Travel Blogs from Harpenden, United Kingdom
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Welcome
It's already been an awesome year since leaving school. In six months I've driven around Iceland in a campervan with my brother, visited New York, Chamonix and Spain with my family and spent a fantastic if tiring week at my former swimming club's ...
Six more sleeps 'til we go!
The bike weighs a tonne, we have too much luggage and not enough money! I told Nona she won't need all those shoes and the hair dryer but what do I know? I'm just a boy! The nerves are getting bad. I Just hope we make it to the ferry. Once we're ...
The bits in between
23rd November 2008 Rose & Chris's, Harpenden Rainy and very cold Haven't written up for ages. It's been a great big whirlwind of a trip. Our friends and family have gone way beyond the call of duty putting us up and ferrying us from ...
So long and thanks for all the fish
Don't get me wrong, I don't assume that Australia and New Zealand don't serve fish. I just couldn't think of a wittier title for my maiden entry. Hi. For those of you who do know me, welcome to my internal monologue. For those of you who don't know me, ...
Cream Tea, Quaint Villages and Roman Baths!
Said goodbye to Oxford after a quick goodbye breakfast with Natalie. Jackie arrived as planned at 9ish and we set off to explore the English countryside. Jackie and I were rookies on my Southern India tour adventure a while back. I knew she would ...
Preparing for India...
woke up to a fairly substantial downpour so confined the day to sorting, packing, copying picture to DVDs etc. Enjoyed another delicious home cooked meal by J & T's B & B and then set off for Heathrow where I settled in at a pub after getting upgraded ...
Driving in the UK
The next day I drove across to Harpenden, stopped off at Hitchin as my knee was a bit sore and I needed a break. It is a middle sized town about 30 minutes from Luton, with lots of second hand shops! I managed to visit most of them in the ...
Harpenden, a retreat!
Hello all again! So we are now in beautiful England. Which to be honest, we havent really seen to much of England since we are pretty much here on the base, but it is a very pretty area. We both feel like we are on a retreat right now. ...
7/10 Thursday Harpenden
7 October Thursday Harpenden Left Woodstock, pleasant sunny day driving through English countryside broken by regular villages and occasional 3 lane motorway M roads. Road system very good, too many cars and trucks though all the time, except back B ...
The Wait is over
Hi eveyone, So it's Tuesday 7th February 2012 and the day before I catch my flight to Bangkok to start my travels. Its been a long time coming but all the preparations are complete, my possesions for the next 7 or so months are all packed up in my bag ...
Mascara Madness
Well - I learnt something new this trip - going through security at LA customs they found my mascara - and said that that was considered a liquid and should be in the liquids bag...... I have had the same type of mascara for years! Maybe I just ...
9/10 Saturday Harpenden
9-10 October Saturday, Sunday Harpenden Today we fly out to Sydney via Hong Kong, will leave at 8 for 1 hr drive to Heathrow. Due to arrive Sydney late Monday pm. Qantas flights OK at this stage, cannot print boarding passes for some reason so will have ...
See the town!!
... had a few laughs and then proceeded to the train meeting up with the mad rush of people getting home to their families. Back in Harpenden we headed to our dinner destination "The slug and lettuce" to have 50% off Mondays!!!...what a deal. It was 6:35 and ...
Preparations
After deciding to go on this trip, which I have been informed not to describe as "risky", "irresponsible" or "potentially life threatening" preparations are well underway. After submitting to the necessity of overpriced vaccinations we are both feeling ...
More from England
... leaps of faith, stretching, growing, fun, learning, new relationships, God ecounters...it's super cool. We are right now in Harpenden, England helping out on a Ywam base, although the Lord has opened other doors for us here as well. Just ...
Off we go for our trip round the world
Off we go, even though we have just graduated (Paul graduated day before yesterday, we are getting ready to ...
The Adventure Begins!
So after months of planning and working at about 5 different jobs to save up enough money for this, hopefully epic adventure, its finally departure day!! The backpack is all packed up, and its suprisingly light, if ive forgoten anything it looks like im ...
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