I ended up not having time to go out today as I was working on long tax hearing. I was, however, able to fully enjoy the wonderful sunshine thanks to the large windows in here. When I did go out around four to put out the trash, I was glad I hadn’t made plans to go into the village as it was COLD. The wind just howled all day and I suspected that it would be bringing the promised cold snap and snow. Wish I’d been wrong…
One thing of note that I did today is that I called my host’s Spanish teacher to confirm that I’m expected to join her conversation class tomorrow! She said yes, but that she thinks I’ll be too advanced for her group. The cost is just £5 for one hour (basically the same as an hour on horseback on Isla!), so I can try it out and if I don’t like it, I don’t have to go again. I have quite a bit of work for tomorrow and Friday, but I’m still going to aim to actually spend time in the village tomorrow and get a few pictures. 🙂
I have to be extra diligent about accepting work since my next sit was cancelled. 🙁 So that leaves me with a hole of more than a month to fill before I fly back to Canada. I really do not want to have to pay UK rates for a month’s accommodation, so I’m combing the housesitting ads in the hopes of finding a couple either near here or London (to cut down on travel costs). I’ve got a month, so there’s time. I’m just not happy with the levels of the coffers right now since work still hasn’t picked back up to full-time and I haven’t yet paid for travel from Montreal to Haven or from Haven to Mérida. Thankfully, like in Bulgaria, there’s not really anywhere to spend money here unless I eat out or go into Halifax, so I can at least stop the financial bleed a bit. I’ve been going non-stop since I left Almería, so I’m quite content to sit by the fire here for a few days. 🙂
I wish I could post pictures of this house. It is just so ME. There are lots of things in it that I actually own back home and the cat is a twin of my late Neelix. So all that has led to my feeling so comfortable here so quickly.
More tomorrow with pictures of my adorable, hilly, stony English village. 🙂
I stayed in Hounslow for about $48 a night. Tiny room but clean and very nice hosts. Old B&B. Nice local cafe’s with the kind of food you like and 2 stops from Heathrow. With the tube about 200 feet from the B&B.
See, that’s a great nightly rate, but not when multiplied over a month. I need something around 15CAD a night (500CAD for the month) to not go broke.
Ahhh Okay. I understand.
I can’t imagine being able to pay that much a month for housing!
Added; Lampton Guest House.
I forgot where was that one month stint?
Near Read, Lancashire, about an hour from here. It was for just under three weeks.