Posted by Thinker on Jun 28, 2009 in
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Spending a summer picking fruit is hard but satisfying work. As many European studies have found over this and the previous summers Broadwater farm is a great place to earn some money and use as a base to explore the UK.
Broadwater Farm in England is a traditional UK Fruit Farm, set in the beautiful Kent countryside. The farm produces crops of Bramley and Gala apples, pears, cherries and plums. This top quality fruit is supplied to retailers throughout the UK. During the summer months (June, July, August, September and October) students arrive from many European countries to spend their summer holiday fruit picking and experience living and working in the UK.
Accommodation is provided in well-appointed mobile homes. For evening entertainment there is a television lounge and a broadband internet connection. The farm is one hour by train from London and 10 minutes’ walk from the town of West Malling for supermarkets, pubs and restaurants. Nightclubs and shopping in Maidstone are a short train or bus journey away.
Broadwater Farm has invested in a fruit picking train – a system which has proved popular with the farmers and workers, following a trial in 2007. To attract students to farm work a website has been set up which enables potential applicants to see what apple picking in the UK is all about. Photos of current and previous harvesters, their accommodation and the farm itself illustrate the opportunities far more clearly than words.
Their website does more than attract students to the summer farm work. It provides useful checklists of things to do before leaving home and on arrival at the farm in the UK. After a summer of fruit picking and apple harvesting they can reminisce over photos of their colleagues and read up-to-date news of activity on the Farm.
Posted by Thinker on Jun 28, 2009 in
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Not too long ago I broke down, opened up my purse and paid decent money for a pair of Ugg Boots. Now I’m not the real girly type who wears lipstick and short dresses all the time, usually you’ll find me in a pair of blue jeans. While visiting a good friend of mine in college last year, I was introduced to a really unique fashion boot.
I love how light these ugg boots are. It’s like wearing a pair of really comfortable sandals. The outer skin is actually sheepskin and it’s a kind of suede feeling, yet it has better thermal properties than suede does, so it keeps your feet warmer than traditional leather. The rubber bottoms are crafted from this really lightweight rubber and seem to conform perfectly to my feet.
Being the same size as my friend, we went out one night and I wore them snugly over my jeans. A nice flower top with puffy sleeves and I have to tell you I looked good. What impressed me the most was the comfort of these boots. The following morning, I put them back on, wrote her a check and told her to go get herself another pair.
If you can picture this, me and my friend, both pulling on each end of one of the boots until she falls back after I let go. This prompted a friendly punch to my arm. After we made ourselves cry laughing over how stupid this was, I got on her laptop and ordered the same exact pair as hers. This should end our fighting. And with so many outfit combinations that these boots work with, we don’t have to worry about being out with the same boots on, no one even notices because the rest of our outfits are so different.
It’s been a year since that trip to see my longtime friend Linda, we still talk on the phone about that day we fought over a pair of boots. Both of us are still wearing our boots too. Linda introduced me to these boots and I think I’ll be wearing them for a very long time. For right now, as long as they are still made, I’ll keep buying. I’m so thankful for the Internet, there’s no stores anywhere near my town where I can buy them, I can get really cheap ugg boots too. I hear my laptop calling, and my credit card too.
Posted by Thinker on Jun 28, 2009 in
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