Destination: United Kingdom

ahh summer

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 | By chloe | Views [708]

Glorious sunshine, blue skies and aqua seas. Fluffy clouds flying across the sky casting dark purple patches acorss the bay. lunches have become busier and the oldies are flocking to Scilly....often heard saying, in creaky voices leaning on canes, they ... Read more >

8 June, Sunday

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Views [294]

Wow, what a busy day! We started off with Allan and Dot at a car boot market in Chelford, Cheshire. You’ve never seen so many ‘car boots’ in your life! We didn’t buy much as we have to consider our weight restrictions travelling back to Australia.... Read more >

9 weeks and counting..............

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By colin_and_lou | Views [518]

Planning all going ok , Still have Insurance to sort but will be doing that in the next few weeks ... The trip will have to take a back seat next weekend as we are going to go to Winchester to have a go at driving a Tank !! Pics to follow Bye For ... Read more >

Diggerland

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By tregenza_family | Views [2003] | Comments [3]

Travelling with young children is certainly a different experience to our previous trips to Europe. Our recent visit to Durham on the way to Hull is a good case in point. Durham is well known for its impressive cathedral and we were eager to take a look.... Read more >

7 June, Saturday

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Views [181]

After a fairly long journey, made much easier by Tom-Tom! As Allan's house is apparently difficult to find, he met us at the Burtonwood Services. How good it was to see him again after over 20 years. Mind you, his new teeth are a bid disconcerting! He ... Read more >

London

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By mrandrew | Views [434]

Can you believe I have been over here for 6 months!? It's going great. A few weeks ago I moved house. My old house continues to be a source of excitement; I go back there to hear the news: Someone had a falling out with the landlord, moved out ... Read more >

You know what I was saying about... (or yes! Costa Rica is a developing country)

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [870]

es Well, our second week of spanish lessons at Las Cabanes Siempre Verde turned into a bit of a wash out – in the sense that we had four days of heavy rain – two of which were continuous. Yeah, we complain a lot about the rain in England (and ... Read more >

Tags: a whole lot of rain, no services, no transport, tropical storm alma

Gallery: Hull

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By tregenza_family | Photo Gallery

Gallery: London

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By jess_dan | Photo Gallery

Gallery: firth of forth

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By puddlejumpers | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Winchester

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

6 June, Friday

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By ronsan | Views [516] | Comments [1]

As this is our last day in Crowthorne for a couple of months, we decided to go to Winchester Cathedral (how many of you are singing the song now?) with Jean. Chris had to work and so Ron drove the Rover - our first real trek in it! Luckily, Chris has ... Read more >

This is what homesickness feels like

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By wandering_jess | Views [310]

Well before anyone emails me and says dont give in to homesickness or make the most of it or something like that, please dont. I'm just writing how I'm feeling and for the better part of the week it has been homesickness. I can't begin to describe what ... Read more >

a canadian showing us london...

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [663] | Comments [2]

dear all, all looking forward to the weekend? luke, the space brownies we had in amsterdam were so good!just make a really chocolatey brownie and put some hash in it, no one will taste it if the brownie tastes awesome..and then they will eat more!mum ... Read more >

Hull

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By tregenza_family | Views [627]

After leaving Scotland we travelled to Hull on the East Coast. We were there for 3 nights and, having not had web access for much of our stay in Scotland, we left booking accommodation until we were in the car enroute and phoned the Tourist Info in Hull.... Read more >