Destination: United Kingdom

First weekend of the festival done

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By jadesy | Views [493]

Ok, in short - prices are insane. When it costs over 3 quid for a pint of Tennants you know its bad news! Shows so far have been great. Went to The List opening party at the spiegeltent on Thurs. Fri was at the Outhouse bar sitting outside (yep it ... Read more >

Where Africa is really annoying

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By ella_out_there | Views [439]

So, there I was. all packed, all ready and quite eaqer to go home. I really have enjoyed my time here but I was also very ready for some normality, being able to walk in the city without being hassled and ready for a hot shower. I arrived well in time ... Read more >

UNDER 2 WEEKS TO GO - !!!!!!!

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By colin_and_lou | Views [506]

Sunday 3rd August 2008 - Only 5 days at work left only 11 more days till we fly!! Rucksack 11.3kg at the moment and still loads more gear to go in ... may have to cull a few things before we go... Louisa has just packed her essentials (Hairdryer ... Read more >

Gallery: Brighton for the day

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 | By larneandjas | Photo Gallery

3 August, Sunday

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 | By ronsan | Views [262]

Raining again! Never mind - we're used to it now. John and Denise suggested a day in nearby St Albans and that sounded good to us. Before we left, Becca's friend Alex called in - as mentioned the other day, they had stayed with us in Oz a couple of years ... Read more >

Gallery: St Albans

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

2 August, Saturday

Sat, 2 Aug 2008 | By ronsan | Views [453]

Off to Cambridge today! We left just after 10am in John's car, driven by Denise. Our first stop was Grantchester, where we stopped at the Red Lion pub for a cup of coffee. There was a riotous group on the tables next to us - some very cockney accents! ... Read more >

Gallery: Cambridge/Grantchester

Sat, 2 Aug 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

Back to Work

Sat, 2 Aug 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [800]

Back in England it took at least a week to get back into the habit of flushing the toilet paper down the toilet. And it just seemed so cold - not real summer! But it was nice to be able to do stuff without sweating all day. We had a super stressful ... Read more >

1 August, Friday

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | By ronsan | Views [313]

Happy birthday horses! (In Australia, anyway). After having stripped our bed and packed our things, we set out from Netherthong around 11.30am to go to Harpenden. John and Denise had visited us in Australia and we were really looking forward to catching ... Read more >

Awaited trip

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | By serah | Views [301]

I'm in the UK at the moment, eagerly awaiting my trip to China and teaching there!

31 July, Thursday

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Views [268]

Sam and Jeremy had left, so we had the day to ourselves. In the morning we went for a proper look around Holmfirth and (of course) it poured with rain! Nevertheless, we visited quite a few gift shops and unfortunately(!) found an Edinburgh Woollen Mill, ... Read more >

30 July, Wednesday

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Views [303]

First of all, our love to Violeta (our friend in Bundanoon) and Jeanette, Jeremy's mum, both of whom have just had their gall bladders removed - we hope you're both feeling much, much better now! Today we went into Leeds, to the Royal Armouries Museum.... Read more >

Divots, picnics and all things polo

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 | By wandering_jess | Views [1690]

When I initially agreed to go to a polo match with the girls, I was picturing a similar experience to what I had at ascot. Drunk girls, sometimes trashy dresses and a rambunctious crowd. That all went out the window the minute we arrived in Windsor ... Read more >

Finding Mr Darcy in manchester

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 | By wandering_jess | Views [964]

Well would you believe when I went to manchester I found Mr Darcy? Thats right and I took him home with me. In the form of a bookmark of course... Manchester what a city of deception. Everyone I spoke to when I said I was going up there to visit one ... Read more >