. No-one quite knew what to expect this year as it was the first year of the new 9-1 grades in English and Maths and on Wednesday evening in an effort to distract ourselves, we decided to plan a quick jaunt up to Liverpool for a few days away. Well the results turned out pretty good, which is more than I can say about the drive up. We set off after a morning of results on Thursday and arrived here 6 hours later after quite a bit of queuing on the motorway.

Liverpool as it turns out is quite the northern gem, and anyone reading this who hasn't yet taken the time to visit should plan a trip poste-haste! We're stopping close to Liverpool One which is pretty central and have managed to get about quite a bit. We've been down to the Albert Docks a few times - including today when it seemed to be hosting a folk festival with lots of musicians performing all around the docks - very exciting! We've also been to see the Cathedrals - both of which are less than 100 years old and one of which is celebrating its golden anniversary this year, having only opened 50 years ago!

You can't get too far without bumping into a bit of Beatles mania and amongst other things we saw a canal boat painted up as a yellow submarine, passed by the Cavern nightclub and stopped by 'a case history' which is a sculpture featuring cases from many of Liverpools famous faces including the Beatles. We also visited the central library which is a fantastic bit of architecture and features a wonderful circular reading room set over 3 levels - Dani was in her element surrounded by all the books. 

Anyway, we had a fantastic time, but sadly will be on our way tomorrow. Enjoy the photos!

Wow, how time flies when you're having fun. We've officially been back a month although it seems pretty hard to believe. We've mostly been zipping between Coventry and Sheffield for the last month with a small camping stint in Swansea last week and a couple of weekends in Nottingham. I guess when put like that its easier to see where the time has gone, but it really has flown. We have to go flat/house/small cheap hole hunting in London next week to find something for mid September when my couse is due to start. I think its going to be pretty hard to get used to the prices!! Any recommendations of good areas to live?

In other Welsh news, I was pleased to see the roadworks are still going on, enroute to Swansea including the two cone-a-bouts (perfectly constructed roundabouts including slip lanes made entirely from cones - awesome!) I was however rather dismayed to find carparking in Cardif at 80p per 15 minutes!! Is that the most expensive parking in the UK - or does anyone else know worse? Finally, and probably most importantly, the uplands diner is still in business and serving the most awesome fry up ever!

I think that will have to do for today, there is much to be doing and what not, nobody told me the life of an unemployed layabout bum would be so busy! Cheerio ta ta, I really have no idea if anyone will read this, but here's hoping!

I'm really getting pretty bad at updating this now we've got back! It must be this busy lifestyle I'm living! We are at this moment back in a hostel - this time in London on a flat hunting expedition. We've seen a fiar few places so far but the final decision is still evasive! Theres a couple of places we're interested in so far but the question is do we choose the really nice or fall for the mildly cheap!?

I think the cheap has the edge for me (predictably some might say) but I think the nicer one currently has the edge with Dani. We shall have to have a second look - and probably by the time we reach a decision the one we want may have gone :-S - I do hate this flat hunting business! It's Dani's birthday on Friday and we're going to the zoo which should be very exiting - I can't wait to see the elephants (my favourite). Other than that there isn't a terrible amount of news, we had a holiday in Swansea a little over a week ago, which was pretty cool - lots of sunshine and some excitement with an air ambulance (which blew a couple of tents away).

Right I better get back to looking on gumtree, checking email and hitting a few more estate agents (not literally). Congratulations to anyone reading this, I think I may have lost my readership since stopping the email updates. See you all soon!

Cheerio ta ta