Bristol, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

A new chapter.
Oct 10, 2009

... are starting.    Why did it take me 7 months to get back on here?  Well! we enjoyed Mumbai returned to Bristol, surprised Zoe's family (knocked on their front doors with them not expecting us home for a month and having not seen them for 11 ...

Returning to old haunts- and some good new ones
Jan 4, 2008 (42 photos)

... too... Mum and Dad headed back to Basingstoke, and I took Rick to meet Jacqui and Pete. The next day was spent showing him Bristol; we walked to Temple Meads, took a water taxi to the SS Great Britain, had a late lunch on the Waterfront, wandered down ...

Ready to depart!
May 16, 2008

Getting ready to leave...... Only a few things to get sorted before jetting off now.  Have 4 weeks left to go (A month today!!) Will be booking flights tonight, and other than selling my car, boxing up my things and getting on the first flight ...

A free ticket
Feb 26, 2005 (3 photos)

... warm. Well I suppose it was in February (a very cold time of the year over here)..it snowed on our way back to London. Bristol is known for such exciting things as a suspension bridge and being on the water. It was quite nice to be by the water again ...

English Countryside
Apr 21, 2003 (1 photos)

... for a while. Also the chance to catch up with people I haven't seen for 18 months or so is always good. Next stop was Bristol to see Sandra, and see some of the places and meet some of the people that she'd been talking about in the ten weeks together ...

Christmas pudding & turkey review
Dec 26, 2007 (8 photos)

Cracking time back in the UK for Christmas. We were spoiled for 12 fantastic days by family & friends. Dinner cooked for us every night, rounds purchased in pubs, meals shouted in restaurants, it was short but sweet, just like this. ...

Snowden to Stonehenge
Sep 9, 2003 (5 photos)

... the water. The town does lend itself to good postcards. This is the only place I have ever seen an unobtrusive McDonalds! Bristol is probably not high on my list of tourist destinations, but was a good night out catching up with friends from home. ...

Lemony travels with us to Bristol
Nov 10, 2007

... best, most accurate directions BTW. We settled in to a beautiful downtown hotel after walking through the thick, loud, drunken Bristol University Saturday night pub crowds, up and down hills dragging our suitcases (or carrying them in Scott's case). We ...

Bristol
Sep 13, 2005

After about 10 leaving partys and lots of good byes we were ready to leave Bristol for the best thing we will ever do, No work for a whole year and a whole new experience right ahead of us.

A plea
Apr 28, 2006

I am trying to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. I recently organised a Ceilidh (a Scottish dance) in Bristol, and it was very successful. I am also running the Bristol Half Marathon, in September. I hope to beat the time I took last year - first ...

Last Leg
Jul 3, 2007

... 2 fluorescent green bags to rival mine - trend setting or maybe we just bought them from the same place. Then I headed off to Bristol for a training course starting the next day. I arrived at the hotel and 3pm and got straight into bed with the tv on ...

Team meetings
Mar 23, 2008 (1 photos)

These are the best moments of preparing for the trip. We have road tested Bristol's finest coffee houses, mulled over our upcoming adventure in greasy spoons (and there are a few) but some of the best planning/brainstorming sessions have been spent in a ...

Preparation
Mar 27, 2008

Well, the intrepid adventurers have completed a City of Bristol basic car maintenance course. Joanna was clearly the school swot, went to every class and surprised everyone by achieving 95% in the end of session exam. Sharon missed the exam so the ...

Yippee!!
Mar 27, 2008 (1 photos)

NB This is a straight cut and paste from the team website. But all I say about here is true! Finally! After countless letters I have finally had some positive news re sponsorship! Am absolutely delighted to announce that Travelpod have agreed to ...

Bristol and beyond!
Jun 19, 2005

... for the final two nights. And then...home! Right now we're staying with friends (Andy and Teresa) at their house in Bristol. It's really nice being in a home again. Free internet, television, a proper bathroom, a washing machine, etc. Yesterday we went to ...

Vaccinations
Mar 30, 2008

I spent about an hour with the travel nurse in the doctor's surgery going through my medical records for the past twelve years and it would seem that in that time I have managed to get myself vaccinated against just about every travel bug going - ...

I'm a celebrity.....
Apr 4, 2008

A second article about us has appeared in the press - this time in my local paper, the Ayrshire Post. Even got a text in the middle of the night from someone I hardly know in the town who had spotted it!! All very exciting - I will be sure to wear a wig ...

About the rickshaw
Apr 9, 2008

This weekend sees many of the teams heading to Southampton to learn how to drive/not crash* (*delete as appropriate) our vehicle of choice, the auto rickshaw. I seemed to know very little about them, though hopefully after this weekend, my knowledge will ...

Farewell to Bristol
Dec 19, 2006

After almost two years it was time to say goodbye to 48 Woodstock rd. All the best to everyone in Bristol, I'm sure we'll all keep in touch and I'll see you all in a year. Thanks to all the guys in Phyworks for the vouchers, I got the worlds smallest ...

Leaving day library fun
Dec 21, 2007

We are now both (Clare and I) travelled up to Bristol and all ready to go. Well when I have packed. We have done all the necessary printing and checked in online. For those wanting to know the flight number is EZY6181 16:20 on the way and EZY6180 18:55 on ...

The stressful lead up
Jun 15, 2008

... Blog.  The next few weeks will be the wind down to leaving our jobs.  I am a Lecturer at the City of Bristol College and Dave is an Engineer working for Hydro International in Clevedon.  I should say at this juncture we have done this before ...

Bristol Airport
Sep 23, 2006

I have just checked in my bike - no problems so far.  Except forgetting my bike helmet.  I wouldn't feel so uneasy about that - I can buy another one - if it wasn't that I have to cycle from the airport to the centre of Madrid - at night - as ...

Bristol
Aug 5, 2007

Got the 17:37 train from Paddington to Bristol Temple meads to see our friends CA & F. Train was 30 mins late but no info. board in the station could actually be bothered to say when expected departure time was, privatisation, ch. £ ...

Last week in Bristol
Jun 17, 2007

1 week to go and really looking forward to the trip - great to hear from everyone so leave a message on our guest book and we'll reply when we can.

Bristol!
Aug 9, 2007 (1 photos)

Just a quick entry to say that I am in Bristol! Im staying the night at Richard's so i dont hve to travel so far tomorrow...I will try to write something at heathrow tomorrow and JFK...

A Bristol Homestay
Jul 16, 2005 (5 photos)

Sat July 16 2005 Amsterdam, Netherlands to Bristol, England Michael ended up back at the hostel in the morning. We attempted to visit the Van Gogh museum but opted out of it since it the line would have taken over two hours and... I had a flight to ...

Resignation Day
Jun 27, 2008

Today I resign, wha hooooo.  Actually, I don't feel wha hoooooo and I've been wondering why that is.  I think it's to do with being older and more secure, both financially and in my ability to get another job when/if I need to.  Somebody ...

Road Trip!
Sep 10, 2009

... drove to Bath, through Wiltshire, stopped at Avebury and Stonehenge and then through to Salisbury before stopping for the evening in Bristol. Doesn't sound like that much, but it felt rather full at the time! Wonderful day! Bath was really interesting, ...

Work, work, work. nerves, excitement and more work
Jun 15, 2004

... on too much on this here entry but just a bit more about my trip, who I am and how I'm feeling. I'm 32 and live in Bristol, moved around a lot with my family as a child but have lived in Bristol since 1988. As a rule I love it, though the people at ...

Bristol
Jul 27, 2006 (2 photos)

... us here, and also take us to a few locals. Our first night here we went to a pub in Portishead, overlooking to Bristol channel, very spectacular! We then crawled onto another little English pub up a back lane, very quaint! Finally we headed back home to a ...