Ascot
Travel Blogs from Ascot, United Kingdom
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Us 'royal' ladies off to the races!!
21 June 2007 - Thursday Ladies Day at Ascot is apparently the most popular day of the horse races. Cindy signed up myself, Elisa and herself with PP Travel to head on through for a "posh" day at the races. When asked by my mom what I knew about ...
Last Day....soon to be First Day
Last full day at home - it's amazing how quickly all this has happened and only occasionally do I have time to reflect on why I am now about to leave a fantastic family at home in a country I understand and really enjoy living in - not to mention a great ...
Cycling to Cambodia?
... ;the tandem to push it round the lake when no one is looking... Final note: Tony Houben of Pump my Ryde in Ascot deserves a big thank you as he has waived the cycle hire charge - which we will be donating to Globalteer instead, at Tony's ...
BBQ in Ascot
Just had a marvellous weekend with the McClymont family in Ascot. David, the youngest of the three children came to retrieve me from Twyford on Saturday around 4:00 pm. I decided to follow him in the car so he would not have to bring me home again. ...
The Big Adventure Begins
The first day of our big adventure is finally here and Sam and myself are very excited. Our backpacks are packed (even though mine has been packed for about six months) and we're ready to go and explore all the beautiful places that we have dreamed of ...
THE END...
We landed very early morning (06:30) into London Heathrow Terminal 3 and were met by a very happy looking Jan and Vaughan (even though it was raining). The flight back was ok, the staff were a bit grumpy but that was probably because they were stuck ...
hanging out with friends
It has been ages sınce writing so there ıs a lot to catch up on, I went on to England and Christıan returned to Australia for a couple of weeks after Denmark. I can fıll you ın on the England part- I am goıng to gıve up on usıng the specıal i ...
Off to London to see the Queen (Royal Ascot)
... about what to wear for the past couple of weeks it all finally came together for her majesty Queen Elizabeth, at the Royal Ascot Horse Races. After racing around all morning making sure our makeup was right and that our hair was going to fit under our ...
Practice for sore legs
The thought of climbing Scafell Pike in a week coupled with the lovely weather we are experiencing resulted in a frantic last minute search on the internet for a good local walk. The starting point meant getting in the car and parking at ...
Ascot Races
... a free £5 bet which i placed on early. I also placed another £4 on another race but unfortunatley I didnt win anything!!! We left Ascot at about 5pm and i went home and got changed and headed back out on the town with my flat mates! Was an awesome day! ...
A day at the races
Greetings. Today was a neat day. Sally and I went to the Ascot horse races. We met up with Sally's brother Dave and his fiance Sophie, (Tanya, you're totally right about Dave, by the way), at Sally's parent's house. From there we hopped in a cab and ...
A day at Royal Ascot!
Today was a chance to get dressed up and head to Royal Ascot with some friends. The day started with the train trip to Ascot, during which we managed to consume a couple of bottles of bubbles. Then it was to join the crowds at Ascot. ...
Leaving
Just saying final goodbyes and packing the last bits and bobs. Cant wait for the 24hr flight ahead. Happy Birthday Amy we will try and sneak into first class. ...
The Same but Different
... managed to get lost on my way back - not for too long though! In the afternoon it was time to visit the actual village of Ascot, with its one main street. It was very sweet, and i did my little bit of food shopping and what not. Everything is packaged in ...
One day to go....
With just one day to go, we wanted to say our goodbyes!! It is our first attempt at writing a blog so please be patient and no comments on any bad spelling or grammar please...:) We have checked in and have the window and middle of a row of ...
New Beginning
How can that be? Let me just say that anyone returning from such great spaces as I have been allowed to do can never be quite the same. Things rub off, other peoples, their culture, ways of life, poverty, drama, beauty or a million other minor vibrations ...
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