Destination: United Kingdom

The last minute packing (of course)

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Views [433]

It’s an early start to the day. Need to get the house back in order, bags packed and goodbyes to everyone who will pop round. And I will say that we haven’t even started to pack yet. I did however buy myself a new ‘handbag’, Jasper Conran ... Read more >

Portsoy Boat show and the rain

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Views [414]

Mum has organised us all to go to the Portsoy boat show as a last family day before we fly out on Monday. So as me and Gobey don’t have a car we get to climb in with mum and dad. Dad driving of course and it’s a long drive to Portsoy too.... Read more >

Family night at the Pub and Police ride home

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Views [376]

Friday night at the pub is always a good thing. And we don’t get nights to the pub with the whole family very often. And I will say that also included dad!!!!!!! So we had a few drinks at the Spiders and as the night got later we all decided to leave, ... Read more >

Photos: DJR

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 | By DJRaby | Photo Gallery

Summer in the UK

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 | By lesleyandjan | Views [471]

Note the picture!  One of the colder and wetter summers ever.  We have a few days here and Northern Ireland walking and cycling.  So far have explored Dartmoor on foot, Malvern hills and cycled the Gloucester to Sharpness canal. The days are incredibly ... Read more >

Photos: UK Road Trip June 2012 part 1

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Photo Gallery

Photos: UK Road Trip June 2012 part 4

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Photo Gallery

Photos: UK Road Trip June 2012 part 3

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Photo Gallery

The Train back to Aberdeen

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Views [424]

So after driving through the night from Dereham to Glasgow with a stopover at the services for a sleep before we head back with the camper. The place where the camper is based is 45mins drive from Glasgow and as the guy took forever to ... Read more >

Photos: UK Road Trip June 2012 part 2

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Photo Gallery

Final day

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 | By christie | Views [537]

Ahhh alas we are back at the hostel. Our day was full of walking and I am going to need and pedicure stat when I get back. We ventured to the British Museum this morning where we completed our Egypt trip! Apparently the British pillaged Egypt and took ... Read more >

Tags: british museum, london eye, london zoo

Windsor Castle

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 | By christie | Views [441]

After a bit of a delayed and rough start this morning we ventured out to Windsor Castle. The Queen has become our biggest fan in London and decided that she was going to follow us out on our tour. In result of this, we could not go into the castle but ... Read more >

Tags: hyde park, london, windsor castle

Dover and Dereham bound

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 | By phill-dionne-gobey | Views [526]

Oh the white cliffs of Dover. Not really as white as I thought but hey, never been here before so its a tick off the list. We arrived late to Dover and parked just along the beach front. Listening to the sea crashing against the rocks while ... Read more >

An amazing day!

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 | By christie | Views [593]

Today was quite eventful and involved so much walking. After an amazing nights sleep we ventured out to Trafalgar Square. The tube that we were to take there was under construction so we had to find an alternative route. That did not go well... ended ... Read more >

Tags: big ben, london, london eye, queen

Let the games begin!

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 | By christie | Views [481]

Hello from London! We finally made it in one piece, safe and sound. Although I feel that we have all turned into complete walking zombies at this point. Note to self for future 8.5 hour flights; try harder to sleep to avoid major jetlag. *yawn* After ... Read more >

Tags: england, london, st. christophers bush