I'm in Paddington Station, waiting to get on a train to Penzance. Why I'm going to Cornwall is an interesting, amusing and instructive tale, that I won't be able to go into in the 14 minutes I have left at this internet cafe terminal.
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Bumped into the lovely stonesouper Siobahn while wandering the streets of Edinburgh. Morgue, Cal and I met up with her and her brother in a tiny Irish live music pub, and then I met her for lunch the next day after climbing to the top of Arthur's Tor. (This is much closer to what I'd think of as "real exercise" than the ramble I went on with Paul & co. - lots of scrambling involved. The scariest thing is watching children zoom around on the rough, steep top of the tor, and not worry about them tripping and falling to their doom.) I'm really glad I bumped into Siobhan; at least she's planning to come back to NZ when she finishes her degree.
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Okay, eight minutes left. Basically, Cal & Morgue were off somewhere this weekend, so I thought I'd seize the opportunity to rearrange my stuff, possibly grabbing my passport from Ellen. Except, as I remembered on the train, Ellen is at a music festival this weekend.
So I was heading into London, and thought - where will I be sleeping tonight? Paul has left for Canberra by this point, but I do have his friend Bob's number, and an offer of a couch. But - as it turns out, the number I have is a work one, and by the time I realise this, it's already too late.
But nil desperandum - I have my friend Adrian's number from Morgue. So for the last two nights I've bee sleeping on Adrian's couch, which was quite comfortable, despite being a two-seater...
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Okay, stories about the other side of living in London as a Kiwi (watching rugby at a pub, waiting for friends to get out of a show in Soho late at night, and a real London club) will have to wait - I'll post this so I don't lose it!
Next stop - Cornwall!
Posted by svend at August 22, 2004 9:47 PM