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Bristol Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bristol, United Kingdom
A new chapter.
This is a top pick! ... 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
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Back to Blighty and Bristol beckons
This is a top pick! ... ;bed count continued to rise for a while longer. We pulled our belongings out of storage in Taunton and moved to Bristol, found a little waterfront flat to rent for a while and, thanks to bro, mums and dads, we had a smooth move. Our ...
Beers of the World
This is a top pick! A little project during our travels was to sample the beers (and ciders) of the world. Here's some photos of those we loved and loathed, enjoyed and endured. Some photos were just too fuzzy to include. I wonder why?!*$!! Most notable were: ...
For inquisitive minds
This is a top pick! ... job-hunting a really slow process, selling our house is slooow and finding a new one is slooow. But, we’re enjoying Bristol, we’ve thrown ourselves into an exercise regime and we’re seeing family and friends, with fun weekends to look ...
Ready to depart!
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Christmas pudding & turkey review
This is a top pick! 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 ...
A free ticket
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
English Countryside
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Bon Voyage
This is a top pick! Thanks to everyone for your best wishes. Here are a few piccies of your cards and the leaving party. It was great to have an excuse to catch-up with nearly everyone and we're sorry if we didn't get he chance to say bye. We'll be back soon and we'll ...
Travel Survival Guide - Tricks & Tips
This is a top pick! My Top Traveller Tips for Surviving Your Adventure Abroad - This not an exhaustive list but some hints and tips that I discovered before or during my travels which served me well. Hope they're useful. - JJ Water - Bottled water is available ...
Snowden to Stonehenge
This is a top pick! ... 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. ...
Some old photos we found
This is a top pick! Thought you might like to see some photos of what the car used to look like. Emily (Martin's ...
First Copernicus and Now Brunel
... all that was missing was being barefoot and trudging through snowdrifts. Along the way I walked through great neighborhoods and really enjoyed Bristol by foot. The neighborhoods West End and Clifton Woods had a vibe a lot like Queen Street in Toronto or ...
Lemony travels with us to Bristol
... the 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). ...
A plea
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
... 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
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
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!!
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!
... London 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 ...
Vaccinations
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.....
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
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
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 ...
A Rainy End
... Paris I took a bus, then the ferry, then the bus, the tube, a train, and a taxi to make it to my friend's house in Bristol. It was exhausting but good when I finally go there. For my last full day in Europe we took another train (this one only 10 ...
Leaving day library fun
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 ...
Bristol
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. £48 one way each. ...
Last week in Bristol
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 ...