This post is dedicated to two things. The lovely sunset i managed to catch on camera last night. And the season i started watching yesterday, Pretty Little Liars!!! i now have three seasons to watch in my down time thanks to Tess giving me a great website! so i had a great day lying in bed watching PLL and also reading Bridget Jones’ diary :) i also finally received my parcel containing some rather cheap ugg boots so now i shall have warm feet! i was very excited about this indeed :)
Hello Hello,
The last few days have been lovely, but sadly the holidays are nearly over and i return to working tonight. After my day of cleaning on Thursday i was lucky enough to get out of school for a couple of days. Christie picked me up Friday morning and we ventured into Bath. Being 30 mins away Bath is relatively close for a nice day trip. We walked around the shops for a while and i tried an amazing milkshake from this weird shake shop. You can literally choose what you want in it and they will put it all together. New flavours coming soon included cheese, chilli and paprika!. But i went for something rather normal?? The Dave consisted of Ferrero rochers, kinder bueno and topped off with Flake. It was very nice.
Christie with her Dave
We walked around and went into Bath Abbey. It was huge and beautiful. The ceiling’s were amazing but all of the tombs were a little too freaky for me, but i definitely appreciated the atmosphere. The Abbey was right in the middle of everything, the shops and the Roman Baths.
The Roman Baths were right next door so we went in to have a look at the naturally warm springs in the middle of the city. They are quite iconic and a huge attraction in Bath so it was great to be able to now say i have been there, and i have the photos as proof! We walked around the baths with our electronic devices that spoke to us of the history of the Baths and the Romans. I was even fortunate enough to be able to taste the water. It was horrible!! i never will taste it again. Warm water that tasted metallic and it was terrible hopefully i live longer now or something, who knows?! The ducks that were swimming in the bath was the main attraction for some, they just wanted to capture the animals swimming, not the Baths at all.
The ducks!
Guess what its full of? MONEY!
This was just because of the smell…
I found the whole city to be quite pretty and clean. The sandstone and cobbled streets were lovely and it definitely felt as if i wasn't home anymore. We walked up to the Circus, which was a round circle of apartments.
The Bath rugby stadium is just behind those trees
After our trip in Bath, Christie was kind enough to drop me into Wells where i would be staying the night with Helen, an Australian Teacher fro school. She and her partner Mick, also Australian, had m over for the night. We went to the pub for a drink then headed onto the Indian restaurant, where the waiter believed i was American. This was a but of a shock considering i was sitting with two other Australians who have been here a lot longer then i have! i was very spoilt as they paid, so of course i was very grateful.
Saturday Helen and i went for a walk into town. Wells is classified as a city as it has a Cathedral, yet everything is very close, walking distance. The Saturday markets were on, but as i haven’t been paid yet, I'm a little on the short side of money. We walked in and around the Cathedral which was also amazing and up the cobblestone street, a very old street from the 1100’s if i can recall correctly?, if not, it is extremely old. We also went into The Bishops Palace, which had very nice gardens and i was shown the ‘Well’ that Wells is named after. The Palace was surrounded by a moat and i believe the current Bishop also lives there and the section that was not part of the attraction.
Bishops Palace entrance
And now i am back at school ready to start again this afternoon as the boarders return back to school. I have also had a lovely invite to join the Hannah’s for lunch soon, so it wont be another meal of pasta for me today! i also have a number of postcards to write then to find somewhere to send them. Hope you all enjoy this long post, has taken me nearly an hour, i so dedicated!! and i apologise for any spelling, grammar etc, i cant be bothered going back through it all :)
Talk soon
Molly xx
Hi all,
It has been a while since i have last informed you of what i have been up to. My apologies and ill try to fill you in on everything now! i am currently in the middle of half term break but i shall back track a bit for you first. I went paintballing on Sunday the 3rd on Feb which was amazing and scary and everything put together. We were given an overall suit piece of clothing and a protective vest (which did not do much at all). We were all split into odds and evens and these were our teams. Each team managed to consist of kids, a gap or two and a teacher. WE played a total of six rounds, each game differing to the next. Our paintball guns were rather heavy and cold to hold as we were out fighting for our lives in mud, cold, bush and everything else you could think of! The war wounds i obtained were pretty impressive but unfortunately i couldn't take pictures as they weren't in the most appropriate places. The end game somehow ended up with all of the gaps stuck in a fort whilst the kids had to use up the rest of their paint bullets, which meant we got slaughtered and hit multiple times! It was one of the scariest things i have ever done but it was a hell of a lot of fun!
The very muddy crew!
(credit to school camera)
So now we are on half term break. Everyone has gone their separate ways as they all pre planned trips before i arrived. So Saturday was my very relaxing day, watched some movies and TV episodes on m laptop and did some washing. Sunday i was invited over to the Hannah’s house. The Hannah’s are residents in the school as Kate is a house parent and husband Kevin is an Aussie teacher here. They are very lovely and they have 3 boys all under the age of ten which means they are extremely full on. Anyway they had another family round for a Sunday roast lunch and i joined in. It was great to be back in a family atmosphere. The rugby was on so the dads and boys watched as the mums, dogs and i went for a walk in the muddy field with the wind and rain in our faces.
The Hannah’s were also kind enough to invite me to go with them to Henley to Kate’s parents house. They have a beautiful old 3 story house right on the main street so you could walk everywhere from home. We had a look at the Henley regatta river which happened to be up quite high, so it was running extremely fast. Kate’s parents were very welcoming which was lovely. i felt very spoilt with my own room and a double bed! i never thought id see one again until i got home. On Tuesday we went to the river and rowing museum which was very interesting. It featured the history of Henley, the Thames and Rowing. There was also an exhibition of Wind in the Willows as it was filmed in Henley. Kate’s sister arrived with her kids so Granny spoilt us all to go to the cinema and see Wreck it Ralph in 3D. Wednesday was my day of shopping in town. There was the main street which had all of the shops on so i went for a walk and bought a few bits and pieces. But i have found everything is very expensive here, and i must try and save my money for items of necessity, bu7t i can spoil myself sometimes right? we got back home last night at about 7pm so i cooked some tea, watched a movie and did some online shopping!! for necessary items of course :)
The Hannah’s
It is snowing here, but it doesn’t show in the photo, but yes it did start snowing before we let to come home yesterday
My room with a double bed and view from the third level
Today i have been for a run in the freezing cold, clean my room at least 4 times, done two loads of washing, changed all of my bedding and am about to head upstairs to clean the Gap Flat. Now i must explain the gap flat is a room upstairs supplied to the Gaps with a small kitchen, TV fridge etc. However the gaps are told to keep it clean and tidy so that the cleaners will also come and clean and collect the rubbish. For some reason the boys obviously don’t understand this and it is an absolute pigsty! I’m going to attempt to clean it and then show them how much ore room there is inside the flat!
Tomorrow i am venturing into Bath with Christie who is doing her uni placement here. She lives close by and has offered to take me in to see some sights which shall be good. Ill stay in Wells tomorrow night with Helen who is also an Aussie teacher here at school then we will go to lunch and do the markets on Saturday which will be lovely. i start back at work on Sunday afternoon as the boarders return to start the next five weeks of lent term then it is Easter!
Can i also ask for some email addresses. I don’t have anyway which is a shame! so just hit me up with an email of your email so i can then email! got it? send to Mollystubbings@gmail.com
Okay i must go clean and collect my washing!
Talk soon
Molly xx
