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Leek Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Leek, United Kingdom
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London and into the Midlands
... quite a reunion! The following day I took a bus into the Midlands to visit my Nan. She lives in a small village called Leek between Birmingham and Manchester. I spent the whole week with her in celebration of her 80th birthday. During the week, some of ...
Pre-flight importantness
Let me just set something straight before I get into it: Typo's and spelling errors are aloud! _______________________________________________________ I'm at home at the mo, havn't set off on my big venture yet. And i'm getting everything straight ...
Rocky II
I tried to get there on Friday, I really did, but what with my eldest two heading off to Barcelona and the rest of the family packing for Canada, my little trip to Staffordshire got shoved to the back burner. When I did finally set off, I had to turn ...
Edinburgh back to Leek
... , so no need to go all the way south. Fine by me, I hopped off in Stoke and jumped onto the small local bus to get to Leek. The bus driver didn't have change for my £5 note, so he was sending me away to go get change when the young guy behind me said ...
Manifold Magic
Teddy wore his GREY jumper, it was cloudy and cold today. Start temp 8.0c Finish temp 11.0c Distance walked ; 14.93 miles Time : 6 hours 28 minutes. Gerry's Warble.. Friday was transition day, like clockwork our base ...
Complete circle
Got home with Anniken, met up with loads of the lads, and various family members- went the pub. overall, awesome ...
The Best of British Luck
... All I know for certain is the part I am looking forward to least is the journey from Luton Airport back home to Leek in Staffordshire. Any journey that involves a diversion through London (which I'll disappointingly see nothing of) to Cardiff, then ...
Lets try this again....
After emailing Shelley, found out that the previous blog might not be allowed in China due to YouTube links. So here goes - Packed everything today. Getting ready to go down to London and see the sister. Will write soon :D ...
Getting ready
Had the usual departure ritual drink with the boys down at the quiet woman- Briggzy, Jamie and Rick basically. A few beers all round- Briggzy had to leave early to catch the final to Americas next top model. But my parents turned up a ...
The beginning
... 't- I have trouble controlling a shopping trolley). The journey almost ended within minutes of leaving Leek when we drove past a sign advertising the "Rushton and Spencer vintage car rally" which would be taking place that ...
The Beer Verdict
Hmm, I've never been any good with conclusions and frankly I thought I'd done with them when I finished GCSE science ("In conclusion, this experiment caught fire and went tits-up"). I managed to prove you can still get reasonably merry for a good price ...
Castle Howard and Meeting the Cliffe Family
... would've been a huge let-down. We stopped once more along the way at a 400 year old pub for lunch, and arrived in Leek mid afternoon. What a welcome! David and Delia had gone to a lot of trouble to make us feel special. Upstairs our room was a ...
The Departure
Got out of bed (hungover), stayed at home making arrangements before heading up to the pub with a few mates, my old man gave me a lift to East midlands airport- got there to discover that I still couldn't take my chewing ...
Celebrating Life
There is not much to say about the next few days I spent in England. I had never been to England with my Mom, so it was interesting for her to take me around the town that she grew up in. We had good friends and family come visit with us at Christmas, so ...
Tom is a beautiful baby!
Hi there - Kate again! The last few days have zoomed by. The conference in London was excellent but came to an end all to quickly. I had a great experience getting to Euston Station as I was encouraged by the hotel concierge to take a rickshaw as it was ...
About the Bike
We purchased a tandem back in February. Since then we have made several modifications. Saddles, handlebars, pedals,cranks, front wheel, brake pads, grips,ratios, have all been changed. Accessories have been added such as: mirrors, lighting, bike ...
Leek and Walking The Roaches
... about the food! Back at Leek we quickly packed the car ready to take off for London. We had the best time in Leek - loved staying with Delia and David and only wish it could have been longer. Hugely enjoyed their company (kindred spirit Delia?) (you ...
The big finale
Not being sure whether the bus would have made it all the way from Windermere to Sutton in one hit, I had decided to break my journey here and do a "10 to 12 mile" walk around the area tomorrow. On the map it looks like a stunning walk - and a ...
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