Southampton, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Leaving drinks
Nov 26, 2005 (10 photos)

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
Nov 14, 2005

... 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 pay ...

The Plan
Sep 12, 2005 (1 photos)

Attached is a map of where I am planning to go! Only 6 days to go before departure!!!

Southampton
May 20, 2006

Dee Caffari home-coming

Postscript
Mar 20, 2006

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 - ...

Julian and Gills wedding photos
Jul 26, 2004 (21 photos)

Pictures from the wedding ...

East Preston, Southampton and Paris!
Oct 28, 2005

... 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
Dec 11, 2007 (8 photos)

... 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 upload ...

WOOOOO!!!!
Jun 13, 2009

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

All Aboard
Sep 10, 2005 (4 photos)

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 week. ...

The night before departure...
Sep 10, 2008

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 flight ...

it says in the book
Aug 21, 2008

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. i' ...

Horse riding in the New Forest
Feb 5, 2006 (5 photos)

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! You ...

The start
May 27, 2005

Simona Hamblet

Vehicle Testing New Sponsors and Party Excitement
Dec 10, 2006 (7 photos)

... 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 crews. Though ...

Winchester
Jan 9, 2006 (10 photos)

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 ...

Still at Home!
Apr 25, 2007

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 Apprehension ...

2005 - a recap
Jan 1, 2006

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...
Sep 2, 2008

... 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 mudeford might ...

The Olympics come early
Jan 2, 2006 (8 photos)

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
Dec 17, 2008

... 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...
Apr 14, 2008 (7 photos)

... 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 ...

Sweet baby jesus I don't wanna go anymore!
Apr 17, 2007

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 ...

wedding bells
May 15, 2006

On Saturday night the Southampton crowd got great news: Karen and Pete got engaged! Wedding date to come later, but it was a very exciting day (especially for Karen of course!). Many people turned up at Ceno's for drinks later in the evening, which was ...

It's less than two weeks to go now and the ...
Jan 10, 2002 (1 photos)

It's less than two weeks to go now, and the excitement is starting to build. My trip is all planned, the bags, whilst not packed, are at least ready to be packed, and the tickets are carefully placed on the kitchen table. As we all know plans are ...

Xmas in the UK with friends and relatives
Dec 28, 2006 (5 photos)

... further south for a few days before the New Year. Wednesday 27th December After spending the night at Alan's we are off to Southampton to visit with my Aunt Iris and Uncle Ron. Iris is the second youngest in a family of 9 children; 7 girls and 2 ...

trip to Wool
Apr 27, 2006 (1 photos)

MondayI took the day off work and went with Ben, Ange & Anna down to Wool to visit Ben's great aunt Dorothy. We had tea and a lovely visit with her and her daughter Diana. Dorothy is 95, and still lives alone! After we took a drive through the area, ...

Back in Port
May 26, 2009 (5 photos)

... from our last Queen Mary 2 voyage, Julia & John Greenhalf picked us up at the ship and took us to their home in Southampton. What a nice place they have and directly across from the QM2! They have a gorgeous boat too and soon they had talked us into ...

Leaving Party
Mar 19, 2007 (9 photos)

Thanks to everone who came out to support us on saturday night! Thought we'd just reward your enthusiam with a bit of international embarrisment!

Shuffling Shhlowly to the Start!
Aug 24, 2005 (2 photos)

Only a few short days to go - and the countdown has begun! Well in just over a weeks time we will be heading West to the beautiful land that is Canada... Bags (almost) packed! House (nearly) tidied up! Work (just about) finished! Jabs (painfully) ...