Andrew J Dunlop

Following on from this mad train journey…

Start 21:45 30/08/2008

Berlin Hauptbahnhof (21:45) to Paris Gare du Nord (09:14) - City Night Line Nacht Zug

Paris Gare du Nord (12:13) to London St. Pancras (13:28) - Eurostar

London Paddington to Reading - First Great Western

Reading to Birmingham New Street - CrossCrountry

Birmingham New Street to Crewe - Virgin Trains

Crewe (22:20) to Holyhead (00:31) - Virgin Trains

Holyhead (02:40) to Dublin Ferry Port (05:55) - Irish Sea Ferries

Dublin Ferry Port to Dublin Bus Station - Bus Éireann - Not included in ticket

Dublin Connolly Street (07:35) to Belfast Central (09:45) - Enterprise

Belfast Central (10:50) to Ballymoney (12:00) - NI Railways

Arrival: 12:00 01/09/2008

Duration: 38hrs 15mins

Using: 9 Trains (inc. London Underground), 1 Ferry & Bus

…and all in time for my Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary party.

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So its been 6mths and 4days. Here are my reasons for not posting for over half a year.

1. Was at home for 4mths with a 56k (I wish) connection. It would have been faster to write it in Braille on the back of a piece of dust and then personally had deliver it to each one of your houses with out any form of transportation.
2. I forgot (anyone who knows me will know about my randomified memory)
3. I couldn’t be bothered (writing about yourself is supprisingly time consuming and boring)

So here are a few highlights from the last 760ish hours of my life

• Had to gut out Weston Hall room and move stuff to 132 (my new house)
• Passed 1st year of my course at uni (somehow)
• Have been going out with Rebecca for over 8mths
• Went to Witby with Rebecca, Benj, Jo, Sean, Sharon, Lydia and Fiona
• Worked in new Tesco in Ballymoney during the summer
• Also was temp church caretaker at Roseyards
• Rebecca came to Northern Ireland (Norn Iron) for 4days
• Went to Lancaster to stay at Rebecca’s house for 4days
• organized SaltShakers Youth Fellowship Weeklet (was a weekend but not at the weekend) event called MADD3R with Jonny Patton
• Got new minister at Roseyards Church (Dr Mark Jones)
• Started 2nd year of Uni at UMIST
• Although not for long merged with the Victoria UoM to be called The University of Manchester

Recent History

Am over half way into my 3rd semester at Uni. I am living in house with Benj, Sean and Mark. Have got a new bike (well new to me) and have been cycling in and out of Uni.

Congrats for reading all that. The next ones from now on should just be random updates less of the speel. (but all depends on whether I can be bothered)

Signing out, Bye Bye Now

edit: Added title and tags (23/04/2008)

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