Lately, I have become aware that I spend much of my time by myself. Working from home has its perks: proper coffee whenever I want it, a late start (later end time...but it all evens out), lounging in the reading window to answer emails, 2 walkies a day with Josey, lunch 3 paces away. It's all very nicey nicey, busy busy, but generally very quiet.
It was with this revelation that I decided I needed to get 'out there' more, so I did some detective work that lasted all of 2 minutes, and found a morning coffee networking event. Every Friday. From 8am to 9am. Perfect. Time to be bold and get out of my comfy shell and go and meet people. Great.
I had been looking forward to this networking lark all week. Planning Josey's walkies around it, as I am usually walking her at that hour. And even getting a bit excited about the 'What to wear' issue. The usual jeans and t-shirt, or perhaps something a bit more girlie, colourful and fun.
So, late Thursday night, when my eyes feel so tired that they may just slide right out of my face, I opened up my laptop, turned it on and began to find directions to this fabulous coffee networking morning. Newcastle. Fine. There was even a little map provided by Google.
Looking at the map confused me, but only slightly. Didn't quite remember those street names, but hey, I haven't lived here long and I couldn't possibly know every street in the city. Zoomed out to see the bigger area. Again...didn't ring any bells. Although I was certain it was in the area of town where I get my car serviced.
(Do you know where I am going with this, yet?)
Zoomed out again. Hm. Now, I didn't get the orientation. Surely that was on the wrong side of the river.
Zoomed out again. NSW? Where did that tiny island come from????
I was looking at the East coast of Australia. So very VERY different from the East coast of England.
This is Newcastle, Australia:
This is Newcastle upon Tyne, England:
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