{"id":545,"date":"2011-03-23T01:43:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T01:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=545"},"modified":"2013-04-03T08:25:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T08:25:10","slug":"taff-down-undermissadventures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=545","title":{"rendered":"Taff Down Under"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Taff Down Under&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt\">Some time back I packed in all I knew, and left Cornwall where I was then living, friends and family,&nbsp;to be with my new wife in Oz. Some predicted it would all end in farce, well they weren&#39;t far wrong, but probably not how they expected. The following series of e-mail based stories of my travails in Oz, were sent to the UK in the vague hope of keeping in touch with some of the tossers I knew there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt\">They were then put on the debate forum I used, and people enjoyed them there too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;Seeing as some people found <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">laughing at my stupidity <\/span>my tales amusing, I&#39;ve continued to write up any holidays or farces we go through here. Laugh at me all&nbsp;you want, bastards, but don&#39;t forget, I know the dirt on you too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt\">&nbsp;Warning, strong language and blatant stupidity abounds in these stories&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width: 678px; height: 238px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>UK Trip 2011\/12&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=652\" title=\"Sydney \/ Moscow \/ Kingham\">Sydney\/Singapore\/Moscow\/Kingham.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=656\" title=\"Llanelli\">Llanelli<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=658\" title=\"Sennen\">Sennen<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=659\" title=\"Devon\">Devon.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=663\" title=\"The Fat Duck at Bray\">The Fat Duck<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=662\" title=\"London\/Moscow\/Hong Kong\/Sydney\/Home\">London\/Moscow\/Hong Kong\/Sydney\/Home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=565\">Taff down under 1<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=597\">Taff down under 2<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=567\">Taff down under 3<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=568\">Taff down under 4<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=569\">Taff down under 5<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">UK Trip 2009<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=606\">Hong Kong\/Oxford<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=612\">North Wales<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=609\">South Wales<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=607\">Cornwall <\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=613\">South Devon<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=610\">North Devon\/Wiltshire\/London<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=570\">Taff down under 6<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=571\">Taff down under 7<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=572\">Taff down under 8<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=573\">Taff down under 9<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=574\">Taff down under 10<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=605\">UK Trip 2007<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=601\">Pambula winter 08<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=614\">New Zealand Trip 09<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=577\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Taff down under 11<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=578\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Taff down under 12<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"..\/..\/tdu\/tdu13.htm\">Taff down under 13<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=577\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=579\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Taff down under 14<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=580\">Taff down under &nbsp;15<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=602\">Holiday memories<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=604\">A visit to Llanelli<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=600\">Getting Lost<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=603\">Holiday, with a difference!<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=580\">Taff down under 16<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=584\">Taff down under 17<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=585\">Taff down under &nbsp;18<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=586\">Taff down under 19<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=587\">Taff down under 20<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=595\">Taff up over 1<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=597\">Taff up over 2<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=598\">Taff up over 3<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=599\">Taff up over 4<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=588\">Taff down under 21<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=589\">Taff down under 22<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=590\">Taff down under 23<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"..\/..\/tdu\/tdu24.htm\">Taff down under 24<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=592\">Taff down under 25 <\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=593\">Taff down under 26<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatbeetle.com\/blog\/?page_id=594\">Taff down under &nbsp;27 <\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taff Down Under&nbsp; Some time back I packed in all I knew, and left Cornwall where I was then living, friends and family,&nbsp;to be with my new wife in Oz. 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