Nottingham
Travel Blogs from Nottingham, United Kingdom
Introduction
This travelogue will be the home to my upcoming journey around the world with my pal Vinny. The idea, in it's simplest form, is to go once around the globe without resorting to air travel. Along the way, we plan to watch England beat Brazil in the ...
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
... anything up and one of the terminals was closed down. After that it was a rather simple case of getting a coach from Heathrow to Nottingham, where the money JB and I had appropriated from behind the bar at the pub came to my rescue again, as was able ...
The Clock In San Dimas
It's weird, you know. Less than three weeks to go before we set off on a journey that could take years. The amount of things there are to do is astounding. I've got to somehow move out of my flat, store my possessions I don't want to throw away at my ...
Why Not Fly?
It's not going to be cheap to do it this way round. Especially when you consider that a round the world flight can be as cheap as £650 these days. And it's not, as many people suspect, that we're scared of flying. Quite the opposite. In fact, I get ...
A Holiday Within a Holiday
... compared to someone who, say, lives in Melbourne. So there's the option of becoming an 'expert' of my hometown of Nottingham... And giving fellow travels whatever help and assistance they could possibly require when planning a visit to 'the home of Robin ...
Bye Bye Blighty
So, here we are at last, Packed and ready to go, well almost. Just A few weeks to go and still so much to do, finishing research, checking on Visa applications,and buying those 'must have' gadgets ... the self inflating, solar powered, light weight, ...
The Last Day
God..... One Day, less than 24 hours to go. I wanted to write a lot of stuff. Some kind of great inspirational yet heartfelt, tender even chat about my last few days in this country. Lots to say, no time to say it. So let's just pretend I ...
The To Do List
Crikey. Only fourteen days to go now. I'm trying to get things in a little bit of order, so I don't end up running around like an idiot two days before we go. I still will end up running around like an idiot, but I thought I'd make a list anyway. In ...
Thus Ends Our English Chapter
... medieval costumes, open air theatre with fire eating jesters, and a sensational skirmish between Robin Hood and the evil Sherriff of Nottingham. The crowds roared for Robin as he battled the bad guys. They cheered as he fought the good fight. ...
To Germany................
I thought I'd better put down exactly what the plan is, so I can look back on how wrong it went in a few months time. On the 1st of June, we're going to jump on a bus that is conveniently going to take us all the way to Amsterdam. We'll spend nearly ...
.................... And Beyond
After the World Cup, we're going to head east. The plan is to nip through Poland, and then spend a few days in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia before going to St Petersburg. A bit of time there and then over to Moscow, where we're going to get a ticket on ...
Comedy Birthday Night
Tonight we went to Nottingham to celebrate our friend Christine's birthday. We ended up going to a comedy club and all had a brilliant night out - see ...
Talavera Drunk
... from Sharpe, but when you've finished someone says 'let's do that again'. As it turned out, I didn't hate being back in Nottingham as much as I feared. In fact, I was pleasantly reminded of all the good people I know. The place is still a shithole, ...
Last Day Of Work!
It was hard going this morning. Yesterday's session was still fresh in the body as I started my last day at work. There was a little leaving speech given in which I was asked if I was upset at leaving and going to cry. My response....I am going on ...
The liver is evil and it has just been punished!
... with about 20 others from work. We went to see day one of the Third Test between England and New Zealand at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. As a pleasant leaving surprise for me, the little sh*ts made me dress up as a Fat Batman! (Although I probably enjoyed ...
Out for a few beers
Lorna stayed in with her friend Amy tonight and hd a few wines. I went into Nottingham to see my old work mates. I only went to see them at work in the afternoon for a couple of hours, but it ended up in the Canalhouse at 4pm for some alcoholic ...
Hold
... of a placeholder. When I get some time, I'll update with what's been going on, but I've been having a great time in Nottingham, visiting Nick and Jon. Again, when ~I get the chance I'll try and update my map pins to include places like Buxton, Bakewell, ...
Back to Jon and Nick's
... them through Couchsurfers as well, but wasn't staying with them), hung out and pre-drank, and we went out clubbing in Nottingham. After checking out a gay bar and having a drink we left fairly quickly because, well, it was dead. Unfortunately, the gay ...
The 'Possibly' Part of There and Back Again
So here's a quick update on progress for the trip. Just about everything is sorted, apart from boat hire and river guides which the two companies we have spoken to said it is easier to sort when we are out there. James has popped his shoulder and ...
Ushering out Nottingham
Well it's been a long day, and I've still got a 3 hr drive to London. However, our intrepid explorer is in good spirits. This may be because he's busy writing a blog instead of thinking of the things he still has to do before he can leave. ...
Nottingham
... and start by finding a "Starbucks", who have WiFi, and catch up on our email and have a cup of coffee or two or three. Nottingham is of course famous for lace, a castle, a labyrinth of limestone caves, Robin Hood and the oldest pub in all England. Robin ...
testing testing.....panic
Packing has to be the most stressful thing ever, half the ppl tell you your taking too much, other too little, i cant win. It 13tops, 5dress's/play suits, 3 skirts, 3 shorts and underwear too much? im away for 81 days for this part of the trips, i feel ...
Update on the countdown!
I know it's 10 week tomorrow until I start the trip of a lifetime! But for my travel blog, I want to keep track on the upcoming weeks, so I can look back and remember how excited and nervous I was. I started today off with listing 21 items on eBay and I ...
Following the footsteps of the Founder
... with. hehe. some people can talk to animals, i can talk to old people. :) then the manager drove us to the centre of nottingham where we went to an open air, done by booth memorial corps. it was a beautiful, hot sunny summers day and they drew a bit of a ...
50 days until the big one!!!
The days are rattling down and there are now only 50 days until I embark on the trip of a life time with 21 other crazy but presumably like minded people who I have never met before. 16 of the 22 have signed up for a closed Facebook site and ...
More Travels...
... last time, our trip to Wales. We left on Thursday mid-morning straight after I finished class. We drove up to pick up Jess in Nottingham (her uni looked pretty amazing, but we were unable to look around due to the fading light and lack of parking). We had ...
Tears as I hand in my notice!
After a long hard discussion (with myself!) I decided that it was not fair to only give Vicky, Neil, Lorna & crew 4 weeks notice. Everyone means too much to me just to walk away and leave them in the shit, much to my dad's disagreement. So, ...
Pre-departure
Hi all, This is the beginning of our trip to Australia, we have travelled up to Nottingham to see colette's family and celebrate her youngest sisters 18th birthday, before we leave the country. We bought our sleeping bags the other day and it is ...
Home
Have you ever sat in your flat in town and thought "what if I moved out, lived in my mums shed (God bless all those that sail in her), sold my motorbike, paid off my debts, brought a map, drew a route, saved up some cash, gave up my job and pissed off ...

