Destination: United Kingdom

Gallery: UK Berkshire

Sun, 9 Jul 2006 | By crustyadventures | Photo Gallery

We Need a Shower 06 II

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 | By shannon | Views [587]

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 [584]

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 [745]

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 [1977]

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

in Somerset

Tue, 4 Jul 2006 | By maurajeanie | Views [587] | Comments [2]

Forest Row was sweet, tho i was ready to go by the time we left. Then getting onto the motorway with the weekend traffic made me want to go back. Still, i had faith that the rest of England wasn't going to be like the motorway. it was hot (though not ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

england's final game in Cup

Tue, 4 Jul 2006 | By maurajeanie | Views [525]

Well, it was extreme cultural immersion. short and intense. Most of you know that I've hardly ever been to a sporting event. I went to a Giant's baseball game in SF. For the Cup, however, I'd been following australia's games because Steve and Marley ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: england's last game in World Cup 06

Tue, 4 Jul 2006 | By maurajeanie | Photo Gallery

Walking Hadrian's Wall

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 | By rob_wood | Views [1226]

Hadrian's Wall is one of those things that anybody who wants to spend a little time in England really should see. It's a wall, a very long one actually, that was built by the Roman emperor, Hadrian, in the second century to either keep the Scots out ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

England - PLAY to your heart's content!

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 | By tempest | Views [1382]

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: The Great Outdoors

in the village

Sat, 1 Jul 2006 | By maurajeanie | Views [600] | Comments [1]

Here we are in England, just about an hour south of London at the home of Helen (mum of Jophace - steve's godson) and her daughter Angelina. They were here yesterday and the night I got here but now we have the house to ourselves, with beds and evrathing! ... Read more >

Tags: the village path

Gallery: Chatsworth House

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 | By keera | Photo Gallery

Prognosis: World Cup Fever

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 | By garyspaz | Views [1655]

Yes that's right, it's the obligatory world cup post. I'm sure ever blogger sitting on his or her purdy white iBook is currently waxing poetic about "the world game" and that I am only adding more salt to the wound, but god damnit at this point I'm far ... Read more >

Tags: Culture