Martin McDowell's Blog

As part of my mission to return to the veterinary profession I also payed for a training called “Retraining course in Small Animal Practice” that was held at Bristol University from the 16 to the 20 of Apr 2007. After that I drove into Bristol and had a little walkabout that took me the better [...]

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I took a great trip towards a little town called Fishbourne and continued towards Cardigan from there. Just by chance I stopped the car at a lay-by that had a little sign that showed the direction towards the coastal path. I was the only one on the lay-by and I took my chance thinking it [...]

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It was a nice day and I wanted to see what the place, I was living, looked at. I headed from Haverfordwest to Fishguard and just continued on towards Cardigan. I stopped on a lay-by to answer the mobile when I saw there was a sign on the side of the road indicating to the [...]

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I reserved a hotel in Ashford and it took me less than half an hour to get there from Folkstone – the UK side of the Channel tunnel. It was 1 o’clock in the morning CET I was a bit worried leaving all my stuff in the car on an unsecured parking lot and at [...]

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The trip got a bit boring after that, I knew the German part was ending soon as I passed Aachen. The Dutch part was completely uneventful, but I did get some pictures on a lay-by of absolutely nothing interesting. After that came Belgium and Brussels with it. I heard of people missing the circular road [...]

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I watched a documentary on one of the satellite channels a while ago about the might of the Germany autobahns and well they are constructed. I even remember how good they were the last time I used them on the trip to Scotland in 1999. This time, however, it was obvious, that they can be [...]

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After having a chance to get my bearings I have finally got finger to keyboard to write about the trip. Unfortunately I still do not have an internet connection and despite having a wireless-enables laptop I still cannot get to use someone’s wireless router to get online. Sorry folks but desperate times call for desperate [...]

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I have finally made to Wales. More information will follow as I have no internet connection here, hopefully only for the moment.

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