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Gloucester Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Gloucester, United Kingdom
Phase 6 Day 2
... . After crossing the River Frome the path took me alongside the Stroudwater Canal which at one time had joined into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal although now stops short of the M5 at Chapmans Platt. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal had been built ...
Gloucester Quays
GLOUCESTER Another sunny AWAY day north to Gloucester Docks after a light brekkie. There are canals and waterways running off the Severn River so after chekcing out the visitors area in the dock we made a walk down the canal and linked up later to the ...
With the South Cotswold Ramblers
Did the Gloucestershire Way from Plump Hill to Minsterworth with the South Cotswold Ramblers. Over 12 very tough miles. I'm a big fan of their web site. Their photos soothed this footpath addict every morning for ...
Gloucester Bath
... Swindon with Lizzy's Mum and took off to Gloucester. The town was nice, especially the cathedral. We aslo found a shop called Gloucester's finest. We then made the rek down the road to Bath. Beautiful Georgian architecture in the town. Visited the Roman ...
well... its getting close!!!
Right... the emotions are picking up... getting everything ready.. saying goodbye.. it didnt seem all that real only a week ago and its starting to creep into my self, and then I realise how daunting this all is! So I'm getting excited.. less sad.. and ...
Back to Gloucester
Went back to Gloucester, to Sara and Lisa's. It was all about relaxing and going to beer, had another barbecue and sat around drank, ate, played poker and ...
setting this up
maybe I'm doing something wrong - new to Blogging but sure I'll get the hang of it! less than 3 weeks and I'll be in Thailand and then travelling to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos with Intrepid - feel free to message me if you've been or will be ...
Cheese rolling
... cheese rolling what happens is this: the race starts by the thrower ( that's not a technical term) throwing a double round of gloucester cheese down the hill. That's the signal for the competitors to start. The competitors run down the hill, the first ...
More driving in the UK thoughts
... to Swindon, when I think it would have taken a maximum of 3 hours going on the motorways! But I have driven some across the UK routes several times now, (e.g. Harpenden to Gloucester) and I know where I am going, and that makes life so much ...
"Stonehenge"really is a mystery
... and a real education. Worst coffee ever...undrinkable yet Al determined to drink what he paid for. We headed towards Gloucester. Finding our accommodation was another challenge as no street numbers just the street name and Hotel name. The Mercure ...
Shopping in Cheltenham
... was just after 2.30pm so we headed back to the car and went to collect our remaining bags from the hotel, then headed to Gloucester. It was only a twenty minute drive there and we arrived at our hotel, a Premier Inn, just after 3.00pm. We checked in ...
Hello to Sue and Dawn
Hi Sue and Dawn Hope you are enjoying your journey. I am expecting to hear more about your adventurours and very exciting trip around the world. Wish you a very pleasant and enjoyable holiday. Paramjit ...
Back to Gloucester
Went back to Gloucester, for the last couple of days of Brian's trip. Did one of my favorite things, went to the Cotswalds to see some birds, Birdland to be exact. If you dont like birds dont look at the ...
a little strange town
When I finally got to Gloucester, it was arund noon. The town was smaller than I supposed. I spent a while exploring the cathedral, the little harbour and Eastern European shop:) It was a nice chillin afternoon. I also wanted to see Bath, but it was too ...
A Warm Welcome
What a lovely welcome to our trip! Lynn's friends, John and Frieda Maria are great. Lynn was an au pair for them 24 years ago in Germany and it must have went well, because they welcomed her and us with open arms! Aurelia, their younger daughter, was 2 ...
Excited/Scared/Worried/Pooing myself!
ahhhh its getting close! only 16 days until i will be on that flight leaving for 5 whole months.... this is crazy... seems so surreal! cannot believe its happening... i am going to miss so so many people... my family, becky, close friends, new friends ...
Advent Calender
Got to Chris about 7pm. Still want feeling well so we watched a movie then went to bed. Movie was Die Welle ("The Wave" with English subtitles), really powerful. On Saturday we went and picked up the hire car. Very nice Peugeot 207. I could either pay ...
Cathedral, docks & a ride on the river Avon.
Today we firstly went to the Cathedral, it was only a short walk down the road. It is an amazing building, we didn't see a lot of the inside as they had services all most of the morning being a Sunday. We had a lovely walk though, as it was ...
It's Official
After many years of saying i will be going travelling i have finally handed in my notice at work, my last day will be 17th April. I will travel to Dortmund the next day for a long weekend to fulfill a long time ambition of seeing a game at the Signal ...
New Job
... was a little blurry when i finally got there after flying overnight and loosing 5 hours. I then took a 3 hour bus ride to Gloucester and crashed in an average but expensive motel after snapping up some beaut bargain shoes and belt from the OP shop for ...
Sadness...
Well here I am, preparing for my travels getting verry sad about leaving everyone. Want everything to be ok, but I am being a girls blouse and getting emotional. Also, university choice is getting me down as don't know what to do!:?! A little blog ...
GLOUCESTER
Day 4-7 So we headed off in the morning to Gloucester to visit my cousin Sara and Lisa. Took the bus down, only 6 pounds, quite the deal considering English prices. My aunt Soo came down from the dales so a group of family together was really nice, poor ...
Cheese Rolling
Armed with a sense of adventure , some moo moos (our team costumes) and an umbrella hat we unloaded Ryan's tools from his work van and headed off with our new flatmates jen & angus First stop Oxford, a rainy day we spent the afternoon wandering ...
