Destination: United Kingdom

Wordsworth country

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 | By auspep | Views [1070] | Comments [3]

I strolled off the train at Windermere into some more typical English weather. There was no way it could dampen my spirits though. This was the first place so far that I had really wanted to go to. When traveling I have found that I go to a lot of ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

The longer I sit (Bude, Cornwall)

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 | By crustyadventures | Views [2700] | Comments [1]

There's not a lot of bugs in England, but I just managed to sit down on a small ant hill, alive with small black creatures, scurrying & carrying their loads across the cliff top. I was trying to plant my bum firmly behind a tussocky mound so I ... Read more >

Tags: climbing, jc, the great outdoors

Gallery: Uk West Country

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 | By crustyadventures | Photo Gallery

Gallery: England - Play Festival

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 | By tempest | Photo Gallery

England - PLAY to your heart's content!

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 | By tempest | Views [2177] | Comments [1]

Play To Your Heart’s Content! What a crazy first weekend of July! I got a lift from some people I met at the fire twirling meets on Monday nights in the Meadows in Edinburgh down to the Play festival near Shrewsbury in ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Wildlife count

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 | By crustyadventures | Views [2165]

Furry woodland creatures spotted on tour: * Grey Squirrel, alive and well in the Westonbirt Arboretum * Bumblebees - lots of them, but apparently in a mysterious decline across the British Isles.  You've gotta rate any animal that is anatomically ... Read more >

Tags: statistical updates

Gallery: UK Wales

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 | By crustyadventures | Photo Gallery

The Bean's first...

Sun, 9 Jul 2006 | By crustyadventures | Views [2174]

The Bean's first... well everything practically! she'll remember none of it, so let's make a list. * FLIGHT:: this long haul flight saw the Bean very well behaved. she slept through takeoff and landing between Singapore and London and about 10 of ... Read more >

Tags: family

Gallery: UK Berkshire

Sun, 9 Jul 2006 | By crustyadventures | Photo Gallery

We Need a Shower 06 II

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 | By shannon | Views [609]

Hull-Rotterdam Until this point, the only Ferry I'd been on is from Sorento to Queenscliff and I didn't even see a dolphin so this had a fair chance of making an improvement on that but I never expected what was to follow.  We drove the van on and went straight ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

We Need a Shower 06 I

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 | By shannon | Views [604]

Gaz picks us up from the train and as promised takes us to a couple of his locals in York.  We spend several hours enjoying the scenary and and ales and he introduces us to one of his mates Johnny.  from here he takes us to his dads where we are treated ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

England 1b

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 | By shannon | Views [767]

Mez and I decided to cut our time with Sarah short and book a hostel in London and go and see Neils band The Hair play.  So after spending the day with tose guys we jumped on a train back to London and tube from there to London Bridge where we walked ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Gallery: Com & Guy

Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By harryjonas | Photo Gallery

Sterling Stirling!

Wed, 5 Jul 2006 | By tempest | Views [2023]

Well, the sunny weather didn't last long and the winds and gales Scotland is better known for have returned. The days are still about 18 hours long, with sunrise arriving before 4am any day. In the past two weeks I have explored Edinburgh a ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: sights and Somerset

Tue, 4 Jul 2006 | By maurajeanie | Photo Gallery