Sheffield, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Home!! No No No!!!
Apr 5, 2007

Well, they say that all good things must come to end!!... In our case its come to an end much quicker than we ever thought it would! It has been so amazing and there is so much to tell. We can't believe a year has gone. It's flown by and now we are home, ...

Nearly There!!
Apr 10, 2006 (1 photos)

Hi There Guys, Well most of you are probably aware that we will shortly be leaving the country to start our year long travels! We leave on the 17th April and are so so excited :-) Lou has quit her job now and is doing some temp marketing work to ...

And They're Off!!!!
Oct 4, 2004

Well it was up at 3am to set off on the "Tony and Sarah World Tour 2004-2005". The clio was loaded up with all our worldly possessions for the next 12 months as we headed off to Manchester airport for our flight to Bangkok via Singapore. I (t) managed ...

Down in albion...
Jul 16, 2008 (8 photos)

... day. A bit too hot for someone used to New Zealand's winter! Anyway I got back to Manchester and jumped on the train to Sheffield....saw some chavs, had a greggs sausage roll, everything was the same as usual!!! Plan now is to get a job and live in the ...

Flying visit to London,Sheffield & Nottingham
Sep 21, 2008

... have a day to spare. I then met Lara at the metro, we took the train home, packed an overnight bag & hit the road to sheffield to see my cousins & auntie who i have not seen in 10years. We arrived around 9.30pm said a quick hello to Paul's boys before ...

Event no. 35. Derwent Dambuster
Apr 18, 2009 (2 photos)

Saturday the 18th. I was third lady last year so when I was overtaken by 4 women after the first hill I knew I was running slow. I felt like I had left my muscles in the Sahara. I was wrong as I ran it in 1:20:04. Last year I was 1:18:49. So not so bad so ...

Trying to sort everything out!
May 4, 2009 (1 photos)

So many things to do! Had an email of Callie Whitney the Programme Director at Camp Ton-A-Wandah, where I shall be spending ten weeks of my summer, asking me loads of questions about medical forms, things to do at camp things not to do at camp ...

Ready to go....
Oct 14, 2006

Just a quick note to get this travelogue started, I've been dying to write in it for weeks! Hopefully the map will show Sheffield as my starting point. Go the Blades! Anyway, tomorrow I'm off to London with los padres and will be seeing Rob in his new ...

I notice a distinct lack of cows and it worries me
Feb 14, 2007

Keep wanting to update this as it doesn't really feel finished, or it could be that I can't let go of my Indian Adventure. So, that's yer lot. My god, what a shock to be home. Where are the cows? why is everything so organised, rational and quiet? I ...

The town of Ashbourne and the city of Sheffield
Jul 30, 2006 (16 photos)

... 2500 plants from around the world, go shopping in "The Moor" which is a no-vehicle open shopping area, explore the massive Sheffield Markets with all its fresh produce and market stalls, take in the history and wonder of The Cathedral Church of St Peter ...

Leaving Home
Aug 30, 2007 (1 photos)

After a sleepness night we got ready to set off. It'd taken us maybe a month of sorting everything out for our trip: packing our jobs in, fixing things with the house, finding tenants and renting out our house, sorting out utility bills (am I glad that is ...

Au revoir mes amies et famille!
Apr 12, 2005

It has been pointed out to me that I omitted a starting point for my trip so here it is, an entry for Sheffield, England, just to make the map a leedle bit prettier....or should that be Manchester, seeing as that was my first airport, or London Heathrow as ...

Home is where the health is (not !)
Dec 31, 2003

Well, Christmas has been and gone and we're only 7.5 weeks and counting now until we are out of here ! With Lucina's wedding to keep us diverted in the mean-time the trip is approaching like a juggernaut. I handed my notice in at work last week so ...

Sheffield and the Nether Edge
Jun 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... it might have been. As I made my way to the bus, I realized that, compared to the places I have been recently, Sheffield itself is really a very modern looking city. I went through a huge Millennium Gallery and Gardens where there was some kind of a ...

research in Sheffield
Jun 22, 2006

I worked in the archives in Sheffield all day. I was intending to look at: diaries as well as the Cannon Hall estate account and employment records to see if there was any record of my ancestor working for them. Further, I wanted to see if there were any ...

Documentation
Dec 8, 2003

Got our international driving licenses on Saturday which was a very prompt response. We also headed off to a 'Visa Surgery' in Nottingham to get our Indian Visas sorted out. Got there just before lunch in time to grab a queue ticket before heading off ...

The places where we'll go
Jan 20, 2004

Well we finally got our US visa and all the jabs have been jabbed into us so as long as we keep taking the tablets (where have I heard that one before ?!) when we should we'll be okay. We've paid for our flight tickets today and here is the itinerary we ...

coming home
Jun 25, 2009 (1 photos)

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The preparations
Dec 2, 2003

Today we've started our jab program before we head off. Ordered the rucksacks from the US at the weekend. Visa processing is turning out to be a right pain in the arse. The people who work in these embassies must spend many happy hours dreaming up ...

Home!!
Dec 23, 2006

Home! Golly. It's not really sunk in yet. Everything is so familiar and yet feels slightly odd.

The backpacks arrive !
Dec 16, 2003

The letter said 'Big Box' so that could only mean 1 thing ! We couldn't wait till Monday to get them so we went round to DHL on Saturday. Sue is VERY pleased with hers and all the bells and whistles and compartments that come with it. I tried mine on ...

Leaving the cutlery capital
Sep 1, 2005

... hospital. New buildings like the Winter Gardens or Hallam university's Atrium look great. A commonly quoted statistic is that Sheffield has the highest rate of students staying to live after graduation. Impressive for a city with relatively few graduate ...

The Start of the Swiss Experience
Nov 30, 2003 (6 photos)

Hi Everyone, Well it is not long until I depart for the cold cold mountains of Switzerland. I just thought I would drop you a quick note about this Travelouge I have set up for my trip. Every time I make an entry you will receive an e mail telling you ...

The Start of Somthing Big
Jun 7, 2004

Hi Guys, Well the time has come for me to exit the UK again and put my passport to good use by travelling around the globe for 12 months taking in some amazing sites, beutiful beaches and plenty of intoxicatic liquids. Thats correct instead of being ...

The first leg of the journey
Sep 21, 2007

... distant memory, so I can revist this blog and others can get a feel of what the city was like. The trip begins in Sheffield, having decided to leave from London than Manchester due to budget I took an early morning train to the great capital. The trip ...

Lesson 3 - The ____ (okay, Diary...) Format
Jun 6, 2008

Amidst all the tropical heat we gleaned a few facts about the diary format. I'm sure if you know any denizens from 8aEn1 they can let you know all about the APF, PAF, whatever you want to call it. 'I'm just going out, I may be some time.'

Still at the planning stage
Oct 16, 2009

Still haven't packed ;-)

sheffield
Sep 9, 2006

sheffield

HILLS
May 11, 2008 (16 photos)

... lost because the signs just aren't always there.  So this is why I have problems. Route (Manchester to Sheffield): A57 Bike: 39 miles -- Health and fitness in English and Japanese! http://daily-cup-of-tea.blogspot.com British Indie Music ...

Leaving Home (well, MK)
Jan 17, 2006

About to embark on my voyage... Finished work 5 days ago and headed straight back up to Sheffield to get myself organised and say "later" to the family as I'm not going to see them for a fair while. Had a nice couple of days, though bloody hectic, ...