Derby, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Birthday boy
Aug 29, 2007

Hi folks, Iin 5 days time it is my birthday. I have actually booked a trip to Lithuania. It should be fun. I guess I ought to start a new travelogue for that trip. Would any readers like to wish me a Happy Birthday? ...

Derbyshire and the Peak District
May 3, 2006 (12 photos)

... days later, I decided to bike to the Peak District. After borrowing a bike from my aunt's friend, I boarded the train at Derby for the half-hour ride to Matlock. Exiting the ting station at Matlock, I headed towards Bakewell and the home of the famous ...

Derby
May 10, 2006

After returning to Derbyshire from my exciting time in Prague, chilling out after exhausting, exciting time in Prague walking along river in Derby last supper with my aunt

Derby
Apr 15, 2005

We had a quick trip up to see Simons Family in derby and Newark to say goodbye before we headed back down south to clear the remaining contents of our house and pack up ready to leave for portsmouth where we would catch the ferry to Bilboa (spain)

...and still more to see...
Nov 5, 2006 (5 photos)

Derby is the closest town, so I have explored there a few times now, and was excited to find a place near here is called Melbourne!!! pretty sleepy little town, but I did spot the Australian flag there. Stratford was amazing- so much Shakespeare ...

Home
Sep 13, 2006

This is where I'm from and where I call home.

Scenes of Derby
Jul 18, 2006 (11 photos)

... , washing and brekky. Brian and I are off to explore today as there is a great shopping centre in the city of Derby and everything is very reasonably priced. I remember when I came to England 10 years ago with Evelyn that everything was very expensive, ...

Back home
Jul 24, 2006

... able to eat cadburys dairy milk again got me through it!! So im now home and currently unemployed. Im searching for a temp job in derby and then fingers crossed i might get an events job in london. we shall see! as i lost my phone im not sure i have ...

Back home
Apr 11, 2001

Back home.

Museums and Castles
Jul 22, 2006 (12 photos)

... ride on the bus was brilliant as the villages we drove through were amazing, they were a lot different from the big city of Derby, all picture postcards. In Matlock on top of the hill is an old derelict castle called Riber Castle, and we decide to have ...

Getting life organised here in Derby.
Jul 26, 2006 (10 photos)

... "The Rams". Brian wants to see the ground, and all I want to see is the antiques. It's about 3-4klm from Alan's place (the old Derby home, "The Baseball Ground", was less than a 1klm away until it was torn down in 2004) so it was a nice walk. We don't know ...

Cable Cars, long walks and cricket.
Aug 2, 2006 (13 photos)

... we really enjoyed spending some time with Alan. Monday 31st July. Today we are visiting Uttoxeter which is a small town outside of Derby in the neighboring shire of Staffordshire with the main claim to fame for us is that this is where Alan works. We ...

Moving back to Derby
Aug 7, 2006

Back home with the family after finishing work prior to going on my Round-The-World trip.

Back home
Sep 11, 2006

Back home.

Home
Mar 4, 1980

I'm born!

England at long last!
Jul 15, 2006 (9 photos)

... We are both exhausted after all the travel, and cringe at Alan advising us that we have to catch 3 separate trains to Derby which will take almost 3 hours, and involve all the necessary luggage transfers and moving between platforms, etc. It doesn't take ...

Derbyshire
Apr 8, 2007 (14 photos)

First Stop, Derby.

Heading home soon, then off!
Aug 24, 2005

... . Flights, insurance and other things are pretty much sorted. It just remains to see how much stuff I can fit in the rucksack and see what I have to leave at home! I'll write more when I have been somewhere more interesting than Derby and Southampton!

Leaving Do
Apr 12, 2006 (10 photos)

Well folks, as promised here are the leaving do photos! Apologies for the delay in getting these on to the web, my mum's wind up computer was having none of it so I am currently sat in an internet cafe in Torquay! Thank you all so much for coming out ...

Derbyshire vs Somerset
Aug 5, 2005 (1 photos)

... a few good mates. In the absence of good friends, Cooke, Beeford, Tucker and Broomy formed the remainder of the party that took Derby by storm. The game? Pretty dull...... The ground? OK, but the old farts who were members of the club didn't like us ...

Derby...say it with me Daaarby.
Jun 20, 2008 (7 photos)

In Derby, Derbyshire at Nickola and Gabby's place.  This is Rolls Royce central, hence Gab's job is here.  Apparently Rolls Royce names their engines Trent XXX (fill in the blank) for the Trent river that runs past the area.  A little ...

thursday
Aug 18, 2005

Had an early night again last night 10.30 however I wont get an early night tonight. Bjarne is making a japanese curry tonight and has invited a bunch of people over to his for curry beer and games. So tonight certainly should not be dull. Well I was ...

I think i'll go to Coventry next time...
Apr 18, 2009

What a depressing experience... The best thing to come out of Derby is the A52.

Derby Departure
Sep 7, 2007

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Baz in the Boot
Dec 16, 2005

To say the least, these last few days have been interesting and the people who i have met have been really nice and fun. There were a few nights that we hung around doing stuff until early early hours of the morning but im surviving that. Like every ...

Download festival
Jun 12, 2008 (13 photos)

Just a couple of days after being back, I was off again - Wednesday night to Redhill, leaving early Thursday morning for Download festival. The weather was pretty dry but freezing at night, the music was good, the people were cool, the feeling of doing ...

Derbyn-reissusta ja vahan muustakin ^^
Apr 7, 2008

Taas on aika vierahtanyt ihmeen nopeasti, ja paljon kaikkea on ehtinyt jalleen tapahtua. Toissa on ollut hauskaa, ja nyt olen erityisen ylpea siita, etta hallitsen Mac-koneiden kayton, typerassa koulussani kun on lahestulkoon vain PC-koneita. Ei hyva ...

Home again
Feb 13, 2007

After a good flight from San Jose to Newark, then had a long delay (as long as it takes for the flight across the atlantic!) while they decided that the redeye flight couldnt take off with a broken video!!! Yes that really was the excuse they used - move ...

How did I get here...?
Mar 15, 2006 (5 photos)

... the coastline. On the way home we popped into the small village of Adensfield where the English TV show Heartbeat is filmed. Back at Derby I discovered Video Nation on the BBC website. You e-mail a proposal to the BBC on why you would like to make a 2 ...

First Day
Jun 22, 2008

16.30 - Check in at East Midlands Airport to find our flight has been delayed an hour, purchase two books and Monopoly to pass the time on our travels. 19.25 - flight delayed another hour 20.00 - Flight Cancelled, queue to EasyJet desk is 3 hours long, ...