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Sunday 21 October 2012

Somewhere in Shropshire

Returned from a weekend in Shropshire - it was sunny yesterday and foggy today. I even managed to get some photos of the countryside while out hunting geocaches. Driving there from the Midlands is interesting - very very twisty turny roads if you aren't using the motorway to get there. We even managed to gatecrash a party yesterday, quite by happy accident. It made a change from answering phones and making bookings all week for a very busy local tourist attraction!



House on the left from 1509, and a Norman Church

Saturday 13 October 2012

Autumn

Autumn is most certainly here! It is cold, the radiators are on, there are squirrels everywhere, and the trees are suddenly ablaze with multicoloured leaves. It even hailed today! It is all a reminder of this time last year, when we were living in Vancouver, and seeing the best and worst that Autumn could throw at us. We invested in heavy-duty raingear: Vancouver shops are full of it - casually making light of the Pacific Northwest tendency for incredibly wet weather! We also had beautiful, cloud-free, bright days that just made everything gleam.

Having had a look through last year's blog posts to find appropriately Autumnal Vancouver pictures, it is quite odd to find that I am in the same position again - unemployed, seeking work. Hopefully this will change soon, but for now I am keeping busy with temporary positions. Useful for finding out about new workplaces, meeting new people and getting some money in the coffers. So, Vancouver pictures can be found here: http://www.adamdaisyadventure.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/keeping-busy.html .

Another 'keeping busy' task today was helping to set up this new website: www.agh-electrical.co.uk. This is the website for AGH Electrical - local Electricians in the South Birmingham and Solihull areas, registered and inspected by the NICEIC (National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting). Friendly, trustworthy and with their own set of promises! 

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Vancouver blog
AGH Electrical

Tuesday 9 October 2012

Bad blogger

Bad blogger indeed. Apologies for the total lack of updates. It really is appallingly bad. However, I guess I can say it is down to having some additional temporary work. It is great to be busy, though it is not permanent. The duckpond job didn't happen, unfortunately.

However, having the odd weekday free does allow for pursuit of some additional fun activities: yesterday we went out to Earlswood woods to find geocaches! The first one was so well hidden we didn't succeed in finding it, but managed three more and another after lunch. Geocaches, for the uninitiated, are small, hidden items that you use GPS coordinates to find. On smartphones there are applications that list these hidden items that you then use a map, hints and a compass to locate. Hints yesterday included 'step' and '12 trunk tree'. The one that was 'magnetic' was brilliant: hidden upside down inside a road barrier! Nobody but a geocacher would have any idea it was there. If one gets removed, there's nothing of particular value, and therefore not a huge loss. Good fun.

Friday was The Wizard of Oz at the Crescent Theatre, Saturday was spent planting seedlings in Malvern, and Sunday was a trip to the Electric Cinema to see Untouchable - absolutely great.

Do you know any children aged between 7-16, interested in singing and dancing? If so, they are invited to audition to take part in Queensbridge Musical Theatre Society's performance of The Wizard of Oz at the Solihull Arts Complex theatre between 18-22 June 2013. The date of the audition is Saturday 20 October 2012. For more details, please contact Sabrina Handy on 07917333915 or sjhandy2382@gmail.com. Rehearsals will take place weekly in Kings Heath. 

And now for some more jobhunting - just as tricky as geocaching!

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Geocaching
Crescent Theatre
Untouchable at the Electric Cinema