Destination: United Kingdom

Bike ride to Padstow

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 | By quando | Views [159]

Mizzle, the misty Cornish drizzle that we woke up to this morning.  Not enough to keep us off the bikes.  In fact perfect biking weather.  The trip to Padstow along the Camel trail was only 10-11 miles return.  Lindsay on a trike, ... Read more >

Photos: Bike ride to Padstow

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 | By quando | Photo Gallery

Photos: Eden Project St Austell Cornwall

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 | By quando | Photo Gallery

Bodmin Cornwall

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 | By quando | Views [163]

For the next couple of nights we're staying in Bodmin with Lindsay an English friend of Janice's.  The towns, we passed through to get here, don't have the same tidy/quaint appeal as in Ireland.  The country landscape is still rolling hills ... Read more >

Matt - Scotland Stats

Sun, 8 Sep 2013 | By katescarlett | Views [313]

Here are some stats from the Scotland leg of the tour for anyone geeky enough to be interested (with the Scandinavia stats as well for comparison)   Scotland Scandinavia Count: 41 Activities 32 Activities ... Read more >

There and back again

Sun, 8 Sep 2013 | By katescarlett | Views [329]

These are our final days in Scotland. We are back in Edinburgh, having done what feels like a full circle of the country while barely scratching the surface. All up, dear Bertie the Bicycle has rolled just over 5000kms. After Matt's run in with the sheep, ... Read more >

Photos: Scotland 2

Sun, 8 Sep 2013 | By katescarlett | Photo Gallery

Photos: Photos

Tue, 3 Sep 2013 | By azariah | Photo Gallery

The big change

Sun, 1 Sep 2013 | By wanderlustnotlost | Views [153]

At the age of 20 I decided to move from our sleepy boring village in Germany to one of the greatest cities in the world- LONDON. My top reason to move to the UK wasn't the great weather or the very confusing traffic but the fact that you can be ... Read more >

Tags: move

Matt - Chinese Whispers and CTR

Sat, 31 Aug 2013 | By katescarlett | Views [260]

Chinese Whispers We spend a fair bit of time talking to each other in less than ideal auditory environments. This is most often when we are slipstreaming each other (one riding behind the other, on bicycles), often with the added confounder of strong ... Read more >

The story of Mattie and the Bog

Sat, 31 Aug 2013 | By katescarlett | Views [308] | Comments [2]

What I am going to tell you has something to do with how sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a shorter distance correctly; or, maybe I only think it has something to do with that. But it's why I went to ... Read more >

Eating My Way Out of the UK

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 | By joannawong | Views [482] | Comments [1]

So it's happening and I'm leaving - WAAAAH! :( But it's been a fabulous run for me in the UK and I enjoyed so much of it. The scenery, the friends, the weather (!), the shopping, the cities/towns/villages, EVERYTHING! Strangely though, I never got ... Read more >

Tags: european adventure, flights, food, uk

Photos: Europe

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 | By ginas | Photo Gallery

My bucket list

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 | By ginas | Views [215]

This is my bucket list its a list what I want to do from now till I die - everything I achieve I will photograph and place here some which I have achieved all ready. I am in the process of completing a full list which I will post when its finished.

High on the Hebrides: (Golden) Eagles of Death Metal and other stoner rock

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 | By katescarlett | Views [463] | Comments [2]

I think alot of places lend themselves to a particular soundtrack. Cycling the wide open planes of Lewis with the wind at your back is Josh Homme's Desert Sessions. There are small villages on the edges of the island, which are handfuls of austere concrete ... Read more >