It’s really strange, in many ways it feels like I have never been away from Stalybridge and its surroundings. It’s almost as if the last 10 months are just a dream that I have woken up from. Yet in another way I have been changed by the experience in many ways.
The main two ways that I have changed are one, in my ability to deal with the cold, and two my driving!!
Now it’s not that cold in the UK at the moment, its been in the early 20’s and yet it feels flipping freezing to me. When I left Karachi last week it was about 34 degrees and that was at 7am!! Then passing through Doha it was 42 degrees so I am finding a little difficult to adjust. So whilst everyone else is wandering around in short sleeves I have been out to buy a jumper!!
Now I am not claiming I would have won any prizes for my driving before I left for Karachi,but if I am not very careful I might win some more points on my UK license. I found myself going the wrong way down a one way street yesterday, and I over shot the lights at a major roundabout last Monday. I am yet to actually run a red light but it was very frustrating on Sunday morning going to church, I actually had to sit at half a dozen sets of traffic lights that were on red, something I would never have to do in Karachi.
I have had a fairly busy week, with some light retail therapy and a trip over to Darfield/Great Houghton and then on to Darlington. I went to Darfield to see my friends Neil and Catherine who are Rector and Rector’s wife of the parish of All Saints, Darfield with St Michael’s and All Angels, Great Houghton. He is also my old boss as I was previously Lay Assistant in the Parish before I left for Pakistan. It was good to catch up with them and show them all my photos. From there I went to Dave and Jayne’s in Great Houghton for tea and then to join my old house group for another run through my photos.
On Wednesday after catching up with Jayne’s parents I headed off to Darlington to stay with Meg. It was great to catch up with her and to show her all my pictures. We also spent time finalizing the programme for this year’s camp, SUbmerge 2008, which is the new incarnation for the Scripture Union holiday I have been doing for the last 17 years. The holiday starts on the 27th July and we are just about there with the programme.
This week I have to get on and marzipan the wedding cake I am making for my friends Gregg and Julie who get married on the 26th July. I also have to get my eyes tested and my car MOT, so its going to be a busy week. I am also trying to get ready for next term so I had better have a proper look at next year’s timetable and start working through the AS level Geography specification as I will teaching that in September, a teacher’s work is never done…
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Strange that even though you are in the UK, living in my shop flat, I have not had enough time to see you and find out what you have been up to, so reading your blog is great now that you are carrying it on here.
Hope we get together for tea soon then I can see all the photos too.xx
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