Southampton
Travel Blogs from Southampton, United Kingdom
Leaving drinks
Time to say goodbye - those that could make it, joined us at the Watermark bar in Port Solent. Claire, for the first time in her life was there early - thankfully as she nabbed us a prime location. From there in the guests continued to arrive ...
The Plan
... adventure in the air, itchy feet on the ground and extra money in the bank (thank you Polaroid!) we hot footed it down to Southampton to live rent free in Andrew's parents second home. The initial plan was to stay for about 4 months giving us time to ...
Postscript
It just goes to show that miracles do happen: I got upgraded on the flight back! Don't ask how - I am not sure! Suffice to say that chatting with the check-in girl was a good plan, a little bit of Spanish does seem to go a long way, and the Lima - ...
East Preston, Southampton and Paris!
... the trip from there to east preston was horrendous. anyhow, east preston was beautiful and it had a nice rest. i went to southampton on wednesday and went to winchester cathedral where they are filming the da vinci code. i also went to some stunning ...
The Naming of the Queen
... Princess Grill which we certainly didn't want to miss. This eliminated my original plan of walking to the older, interesting part of Southampton where coffeehouses are the gathering spot for the locals and the home of free high-speed WiFi. Our plan was to ...
WOOOOO!!!!
We're all packed and ready to head to Thailand in the morning!! :D Bring on the sunshine!! See you all in three weeks!! x ...
"What a lot of pomp and circumstance"
5 Jan 2011 Driven by Tim from Tunbridge Wells we arrived in good time ahead of departure at a very chilly Southampton Docks. First sight of "Arcadia" was absolutely jaw droppiong, the sheer scale of it was amazing and after lengthy queueing we eventually ...
All Aboard
Saturday we flew to London and were picked up by Princess. It was on to Southampton by bus and the final chapter of our adventure began as we boarded the Sea Princess and set sail towards New York. This is the first internet access we've had for a ...
The night before departure...
Passports. Check. Money. Check. Spedders. Where is Spedders? Only jokin. Sitting down for a final meal (Lasagne) at the Clarke residence with Mrs Clarke and the sped monkey before an early bed. Got to get up at 2.30am to catch an early morning ...
it says in the book
ok so life is getting better. two weeks to go yesterday and though there are still some feelings of impending death on the horizon, travel plans are coming together. this week i picked up my contraception so hurrah to no unwanted pregnancies. ...
Horse riding in the New Forest
Ellie, Karen & I went horse riding in the New Forest today. It was great fun! Things are done a little different over here, you have to wear a hat (helmet) and the saddles are quite different. I don't think I've ever worn a helmet horse riding before! ...
Vehicle Testing New Sponsors and Party Excitement
... greatest ever Rickshaws!!!!! MEGA TEAM GSR RICKSHAWS! We even managed a little attention gathering done whilst bumping around a carpark in Southampton. We posed happily for the Press and Chatted away for the Beeb, and other film ...
Winchester
On Saturday I took the bus to Winchester, but unfortunatly got there too late and missed the walking tour. I did take a tour of the Cathedral though, and the crypt. We had to wait quite a while to get in to the quire, as there was a wedding going on. It ...
Testing the tin can
2 days in the tin can so Stu can fuss over the electrics, the gas, the plumbing and I can quietly freak out about the lack of wardrobe space (what wardrobe), the fact I have to tow earlier than anticipated and how do I keep lauren amused if it rains for ...
"It had to end sometime"
Southampton to Tunbridge Wells Today saw us arriving back into Southampton and "reality", Tim picked us up and it was a lovely Spring morning. It has been an amazing three months journey, not a bad way to spend the Winter!! We haven't been able ...
Nerves? Pah
So, you know that feeling when you're slowly dragged up the long, steep slope to the top of a roller coaster? The feeling it's never going to end, and you're not even sure you want to drop off the other end anyway...even though you know it'll be the most ...
Still at Home!
I could write lots of nonsense about what has been going on in the last few days since we finished work. But in reality it has been all about lists, keeping with that spirit here's another one: Backpacks stuffed, Check Excitement, check ...
2005 - a recap
This is a copy of an email I sent to friends and family on New Year's Day, but I thought I'd post it here as well! 2005 for me can best be described as a roller coaster. I started off the year by making the agonizing decision to move back "home" to ...
24 hours and you could be down the pub...
... really don't appreciate who you've got until they or you commit to leaving for a while. and ok hardly anyone likes southampton and maybe living on the edge of the new forest and spending the happiest days of your life in christchurch and ...
The Grand Princess - First Impressions
We arrived at Southampton Western Docks, berth 106 at 11:30. We hadn't even got out of the car and tragedy had already stuck. Had I lost my wallet? No? Had my passport been stolen? No! Had the ship sank before we had a chance to experience its delights? ...
Obsession: Coheed and Cambria
Thrice, Circa Survive and Coheed and Cambria gig at The Guildhall Southampton ...
The Olympics come early
For New Year's Eve there were 11 of us at Simon & Catherine's for dinner. The theme of the evening was "Winter Olympics", and each team had to bring a sport! The evening started out with dinner and the torch lighting, then continued on to the events. The ...
Home
... with Mum in the arrivals hall, who had driven all the way up and stupid O'Clock to collect us, and then we were back in Southampton for a nice cup of English tea and some toast! And so ends a trip with enough memories to keep us happy for the rest of ...
Tuk tuk test drive...
... them for the first time. Someone overheard Sharon greeting fellow Rickshawers and came over and introduced himself as being from Southampton's local paper, sent along by the Bristol Evening Post to take photographs for them. Cue more nervous laughter from ...
Southampton Olde Towne
... to save it from destruction. There was also a memorial to the crew lost on board the titanic which departed from Southampton. Further along still we came to an old looking building which was apparently an old merchants house. Unfortunately it wasn't open ...
Sweet baby jesus I don't wanna go anymore!
So... apparently I'm screwed... I can't speak Portuguese, I have no Brazilian money yet, I don't know if my coach is going to get to Heathrow, and if by some miracle I do actually get to Rio, it won't be long before I pass out with the heat or get eaten ...

