Welcome...

 

On here you will be able to find out lots of usefull information aswell as getting to know what the Brodie family consists of. Jill & myself met in 1991 whilst surfing on the internet, we dated and have never looked back. Thanks to everyone that has been in touch with us through our guest book. It really is amazing the wide variety of people who look at the site so please continue to get in touch with us if you possibly can.

 

Onwards.
Well I think this is the 9th year our site has been up an running. Alot has changed since I first built it, I have come through redundancy, we have been on our 1st family holiday to Dubai and instead of opening a coffee bar business in Wakefield we returned to the UK with an investment property in Dubai! But now it is 2010 and all has changed again in 09. We managed to get rid of the property in Dubai before the crash and my MS has got worse. Jill has now become a driving instructor and although we bought a NEW Toyota iQ which we both thought students would love learning to drive in. Then the bloody DSA decided to say that this car wasn't suitable and so we had to get out of that and all we could afford was a Yaris. It's easy to say but none the less TRUE.... Why doesn't anything ever seem to go right for us?

 

I was medically discharged from the Navy in 1999 and worked my way up to a good position at Yorkshire Post on a Farming magazine but then I got made redundant. We'd already bought a 5 bed detached house on the back of my good job as the thought process was to move up the ladder quickly so that we could come down later and have some money. But now everything had changed and we can't really afford the large mortgage, the house is too big for me to manage with my MS having got worse and the house has been up for sale for over 2 years and it just won't shift! I was redundant for 7 long months traveling the length of the country to try and find a job, because I was always honest and told people every time that I has MS I never got them! For those of you that then say well that won't stop you getting a job, well.................. the 1st interview I went to where I didn't mention it I got the job!!! What does that say about the world we live in eh? Just because my legs are shite doesn't mean that my brain doesn't work!

 

Although the stress has defiantly made my MS and self confidence worse I am still determined to crack on, stay positive and try to get a breakthrough somewhere. I must say the people I have come across recently whilst working on a project have been absolutely brilliant and I must say thanks to them, people like Thor Johannsson are true gentlemen! Even people I have dealt with in the USA through my full time work have been so very kind, so from the bottom of my heart I say Thank You!

I still however believe in my saying.......... 'Everything Happens For A Reason' Good or Bad


Check out my wife's website and if anything just please send her messages of support (www.learntodrivewakefield.co.uk). As for our son, Thomas, he is just starting his 1st year in the sixth form doing 'A' levels before intending to join the Royal Navy as an officer!

 
 
 
 
"At 0150 Local whilst asleep off watch the chemical alarm sounded. Whilst shitting myself i had my respirator on in two seconds and then got dressed as quick as is possible amongst all the panic!"
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Dubai...

 

As I mentioned above we had bought an investment property in Dubai, were out of it now as it was just to try and make some money but it didn't happen so we will just keep trying! God loves a trier apparently :-) U.A.E. is a fantastic country full of everything that is good in the U.K. and most certainly has none of the muggings, shootings and murders that you see everyday on the news here in England. If you think about it seriously England really is a depressing country where aspirations never seem to mean anything. I have been tantamount to this in my civilian career so far and to be quite honest it pees me off. I only look forward to the day when Jill and myself are living in Dubai for 8 month of the year and the other 4 here in England.

 
 
Update...

 

7/02/10 We've taken the plunge and booked for Dubai for August 2010 at Jumeirah Beach, FANTASTIC and we all can't wait.

 

14/01/10 Didn't go to Duabi this last year as we were skint to went to Devon instead for a week!! Hopefully there in 2010 even if we have to live on baked beans.

14/07/09
Jill starting her driving instructor business so all promotion work with websites are full steam ahead!

 

16/08/08 Just returned from our 2008 holiday. Met some great people and have a fab time. I will, very shortly, upload all the images but have replaced the main image (above) with what must have been the highlight for all of us, a great day out on a motor yacht along the shore line of Dubai!!!

 

11/02/08 Fresh new look. Not updated all the pages as yet but it will happen very soon, hope you like it?

 

10.02.08 Where is my sister?

We are wanting to move house and have sold our lovely big fish tank as well as the dining table and fridge freezer in the garage. New house will be an apartment so I don't think everything from a 5 bed detached will fit in!

 

13.01.08 Well it a new year and once again a new start. Sorry that the site has been down for a while but slowly it is getting there once again

 

25.08/07 Just all come back from a 10 day holiday to Dubai. I did warn Jill that she would not want to go anywhere else ever again, well I was right.

We stayed at jumeria Beach, have bought a property and are going back next year, how is that for a result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get a feel for Dubai

Just click Here to read the magazine.

 

You can not buy this anywhere or even subscribe at the moment here in the UK. As far as I am aware my site is the only link to it, so get it while you can and see all the latest news and jaw dropping photos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo's...

 

Here you will find a selection of our images.
Jill with her mum and dad
 
Cook&Brodiesea swim
Wadi Bash
At the pool in Dubai
Dad and Son

 

 

 

 
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