Destination: United Kingdom

26 July, Saturday

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Views [286]

On this day, in Netherthong, West Yorkshire, nothing happened! We deliberately set today aside as a lay day in order to catch our breath, for me to do a bit of laundry and for Ron to mow the lawn! Dave had been quite busy in the days leading up to their ... Read more >

25 July, Friday

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Views [314]

We left Allan and Dot's around 11.30am for our journey to Netherthong and our "holiday within a holiday". After having left the M62 and M60 motorways, we wended our way from just outside Manchester, through parts of Derbyshire and skirting ... Read more >

Gallery: Holmfirth

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

The Final Frontier

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By sophinda | Views [740] | Comments [2]

I finally left Kathmandu on June 22 – although delays caused by the many blockades meant my bus made very slow progress. This wasn’t a particularly enjoyable bus journey, with even less room to move than usual, and whilst I was attempting to get some ... Read more >

24 July, Thursday

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Views [348]

After breakfast, Ron and I drove int Aigburth (Liverpool) to visit Ron's cousin John and his wife Pat. Whilst we had both met John before, neither of us had met Pat. We were given a warm welcome and slipped easily into chatting about families, internet ... Read more >

Gallery: South Liverpool

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

Sam aiting for the bus

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By daznsaz | Views [346]

Sam waiting for the bus.

Bristol Airport

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By daznsaz | Views [351]

Waiting for the bus at Bristol Airport

Kathmanpoo

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By sophinda | Views [730] | Comments [1]

I returned to the Kathmandu Guest House, where I spent the next four days dodging the leader of the Everest trek, who had rather irritatingly checked into the same hotel. The Kathmandu Guest House (KGH) is something of an institution in the Nepali ... Read more >

The Day Before Leaving

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By lockers | Views [616] | Comments [4]

Still haven't really come to terms with the fact I am leaving for Tokyo tomorrow morning. I don't seem to have given much attention to quite important things like working out how to get from the airport to our youth hostel. I'm kind of thinking we'll ... Read more >

By Balls; Everest!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 | By sophinda | Views [563] | Comments [1]

Well I recovered from Lloyd’s purges and, after a couple of lovely days spent buying last minute souvenirs and hanging out with my lovely friends in McLeod, I left this wonderful town in which I had been based for almost four months, and embarked the ... Read more >

23 July, Wednesday

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Views [286]

Today we went into Widnes with Allan and Dot (When we were first married, we bought a house in Widnes). We visited the markets and also some shops, after which we had lunch before returning to Allan and Dot's home. In the afternoon, Ron and I drove ... Read more >

Gallery: Goodison Park/Woolton

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

22 July, Tuesday

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Views [335]

Whilst Ron went to Southport to visit his old Primary School teacher, I caught the train into Liverpool to meet four college friends I hadn't seen for many years. I hadn't seen Maureen (who had flown over from Canada), Marjery or Margaret since 1963 ... Read more >

Rome

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 | By aptyson | Views [489]

After an interrupted start thanks to some pathetic red-tape from Ryanair, I arrived in Rome to meet up with Nicole and Simon. We had three days in the capital and were treated to some quality weather and covered a fair bit of ground in checking out the ... Read more >