Destination: United Kingdom

How Not To Go To Rothesay: Libby's Guide

Tue, 7 Jun 2011 | By libby-k8 | Views [1353]

*Quick explanation: my great-grandfather came to NZ from Rothesay , so it's my closest link to any country other than NZ.  I wasn't planning to go but, while in St Andrews, I realised that it wasn't actually so far away...* Decide, on the spur of ... Read more >

Tags: bus ride, failed trip, getting to rothesay, glasgow, rothesay, train fail

Falklands Palace

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 | By frenchflower24 | Views [827]

Today Susan took me out to Falklands Palace in Fife. It was built in the 15th century, and was partially restored in the 18th century, but the King restoring it passed away and the work was never completed, so we could only see some parts, but the ... Read more >

London, England

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 | By brettcooke | Views [781]

After a week up north in Manchester, it was time to head south to London. My sister, Kym has been living there for 4 years so I hadn't seen her for a while and we were both looking forward to catching up. We jumped on a train down to Derby and were ... Read more >

Tags: buckingham palace, chalet hosts, france, london eye, st martins, st pauls cathedral, tower bridge, tower of london, trafalgar square

Edinburgh, then back to London

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 | By jono_79 | Views [642]

So Edinburgh was pretty cool. Lots of fat people, everyone smokes, and everything is deep fried. Luckily Steve's a good cook, so I ate pretty well. Monday: Took a walk around Edinburgh city and a typical rainy Scottish summer day. The most annoying ... Read more >

Golly gosh, old chum! It's been a while!

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 | By jono_79 | Views [599]

Hi guys! It's been a while since I've updated this so I thought I'd best bring you all up to date and write it all down for posterity. I don't know what posterity means, and I'm too lazy to type the nine words it'll take me to input google's search engine ... Read more >

jnj away 2012 - the journey continues......

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 | By jimboandjanet | Views [534]

Sunday 25 th March 2012 Melbourne to Heathrow We finally took off!  Monday 26 th March 2012 Arrival at Heathrow, collect the car and head to Rushden After a long flight via Abu Dhabi, we arrived in ... Read more >

Visiting the Midlands in 2018

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 | By chrissilb | Views [528]

Now that the New Year is here, many of us have had a hard couple of weeks back at work after the Christmas break. It’s those grey January mornings when thoughts turn to summer and where we can spend our holidays once the weather improves. ... Read more >

Tags: birmingham, city breaks, travel, uk

Punta del Diablo

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 | By dan_powell | Views [445]

The bus to Montevideo was easy and once I arrived I booked on to another bus to Punta del Diablo. I ended up getting to Punta del Diablo quite late but was met by Daniel a rep from one of the hostels. I was later to find out that it was the only hostel ... Read more >

canal boats and puppy dogs

Thu, 20 May 2010 | By hannah_white | Views [416]

Well here I go again! After a short stay at home it became clear there was no work in Grimsby, so I started looking further afield and found a job on a canal boat! I had been wondering what i would talk about when the snow had gone, now i know- water ... Read more >

Photos: London 2011

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 | By dianasaurus | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Wales & England

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery

Gallery: July 3rd-LONDON-

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 | By l-a-u-r-e-n | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Warwick 2

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 | By ronsan | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Pangers the foodie haven

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By keith_austin | Photo Gallery

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By tynanfairhall | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry