Saxmundham 12 to 18 April 2015

Ok, this is what I'm here for.  The Guesthouse is on the edge of town with countryside spreading out around the back.  It's well set up for it's purpose.  Actually the company is incredible well organised and everything works!  Recruitment, training, accommodating people - that's what I've experienced so far.  Now for the next step - well in a few days.

In the meantime - Saxmundham - such a pretty little town.  Apparently it is a town and not a village because it has Tesco and Waitrose - in their terms small, but in our terms pretty decent sized supermarkets, think PnP Waterfront.   The centre of town is old but a new area built around what is effectively a village green is built in a style which fits in really well.

We had 9 people in our training group for the week - 4 South Africans, 1 Hungarian and 1 Polish lady, and 3 English (one guy) - all lovely people.  As with any short intense course like this where you are with each other all day and most are staying in the same guesthouse, bombarded with information from all sides - you tend to bond.  There were a couple of other people staying in the guesthouse as well but not doing our training.  There wasn't time to do more than attend training all day with breaks for lunch and tea, head off for a walk and to buy supper, review work, sleep and then begin again.  But I managed to pass everything - theoretical and practical and I've been given my new booking starting on the 29th.  Confidentiality is  a big thing so I won't be talking much about that side of the job, but I will tell you what's happening in my life.

On Friday it was time to celebrate so a few of us went out for supper to the local Hotel.

Saturday morning was time to leave as a new bunch of trainees was due to arrive. Because my first job is in 10 days time, barring any relief work which they require, I needed to find somewhere else to stay for a couple of days.  Off to Woodbridge, a bigger town a couple of train stations away.