Staffordshire, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Eggs..
Aug 28, 2004

Spent two hours in a mountaineering shop today learning the complex intricacies of how to assemble, load, compress, detach, re-attach, un-compress, adjust, re-load and climb into my new backpack. Yes - the time is getting closer now. I'm just glad I ...

A Bit 'O' Background!
Aug 18, 2004 (3 photos)

I've been on about seeing the world for years. More importantly though, I've been 'itching' to do it for years. When I sit and think about it - if I hadn't have climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) in 2001, I really don't think I'd have had the same drive ...

The Time of my Life...
Aug 1, 2004 (6 photos)

------------------------------------ VIDEOS NOW UPLOADED! SEE ABOVE! ---------------------------------- 'In 2004 I did something different. Without a shred of emotion I shrugged off the house, the job, the car and the bike. I shrugged off everything. ...

Goodbye England
May 25, 2005

It always hits me so late - the fact that I am leaving. The packing was done so far in advance (for once) that I had plenty of time to walk around the house saying goodbye to everything. Mum had already left for her tour to Ireland and my sister had ...

My family and other animals
Aug 29, 2005 (11 photos)

'Shall we do something today?' "Well it is a Bank Holiday!" 'How about Gentleshaw Bird Sanctuary?' "Why not. Dad get your coat, we're going out!" A family outing! ***** Gentleshaw Bird Sanctuary is a small place fairly near our home. It ...

Take it out, take the bloody thing out!
Sep 14, 2005 (6 photos)

History

Bored in the Midlands
Oct 7, 2005 (5 photos)

Really, being in bed usually suits me fine, but not today, and not yesterday, and not for the next few weeks. Now I am awake enough to move, that's exactly what I'd like to do. It's amazing how much we use that connective tissue between the top and bottom ...

The best rides are the ones that go upside down!
Aug 19, 2004 (3 photos)

So - I decided to do it. Everything I own is is currently in the transitional phase of being either sold, stored or buried and then I'm going. I have condensed my whole existence to the size of a small backpack (note to self - get your pack!) To ...

Hey Little Sister
Aug 28, 2005 (4 photos)

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Maybe tomorrow I'll want to settle down
Oct 30, 2005 (9 photos)

There are some things which seem to happen when I am about to leave. I have begun to regard them as a signal of change. The first is that a spider dies. I don't particularly like spiders that run fast, but I do praise their ability to mop up the flies and ...

Aotearoa - The Land of the Long White Cloud...
Aug 27, 2004

Well, two weeks today I'll be flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Denpasar in Bali, Indonesia as part of my triple-legged journey from London Heathrow to Auckland, New Zealand. I figured that as I'm not in any 'rush' - I may as well spend two whole ...

Upright, no longer uptight!
Oct 13, 2005 (8 photos)

Finally out of bed. A quick stagger around the garden, a quick ride in the new car, a quick slide to exhaustion. The world seems to be happening in an easy plane all of it's own. Damn, where's those drugs?

Welcome!
Aug 18, 2004 (1 photos)

Well I hope you're sitting comfortably... Firstly, thanks for taking the time to at least click 'Enter Travelogue' with your mouse. I've gotta say this whole online diary, journal, well actually 'Travelogue' thing is really quite exciting. I was ...

Under 2 months to go..!
Jul 11, 2007

Well, my first entry... and here I am sitting at home in my study- planning planning planning.  Less than 8 weeks to go, and so much to do!  I know it will come around so quick!!  So much to do, so much to plan and so much to buy.  It ...

Well here we go......!
Aug 15, 2005

Okay...here goes! We are finally leaving for Heathrow in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and to be honest I can't describe what is going through my mind, or what Dan is thinking. We have been building up to this moment for the last few months and ...

Homeward bound... and departing again!
Sep 5, 2009 (4 photos)

Its certainly been a hectic two weeks, after camping in France we took the costal road back to the ferry crossing. It was strange seeing the places we had visited on the start of our adventure, remembering how excited and scared we were last time we were ...

Warm house, hot water, own bed...bliss
Dec 10, 2007

After all the driving I have done in Murvi over the last few weeks, driving on the right feels normal. So now that we are back England I have to remind myself to drive on the left. From the ferry we had at least a 5-hour drive in the dark, along the ...

Preparations
Jan 2, 2008

My preparations for this trip seem to have been going on for months, so I'm ready to hit the road.  The hardest decision of all was deciding to quit my job to go travelling, which also meant leaving New York and moving back to ...

And so the countdown nears an end...
Oct 12, 2009 (1 photos)

Blimey, the time is nigh and on Sunday I finally leave the country for an extended travel stint after many months of planning even more years of talking about it..... It feels exceptionally strange as the day finally nears and the ...

London and into the Midlands
May 4, 2005 (2 photos)

For my last day in London, I went out to meet some of my cousins from South Africa that I had not seen since I was 2 years old. Alistair and Meghan are both now living in London. We met up in Covet Gardens...a very lively area in central London. We went ...

Last night in England -> one more sleeps
Jul 21, 2008

Well this is it, my last night in England. It's 11.30, my family are all in bed, rather sensibly considering the fact that we're all leaving at 7 in the morning to take me to the airport, but i dont have a hope of getting any sleep. This is despite the ...

My last few days, Prossy and Stoke City
Jul 19, 2008 (6 photos)

Hi All, It really isnt long now, and im starting to soil myself! Lovely I know. Wanted to give you a bit of information about what I've been up to in the two days since i last 'blogged'. I spent yesterday afternoon helping a friend out in ...

Jeff's Night Out
Aug 2, 2009

Jeff finished work on Friday and had a night out with friends in Newcastle last night.  Dave came down from Manchester too so joined the party.  I know  very little detail about the evening so will leave it to Jeff to update at some point ...

Pre-flight importantness
Jul 14, 2007

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 ...

Drayton Manor
Jun 14, 2009 (8 photos)

Another place that the kids wanted to visit before leaving for NZ! A lovely sunny day brought out the crowds, particularly in Thomas land.  The morning was spent driving and flying a range of vehicles and being taken on a rollercoaster ride by the ...

I go tomorrow!!!
Sep 2, 2007 (9 photos)

Wow.... shit... poo.... oh me god!!!  I go tomorrow, and really really can't quite believe it!  I don't feel ready, but John said that I'd never feel ready- it's just one of those things that you just have to do!  It really hasn't hit me ...

Counting down
Nov 1, 2004

Well, here I am sitting at my desk while Jeff is up north somewhere in his lorry. Can't believe that this time next week we will be on our way to Heath Row, setting off on our big adventure. At the moment we are both suffering from an acute attack of ...

Alsop-en-le-Dale!
Jun 3, 2009 (2 photos)

Just a quick entry for today. On the way back from Yorkshire, Mum and I drove through the Peak District, and stopped off at a little village called Alsop-en-le-Dale! Actually a village is probably a bit of an overstatement – it consisted of about 7 ...

V
Aug 21, 2009

V festival was wonderful - Neily and I had such a good time. I love music festivals - five years is definitely too long between drinks. V was unreal - so so many of my faves were there, James Morrison, definitely the highlight, though The Script, ...

Well here we go.......
Sep 1, 2005

Well here we go, the time has finally arrived, just the packing and the journey down to London on the train (which Andy is more excited about at the moment), is all we have left to do. Dave and Helen will then be putting us up for the night, before we ...