Egypt
I have to go up to Wales unexpectedly today, so I won't be around until early next week. Sorry! I'll backdate when I get back.
Before I go I just want to say that I am having trouble with email. Some older emails are sitting in my "to do" folder in my Inbox - those are at least a week old and require lengthy replies which I haven't had time to get around to. But others simply haven't reached me (people have been phoning me to ask why I haven't replied). If I haven't replied over the last several days then I haven't received your message. I have no idea why and am hoping that my ISP will sort itself out whilst I'm away. For the older emails in my "to do" folder I'll put aside a day for them when I get back.
Sorry about all this but I can't say how busy I've been.
Bloomsbury Summer School starts next week and I will be heavily involved in the running of it, so you will have to bear with me over the next month. Things are going to be somewhat chaotic.
A note on desert travel. My Canon 40D came back from repair at Canon yesterday after its traumatic trip to Egypt in March - where I dropped it, broke the lens attached to it (which I repaired after a fashion with parcel tape) and then managed to get its workings completely stuffed with sand. Never, ever expose your camera to sand if you can help it. The Canon bill for cleaning out the sand alone came to more than some mid-range digital cameras cost. Never mind a camera case - a zip-up plastic bag is a much better idea. I may do a feature on the practicalities of desert travel when I get back. It's just that once I start writing on the subject I may not be able to stop!
All the best
Andie
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Egypt
Blog Update
I have to go up to Wales unexpectedly today, so I won't be around until early next week. Sorry! I'll backdate when I get back.Before I go I just want to say that I am having trouble with email. Some older emails are sitting in my "to do" folder in my Inbox - those are at least a week old and require lengthy replies which I haven't had time to get around to. But others simply haven't reached me (people have been phoning me to ask why I haven't replied). If I haven't replied over the last several days then I haven't received your message. I have no idea why and am hoping that my ISP will sort itself out whilst I'm away. For the older emails in my "to do" folder I'll put aside a day for them when I get back.
Sorry about all this but I can't say how busy I've been.
Bloomsbury Summer School starts next week and I will be heavily involved in the running of it, so you will have to bear with me over the next month. Things are going to be somewhat chaotic.
A note on desert travel. My Canon 40D came back from repair at Canon yesterday after its traumatic trip to Egypt in March - where I dropped it, broke the lens attached to it (which I repaired after a fashion with parcel tape) and then managed to get its workings completely stuffed with sand. Never, ever expose your camera to sand if you can help it. The Canon bill for cleaning out the sand alone came to more than some mid-range digital cameras cost. Never mind a camera case - a zip-up plastic bag is a much better idea. I may do a feature on the practicalities of desert travel when I get back. It's just that once I start writing on the subject I may not be able to stop!
All the best
Andie
- First Batch Of Back-dated Posts
Please find below a batch of back-dated posts. I am only half way through my Google Reader feed, and haven't looked at either my emails or my Yahoo! alerts yet. This could take some time! Best Andie Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- If The Weather Gives Us A Break We're Off To Luxor Today
There's nothing like sending postcards before you've even left the country :-) . I am hoping to fly to Luxor today although we are inevitably psyching ourselves up to spending the night at Terminal 3 thanks to the snow and ice. Oh joy. My house...
- Blog Updates
Thanks a million to everyone who emailed with news items whilst I was away. I have now read all the emails and on the posts below you fill find a round up of the news stories that were waiting in my Inbox. I still haven't been through my RSS aggregator...
- Daily Photo And Update
I'm off to Wales today and am back on Friday. I have no idea if I will manage to update the blog between now and then as we have an awful lot to sort out whilst I'm there. If not, I'll backdate the blog at the weekend. Cheers. Andie The...
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I am going up to north Wales for few days - I am off on Tuesday morning this week (the 12th) and will be back on Saturday 16th. As I still haven't managed to recruit a willing victim to babysit this monster during my absences the blog will not be...