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The Travelling Fund; £10,000 in 10 months!!!

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  • NinjaSavingKat
    NinjaSavingKat Posts: 3,384 Forumite
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    edited 31 October 2014 at 9:57AM
    :j:j:j ATTENTION!!! :j:j:j

    [STRIKE]I am afraid of missing people!
    To be honest I think I have forgotten a few of you and I am SO SORRY!!!

    THANK this post and I will inbox you my blog name.[/STRIKE]

    :j:j:j:j:j

    EDIT - posted now to 29 people. Will start another one shortly for the stragglers...:rotfl:
    “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".
  • NinjaSavingKat
    NinjaSavingKat Posts: 3,384 Forumite
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    x__Indigo_x wrote: »
    heyy kat lovely to hear from you. So basically you have to pay about £20 to transfer your money from your UK bank to AUS bank?

    I am gonna open a bank yeah , how long did it take ? do you receive anything in the post as i probably haven't got time now!

    Thanks Kat and like apple muncher said can we have your blog name as you state others have posted comments but i have never seen it :) x

    Hello hun - I did it online and had a call from a UK rep within a day or so. He gave me a customer number and a pin to set up online banking.

    I transferred the money on the 26th, it showed up as "gone" on the 27th and I am hoping it will appear in the account in Oz by tomorrow. My bank is specific with this and very good, nationwide weren't as easy so I didn't use them. I was charged £28 in with my NI bank, Nationwide are £20.

    I honestly can't remember anything coming in the post. It's not to late.

    Blog name incoming....
    “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".
  • stewby
    stewby Posts: 1,206 Forumite
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    Hey NSK. Glad to see I made you smile. I didn't mean it in a negative way, I just felt I should be honest and it is what I thought.
    :o

    Just finished reading the whole thing (well, what is there so far). It's brilliant and really easy to read.

    The only thing is that I think you missed a word under one of the pictures (the second one in the beauty section). I am not sure what word but it kinda doesn't read right.
    :undecided

    The whole blog is well written and I was quite disappointed when I found I had read it all.
    Good luck with your travels and I look forward to lurking on your blog.
    ;)
    Mortgage: £0/£80,329.91
    Savings: £0/£6400
    :love:
  • PheoniX
    PheoniX Posts: 247 Forumite
    edited 29 October 2014 at 9:19AM
    Hi Kat! :wave:


    Great to hear everything's coming together and youre ready for the off on Monday!!!


    Not sure if I'm doing something wrong ( I am a complete biff where technology is concerned) but Ive googled the blog name you gave me a few weeks ago and cant seem to find it!! :'(


    Could you send me the link please Kat?
    :D Ninja Saving Turtle :D
    SFD 1 Food 0 Fuel 0 Fun 0 Misc 0
  • NinjaSavingKat
    NinjaSavingKat Posts: 3,384 Forumite
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    Bare with folks - am heading into the library because the home interweb is SO SLOW.. great to see so many likes!
    “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".
  • kaspadoc
    kaspadoc Posts: 14 Forumite
    Hi Kat - I don't post much, am more of a lurker!! I would love to read your blog :j I'm very inspired by everything you have done so far :)
  • Calling14
    Calling14 Posts: 3,498 Forumite
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    Bon Voyage Kat, How exciting is this? Let me know your blog name so I can aspire to travelling when this debt is gone.

    Take care x
    LBM 13039 1.1.13 Now £0 Finally Debt FreeMortgage free Oct 2019:)EFund/savings £25000 10/11/22
  • MuffinTops
    MuffinTops Posts: 2,477 Forumite
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    I've just thanked that post so hopefully I'm here in time to get the blog name. Thank you and happy happy travels.
  • NinjaSavingKat
    NinjaSavingKat Posts: 3,384 Forumite
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    stewby wrote: »
    The only thing is that I think you missed a word under one of the pictures (the second one in the beauty section). I am not sure what word but it kinda doesn't read right.
    :undecided

    Thank you for spotting that! I left out a word! Muppet. I had written something and changed it last minute so missed out the vital word that made it make sense - :p

    I appreciate your comments I really do. I am spending more time tonight on articles but with everything else that needs done it's not happening very fast!:o:o:o I just don't want to rush it either...

    Thank you for reading everything though..:)
    “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".
  • mustang1
    mustang1 Posts: 252 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi Kat

    I'm a long time lurker too and am jealous of your travels. Mainly because I went away in February this year and have been travelling on and off since then. I have loved every single minute and you are going to have an absolute ball.

    Best of luck along the way - remember not to rush places and take time to soak things up!
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