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Travel Blogs from Leeds, United Kingdom
Event no. 39. Midnight walk
... of May. I was asked if I wanted to walk with Eleanor who was again leading the Midnight walk to raise money for the hospices in Leeds. She wanted to pick my brains about the events I'd done and I wanted to get the walk done asap so I could be home in ...
Kiley's 23rd birthday=23 shots...and then some
Chaney, Matt and I set out for what I thought was a quiet night with maybe a couple of people from work; but, in short....I had no idea what I was in for. A bunch of really fun people showed up....even two of our bosses came..one of which introduced me ...
Around the world and almost home!
We left Lima on the evening of 14th June, changed planes in Madrid and Heathrow and eventually arrived in Manchester on the evening of 15th June. The journey was accompanied by a fair share of confusion; although our baggage was checked through to ...
Merry Christmas
We are officially in the spirit of Christmas! Yesterday, we went to see a Christmas ballet despite the fact that we went to a club with some people from work the night before and didn't make it home until 6:30am. The theatre was really nice and ...
Flight back to Leeds (in English)
... a queue as long as a football pitch, with all their flights checking into 3 desks. Luckily, they started prioritising people going to Leeds. In the end I got on the plane and cheered myself up thinking that it's Wimbledon and I was out in El Bareto for ...
Event. 24. Chevin Chase
Boxing Day My traditional way of spending the morning before heading off to work to do a late shift. This year was different in that I had worked a long day on Christmas day (13.5 hours). I always do the late so that I'm not too tired after midnight ...
New Years.......
....it snowed...a lot....we working, of course...but it was exciting nonetheless! I think our manager was a little let down that the snow machine he rented was being shown-up by nature ;)We had a staff party after we closed at about 3, then ended up at ...
Flights booked...
Taking a break from (re)listing the things I need to do - the old habit of drawing up a revision timetable to avoid the main task!! I thought I'd write an introduction to our travels. Virg and I have been talking about travelling for the last 2 years and ...
Au Revoir Dublin... Hello Yorkshire
9am - Dad and I drove through snowy weather to pick up Rob from LBA. It was the first time I had been up and about in a week, so when we got back, I went back to bed to read Harry Potter AGAIN. Rob's last day of work at Dublin Business School was ...
Off to the North
... Jenny was held up at work, and we were packed by the time she got home! Once Jenny got home we headed off to Leeds. Unfortunately upon hitting the M25, London's ring road, we got stuck in the 'worlds biggest carpark', as the dry-witted locals call the ...
Leeds
... Mastercard and fixing my card so I could get some cash, we jumped on the train and headed through the Yorkshire countryside to Leeds. It took about an hour, perhaps a little less. I can't really remember paying attention to the time because the sun ...
Beers In Leeds With Tim
... ; The hour or so trip to Leeds was rather uneventful and we found ourselves nodding off for most of the journey. On arrival to Leeds we were greeted by Tim Hunter who had been kind enough to offer to put us up for the next two nights. After a ...
The Big Trip's Plans
For those of you I haven't yet bored with the details of my trip I thought you might appreciate a brief overview of my plans for the next few months. Leaving England with Lucy on 3rd November. Flying directly to Cancun in Mexico, but our plan is to hot ...
Miscellany #4: and finally...music
...the soundtrack of our trip...because sometimes you just associate a song with a place, or a coach trip a drink or 2.... Lithuania : Manu Chao - Bongo Bong Lithuania: Chambao, pokito a poco Austria: Ultravox, Vienna Croatia: Oliver ...
Las cajas de Pandora
Hola gente: Bueno, pues ya solo nos quedan dos dias para partir. La casa esta casi empaquetada y las mochilas casi listas. Despues un a#o de planes la aventura esta a punto de comenzar. Nos gustaria empezar este blog con vuestras/nuestras ...
It's High Tide Baby
... didn't give a f**k where we were from, as long we were in that room with them, right now. Apparently anywhere that isn't Leeds is out with those students as well... :) The set went from strength to strength and once they had finished and the lights ...
Uni Life
Well, Uni life has now started for me and for the past week I feel like I have been living in a bubble. I'm living in Devonshire Hall which seems to be the most presgious of Halls but its incredably fun. I ususally have no contact with the outside ...
Last day at work
Quite emotional last day at BT for Dee but a really good day. Thanks again to all for making her time there great. The pressies are fab. Both celebrated in the pub with lager - shandy for ...
Brudnell Social Club or Buena Vista Social Club
Hey Hey so finally the end of Leeds (for now) and the start to my journey. Of course impossible to go without a few leaving pints in the pub. So I have to give a massive thank you to Farid, Daniel, Max, Sam, Laura, Alan, Nicola, Renata, Morgie, ...
Lift off is near
Last update until lift off. We have both told our bosses now that we don't plan on suffering the cold, dark, depressing British winter this year and we are swapping it for Sun, Beer, Beaches, Theme Parks, surfing, swimming, diving, snorkeling, relaxing ...
A-maze-ing
... a weekend down in Kent with my sister in law and brother in law. A fantastic day was had by all on the Saturday at Leeds castle. It's fairly expensive to get in at £17.50 per person, however there is enough there to occupy you for a whole day. We ...
Flat and a phone but no jobs yet!
We arrived in Leeds late Sunday night, it is a bit colder here but we expected it! Not as much rain though so that is good! Matt's place is really cute, we have been hunting for jobs but haven't found one yet, but we're still hopefull! That's all for ...
Seeking Refuge From The Rain
... a cosy cafe. We all opted for the traditional English cook up which went down a treat. From here we visited the Leeds Art Gallery before taking a leisurely stroll along the Aire River. To escape the rain once more we headed for the Royal ...
Packing furiously
We are now making the final preparations for our trip and the departure date is still good, despite a bit of a health scare for Tony. However, the all clear has been given and we are madly placing all our possessions in boxes bags and bins. We held a ...
Leeds Leeds Leeds Leeds
We stopped off for a chinese in Leeds to catch up with Leechy, Jemma, Imogen-Rose, Russ and Claire. ...
A right royal doo
Moored safely in the Clarance dock and very nice it is too,forty eight hours free mooring thank B W well done, will be going to the launch of Dream achievers after all look forward to ...
Leeds Liverpool canal tow path toiling
Having seen some neat far off places I decided to explore somewhere nearer home and challenge myself with a cycle trip along the Leeds - Liverpool canal. Well at least not all of it, more accurately a stretch of it that would take me to the famous ...
From Leeds to London
... stuff, the kind of student house where there are 15 people there at any given time and you aren't sure who's actually paying rent. Leeds is also a bigger city than Liecester, where I've been staying most of the time, so there were a lot more people and ...
At the start (in English)
This might sound weird, but I think I'm REALLY going to miss Leeds... It's been home from home! I'm leaving behind a good bunch of mates... but I'll be back! (even if it's on ...