Grimsby, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Day 24
Oct 11, 2008 (6 photos)

... returned home to plan out the rest of our day. Dad and Noah headed off with Uncle Graham, Leo and Jacob to see Grimsby Town verse Wycombe Wonderers. After checking my emails Aunty Margaret and Uncle Philip dropped mum and me off in town at Freshny Place. ...

Day 4
Sep 21, 2008 (2 photos)

After getting only 6 hours sleep I woke up at 7am and after falling back asleep again at 8.30am. I lied in bed for half an hour waiting for Celeste or Sophie to wake up before I decided to get up and get ready. After getting dressed and doing my hair I ...

Day 8
Sep 25, 2008 (3 photos)

I woke up at 8.30 this morning and after sending some emails off to my friends I got dressed and ate breakfast. At 10am mum and I left the house with Aunty Pat and Uncle Graham to visit the cemetery. It took around 10 minutes to drive there and we spent ...

Day 7 Sept. 10th ferry Isle of Skye to North Uist
Sep 30, 2007 (40 photos)

... and indeed it is a fair land with many rolling hills and large farms. We then journeyed on across the causeway to the Isle of Grimsby and our B & B where we were met by Molly a border collie - she was glad to greet us but wanted us to go her way - ...

Day 20
Oct 7, 2008 (2 photos)

I was so pleased to be able to sleep in this morning for the first time in a long time. I woke up at around 10.30am and climbed down the stairs to find most of the family in the lounge room. There wasn't much in the house for breakfast as we cleared ...

Day 21
Oct 8, 2008 (2 photos)

I woke up again this morning at just gone 10.30am. After checking my emails and updating my travelpod I got dressed and had breakfast. Dad was feeling horribly sick, I think I had passed on whatever I had, but he still drove mum, Nikita and I over to ...

Day 22
Oct 9, 2008 (2 photos)

I was woken up at 6.45am this morning by Sophie's alarm but neither of us ended up getting up until 7.15. We got up, got dressed, did our hair and packed our bags before heading downstairs for breakfast which was Cheerios, orange juice and K-Time bars. We ...

Day 3
Sep 20, 2008

After 14 hours of sleep I finally woke up at 9am. I hopped straight in the shower and began to instantly get ready as today I was heading off to my cousin Sophie's house. At 10.30am after breakfast and packing my bag we were greeted at the front door by ...

Primeira semana de ensaios
May 12, 2008 (4 photos)

Sabiamos que tinhamos que preparar para fazer a apresentacao. Mas, de algum modo, sempre o inicio dos ensaios estava sendo adiado. Finalmente, comecamos a ensaiar. Foi a primeira semana que tivemos para nos dedicar totalmente a isso. Talvez fosse mais ...

Day 7
Sep 24, 2008 (3 photos)

... out my suitcase and cleaning up the house before Uncle Graham returned to take dad, Noah, Bronte and I to the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre. After purchasing our tickets we entered the museum where we traveled through the history of fishing Grimsby. ...

Day 25
Oct 12, 2008 (3 photos)

Having fallen asleep a lot earlier last night than the night before, we weren't quite as tired when we were woken at 10.30 when Dean came in to wake us up. Laura had already woken up and left for work by the time we headed down for breakfast. Melanie had ...

Day 6
Sep 23, 2008 (5 photos)

... Once we had all had a turn on one game or another, we headed to a fish-n-chips shop for our first taste of the Grimsby specialty and I must say they tasted great.    We snacked on the chips and gravy as we headed back to watch Celeste return ...

Day 23
Oct 10, 2008 (7 photos)

... . I was thrilled to see Aunty Margaret and Uncle Philip at Willingham Street when we returned home who had arrived today in Grimsby. I finished getting ready for the disco and after saying goodbye to Aunty Margaret and Uncle Philip; we left for the disco ...

Mid July 2008
Aug 9, 2008

... boys from Boston Grammar School and the Boston High Schools old girls' 1st joint picnic. I decided to track down old Grimsby flat mate Paul Rawlinson having got his address earlier from the Internet,(him being a company director).He wasn't at home , ...

Later May
May 18, 2008

... tidying the garden ready for our trip to Elsdon and Joan Franks'place in Crete. I dropped off my beach combings with my Grimsby Flower Lovers contact; it will be interesting to see what they think of the driftwood and antique jetsam I've supplied, for them ...

Late June
Jul 11, 2008

... photo on the blog when I've learned to "weave" one in.  On a very different note the beautiful Sue Rudd visited Grimsby to see her mum and friends. Hil Pougher, Sue and myself met at Tony Berrys place for an excellent chat about the old ...

Mid June
Jul 11, 2008

... Annie from the heroic "Artlandish" -art teaching company . Also I met   Billy Anderson and Sharon Davis of Grimsby, both colourful and crazy, whom Sue and I last saw dj ing at a karioke contest, fellow tent erector, good company,& ...

Later Aug 2008
Nov 9, 2008

Sue and I enjoyed Bob and Marisha Pinion's  25th wedding anniversary garden party and i chatted to Bob's father Roland about his interesting surname and hisfamily history. I'm said I'd help him try answer a few questions. After there we jioned Sue's ...

Early August 2008
Nov 9, 2008

Friend Sue "Rudd", organized a get-together in Cleethorpes for some of us to meet her new partner Steve. He's a Kiwi from North Island, NZ, and they plan to live over there soon near the beach. We had drinks in the Nottingham pub and then on to the ...

Early June
Jun 12, 2008

... several times in mask and snorkel and I encountered several fish which would have been a home in a tropical? fish tank back in Grimsby.Being an early riser I explored the area by foot and bike and when John and Lesley Raisen (ex-award winning grocer / ...

Late July 2008
Nov 8, 2008

... when finished next year.      The following Saturday saw a group of us from "childrens services" Dudley St, Grimsby, form the Barnardo's walking float (all in fancy dress) in the Parade at Cleethorpes (part of the annual Carnival). All ...

Early May
May 16, 2008

... we attended a charity football game between ConocoPhillips and Fabricom, we won 2-1 , no doubt due to me finding  :-) ex Grimsby Town prospective player Ben Higgins and him playing for the refinery.On Sunday last we had a bike ride in fabulous weather ...

Early July 2008
Aug 7, 2008

... and a radish I'd dislodged whilst digging, for breakfast, while the others had the Lincolnshire sausages we'd bought at Pettits in Grimsby. We said our goodbyes and set off to the Festival site and arrived a litle late, missing two groups. We did manage ...

Back on English Soil
Oct 28, 2008

... to not sleeping. Headed to the airport with on £20 left. The question was will this be enough to get me to Grimsby having already covered the flight cost. At the airport I got a free local Newspaper discussing the poor weather. Agree there! Jumped on ...