Passport Hell

At this moment in time there is a plane just making it's final
approach to the Greek island of Crete. I should have been on that
plane but iam not because my passport is no longer valid. I now have
to jump through various hoops to make it valid.

These consist of things to do:

1. Go to the post office to get an application pack.

2. Then the hairdresses to loose my Beatle doo. Or ask my Girlfriend
is she would cut it for me. Its important as Passports last 10 years.
Therfore my current look I will still be rockin when I am 41. I think
i need be looking a bit more respectable.

3. I then need to go raise the £114 that the Government wants so I can
prove I am British ( I guess only us Brits would pay that!) Again
hoping Emma will help out here.

4. Next stop supermarket to get Passport photos taken.

5. Have dinner

6. Bed, as i am up early to drive cross country to Peterbrough for my
9:30 passport fast track appointment.

7. Wait 4 hours and it should be done!

8. Pack ...still haven't packed :-(

9. Fly to Crete on Friday 3 days late!

10. Happy Holiday

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Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

It seems I could learn a thing about simplicity from Marcel Duchamp the French painter of the Dada movement.

It has been said that his wife Teeny Matisse, once said she was struck by "how little space he took up."


I on the other hand demand more space than I have available. I need to start deconstructing the clutter I surround myself with.

This goes for travel you would think I would have minimalisim sorted but anything but, where as old Marcel was a master...

On weekend trips his baggage was :

Never a suitcase

Two shirts worn one atop the other

A toothbrush in his jacket pocket

That's it!
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Journey of Simplicity

This Tuesday I embark on my first adventure of the year,I going to my parents place on the Greek island of Crete. After 8 months of what I can describe as feeling as though I've been trapped in a vice, finally I have wriggled my way free. I now have two weeks holiday and I am looking forward to enjoying it.

Question is what do I take with me. I've booked it on the cheap ,and because of that I can only take with me one item of hand luggage. What's worse its got a 5kg weight limit on it so I really have to think long and hard about what I take. Where as Big was once beautifull, now its all about small. I really want to take my Macbook but I think its out the question. I allso want to take my Cannon 20d and Sony HD camcorder but again its just not going to be practical.

I need to Micro-pack with maximum punch, I find myself striving for simplicity yet hooked on complexity. I think I am going to struggle with this one, so I am off to find some inspiration and to find out if my phone will work at the very least.
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