Destination: United Kingdom

27 June, Friday

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Views [259]

Today was wet again (we're getting used to it!!) but not enough to keep us indoors. We had a wander around Neston, Chris's local market town and then drove to Greasby, on the Wirral Peninsula (Cheshire) to visit John, an old Police colleague of Ron's, ... Read more >

WORK

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 | By colin_and_lou | Views [472]

Went to work ....

Leaving Cardiff

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 | By tregenza_family | Views [586]

We left Cardiff for the last time today which felt quite strange. Each time we have ventured off to explore, we've returned to Cardiff. While we are looking forward to all that Oxfordshire holds, today's trip begins the last part of our journey before ... Read more >

Australia Day Weekend 2008- Birmingham

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 | By nicole20 | Views [238]

Nicole and I headed into birmingham with Rachel (Pommie friend of mine :P) to celebrate the fab holiday know as AUSTRALIA DAY!!! Stayed in a hotel... the comfort inn and went to the aussie bar The Walkabout Bar. the 3 of us got way to drunk, thinking ... Read more >

26 June, Thursday

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Views [256]

This morning dawned grey and dreary but, intrepid travellers that we are, we decided to go to the Lake District anyway. It had been a special place when we lived in England and we particularly remembered a visit there in 1970 with Paul and Chris, and ... Read more >

Gallery: Lake District

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

St. Fagan's

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 | By tregenza_family | Views [471]

We couldn't leave Cardiff without visiting St. Fagan's - an open-air museum showcasing Welsh life through the centuries. It is composed of buildings that have been transplanted, brick by brick, from all over Wales. It is set on 80 acres of countryside ... Read more >

Starting off

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 | By colin-boxall | Views [231]

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Gallery: St Fagan's Museum Cardiff

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 | By tregenza_family | Photo Gallery

Uncle Sam in Britain: The Long-Awaited Return

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By sstolper | Views [2253] | Comments [2]

I spent the last week literally walking across Scotland. At some point during the hiking trip I decided we could officially get away with saying we were walking across Scotland. It's a bigger country than a week's worth of walking, but we started ... Read more >

25 June, Wednesday

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Views [316]

Today we finally managed to get back to Liverpool to visit both of the Cathedrals. Our first stop was the Anglican Cathedral – the newest and largest Gothic Anglican Cathedral in the world. It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (a Catholic!) ... Read more >

Were on the way!

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By lauren_and_becca | Views [316]

We fly at 2:15 today, to Dubai and then arrival in Chennai. ITS FREE BOOZE ON THE PLANE! Wahay.

Gallery: Cathedrals

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

Back to Reality!

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 | By an_oliver | Views [625] | Comments [1]

24th May 2008: - Today we arrive home in the UK; emotions are running high as we touch down at Heathrow airport, our twentieth & final flight. Wow that sounds crazy, I still can not believe that we had the chance to do this & we would both do it again ... Read more >

24 June, Tuesday

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Views [286]

What a day! We set off for North Wales around 9.30am, in Chris’s car. She set her sat-nav and off we went. The first part of the journey was fairly average and then the sat-nav decided to take us on an extremely scenic route – which was great, except ... Read more >