Destination: United Kingdom

Photos: PHOTO CONTEST #4

Sun, 9 Oct 2016 | By billh | Photo Gallery

London base

Sat, 1 Oct 2016 | By tamkats | Views [150]

Base camp :  arrived at airport 615 , tired smelly and just wanted a bed  so got to the airport be prepared for long ass lines , didnt no that like going to a club but ten times worse dragging your bag through on the floor , while someone ... Read more >

Lincoln Castle, A Victorian Prison and the Magna Carta

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 | By billh | Views [332]

Leaving Nottingham behind without as much as a glimpse of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, I headed off to visit Lincoln Cathedral, and on a whim, Lincoln Castle.  For some reason, the Catherdal gets "first booking" in most tour guides -- a beautiful, ... Read more >

Cambridge and Castles

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 | By billh | Views [378]

Finally made it out of London -- a two hour slog in stop and go traffic at 1:00pm -- not fun!  Cambridge ws my next stop -- somewhat disappoointing but it has potential.  Disappointing in that I didn't get to visit any "tourist" attractions ... Read more >

Adventures in London

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 | By billh | Views [339]

Drove from Salisbury to London -- again, heavy trafic, but we made it, checked into the hotel and and headed off to explore the nearby neighborhood.  It became apparent that London is very much a multi-cultural city with a very heavy middle and ... Read more >

Stonehenge

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 | By billh | Views [424]

Morning came early -- taking the ferry to England and had to be at the dock by 7:45am to check-in.  There's been quite a few novels written about the romance of taking a "slow boat to nowhere" -- those authors have obviously never taken a ferry ... Read more >

CONTEST: PHOTO #2

Sat, 24 Sep 2016 | By billh | Views [276]

Why does this sheep have blue paint on it?     (SEE PHOTOS SECTION)

Photos: PHOTO CONTEST #2

Sat, 24 Sep 2016 | By billh | Photo Gallery

Booking my European Tour

Fri, 9 Sep 2016 | By ruthturner | Views [92]

Lying in bed reading in my hometown of Placencia, Belize Central America. It a beautiful summer day September 8th 2016. Suddenly it hit me that I want to visit Europe next summer. I looked up a tour and pulled it up on my husband computer for him to ... Read more >

Photos: Cotswolds Walking Trip

Mon, 5 Sep 2016 | By ancienttrees | Photo Gallery

Tags: cotswolds, old trees, walking

Photos: Ben Nevis Take 2

Fri, 2 Sep 2016 | By shaz | Photo Gallery

Ben Nevis Take 2

Thu, 1 Sep 2016 | By shaz | Views [138]

I did it!!!!!! Started at 8.40am and reached the summit at 12.40pm. Left the top at 12.50pm and got down at 3.25pm. I took the same time to get up Snowdon. I am knackered and everything is aching. It was so hard...so many rocks to step over plus my ... Read more >

Update 3: Getting Going

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 | By rachelsimonanddog | Views [810]

13.    Molveno, Italy (28 th  June – 30 th  June): We left the lovely Lake Idro and headed for Molveno which is another Italian lake but this time in the Dolomites. The town of Molveno was nice enough but, it now ... Read more >

Tags: alps, climbing, dogs, hilda, motorhomes, mountaineering, mountains, rachel, simon, walking

Update 2: Getting Started

Sun, 28 Aug 2016 | By rachelsimonanddog | Views [417]

1.        Leaving England (30 th  April – 27 th  May): The month between leaving work and leaving England proved to be considerably more hectic than either I or Rachel had expected. With hindsight ... Read more >

Tags: alps, climbing, dogs, hilda, motorhomes, mountaineering, mountains, rachel, simon, walking

Update 1: General Stuff

Sat, 27 Aug 2016 | By rachelsimonanddog | Views [582]

So, after nearly three months away, I have finally gotten round to writing a blog. The primary reason is to give me something to do in the evenings other than to drink beer and the secondary reason is to share what we have been up to with anyone who ... Read more >

Tags: alps, climbing, dogs, hilda, motorhomes, mountaineering, mountains, rachel, simon, walking