Back now...

[westernind]

... from holiday, having successfully avoided all forms of internet-based communication for 23 days. In fact, mostly completely free of any form of telecommunication. All vestiges of incipient RSI have vanished. Incidentally there is no way I'm going to undo the good work by trawling back through LJ. Please tell me anything I've missed, or posts you'd like me to read? I've screened comments by default.

I have heard about Mike - but haven't been told how it happened.

Mongolia was everything we hoped it would be. No lasting sickness or injury incurred, not even when I fell off a suddenly horizontal horse into a freezing glacial stream during a hailstorm. We kept a journal throughout, and I was thinking of maybe transcribing it, mostly because both sets of handwriting are pretty dire and after a while I might not be able to remember what I wrote, let alone Simon. However, it's factual and personal rather than a piece of Great Travel Writing; very much 'wot we did on our holidays'.

[Edited to add - will unscreen anything that isn't confidential/private.]

Comments

[littleonionz.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! I hope and imagine it was wonderful and Exciting with a big E:)

[westernind.livejournal.com]

It was indeed. One side-effect is that my 'nervous traveller' beloved has been completely cured and is now up for almost everything.

[boglin.livejournal.com]

I'd certainly be interested to hear about your trip.

[westernind.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering whether to knock something together for Tim's 5 minute film challenge.

[lupercal.livejournal.com]

So would I! It's been one of my (many, many) pipedreams for years!

[nyarbaggytep.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Looking forward to catching up and hearing all about it.

[westernind.livejournal.com]

Are you going to Tim's film do? Thinking of coming up that weekend. In fact, thinking of trying to do a Mongolia fillum (souped up slideshow!)

[nyarbaggytep.livejournal.com]

I'm photographing a wedding in the day, but hoping to get there in time...

Go go souped up slideshow!

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

Can't make it to the film challenge, but would be very interested in seeing said film and hearing all about your holidays if you fancied meeting up whilst you're around. You're more than welcome to pop in, or we can arrange to meet up somewhere else if that's easier (although we'll have to work around Izzy to a degree when sorting out where).

[westernind.livejournal.com]

We're coming up by train so would be v difficult to make it out to your house, unfortunately. We're staying with Rob and Cam and around until mid-afternoon on Sunday - unless they need to sling us out or whatever! Maybe lunch, if you're free and mobile.

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

Ack - we're now committed to entertaining garethd here for Sunday lunch so are now stuck at home then. We're not really in a position to eat out atm anyway, tbh. If the weather's okay maybe we could have a wander around the park on Saturday afternoon? Just a thought.

[westernind.livejournal.com]

Not arriving until 6.30pm. Bah!

[quondam.livejournal.com]

Welcome home, look forward to hearing more details!

[irdm.livejournal.com]

I think a talking book transcription, with whooshes and arrrghhhs, would be a fine thing!

[westernind.livejournal.com]

That 'whoosh' would be coming down from the Great Wall of China on a slidey toboggan ride.

[phil-girl.livejournal.com]

would love to hear more about your travels as Mongolia is somewhere I know little to nothing about and it certainly beats camping in Penrith!

[eldelphia.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a fabulous time and would love to hear more. All I heard about Mike was he was hit by a train at (Stevanage?) train station :(

[lanyer.livejournal.com]

That's all we know at the moment, the police aren't releasing any more details yet.