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Taking the High Road (Highlands and Isle of Skye)
Back on the road early the next morning. First sight was Tioram Castle on Loch Moidart. Another amazing castle in an equally stunning location. Tioram still had all of its external walls but the inside was in pretty bad shape. There were plenty of ...
Monty Python on being a tourist
Travel Agent / Watney's Red Barrell As featured in the Flying Circus TV Show - Episode 31 Tourist: Yes I quite agree I mean what's the point of being treated like sheep. What's the pointof going abroad if you're just another tourist carted around ...
Meet The Charities.
Many, if not most of you will not have heard of these charities before. Therefore before I set of on my cycle adventure I would like to briefly introduce you to the organizations I want to benefit from my pedal power and why I chose them. The Foyle ...
Thus Ends Our English Chapter
While it is true we said we would dedicate ourselves to rest and relaxation in the countryside of this fair land, we in fact did not. It is hard to just sit there sipping your Pimm's when all the attractions are teasing you to come and ...
On a wing and prayer
As usual, I called my parents the other day to let them know that I haven't been run over by a fast moving glacier or that my bungee ropes hadn't snapped, but when they picked up the phone I could tell immediately that something was wrong. My ...
It's only hours away!!
I just have to say my plane leaves in 11.5hrs.....how mad is that!! So it's so long, farewell and bon ...
World Wide Awards
C... England has been one of our most interesting countries so far! You have no idea whether it is night or day, because it is constantly dark, although the British are convinced they have something here called summer to look forward to. You can fill in ...
A free ticket
Someone was giving away two free bus tickets to Bristol, a few hours out of London, so Natasha and I snapped them up in seconds and off we went to check it out for a weekend. As you can see by Natasha's outfit, it was beautiful and sunny warm. Well ...
Great Scots!
Hi everybody! Our trip to Scotland was special for its opportunity to spend time with old friends, meet new friends, see lots of beautiful scenery and experience really high prices! After our visit in Brackley, England (see previous entry), we had ...
Home Sweet Home???
Well, we're back. The end of an era, the end of a dream... Yes, it's nice to be home, it's been a long time away from everyone we love and everything we know, and being home for Christmas is lovely. It's great to see everyone again and tell all our ...
Kidneys and Haggis
OK just a quick entry to let you all know I'm alive and well - I managed to eat plenty of steak and kidney pie, haggis, indian food and fish and chips in England and wash it all down with many a pint of Theakstons best bitter. I'm actually in a place ...
The Plan
Tickets bought, equipment packed, jabs administered, i-pods loaded, notices handed in, tonsils taken out...the countdown begins! The story actually began a long time ago (12mths) in a town far far away (Luton). In the space of a week the cunning plan ...
Where East Meets West
Have you ever had the urge to place one foot in the West and one foot in the East? Strange question but to be honest we hadn't, so why not go to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich to see the Meridian Line? The Meridian Line is an imaginary line which ...
Saved By The Bell
Luckily at the very last minute we managed to find a place to live, very close to a tube station in Clapham North. We did have to race around to gather together enough cash to pay the very expensive 5 weeks worth of rent and the bond all at once. The ...
Getting Ink Done
Now that both our Mums know about this we can finally upload this blog entry. Something we had been thinking about on our trip was how to remember it once it's all over? When we finally reached the UK we decided to investigate getting a tattoo; a ...
Life back in England
Simply means trying to find a job, picking up friendships that were left behind. 'Getting back to normality'. I was offered a job back in China yesterday! Developing the website is proving a little more difficult than I imagined. As is ...
The beginning of London
After a long hung-over flight with much buzzing for more water arriving in England was kind of scary. I had been listening to my Japanese friends telling me for the last six months that England wasn't safe and then we arrived to a hostel that smelt so ...
Misty Scotch
We had limited time in Aberdeen so we thought the best thing to do would be buy a ticket on one of the hop-on hop-off buses that seem to be in every town we go. While we were waiting for the bus, Glenys and Megan started chatting to a lovely older ...
Living in Clapham North
Living in the Clapham North share flat has been great. Getting free wireless Internet has been a bonus, helping with the job hunting and emails. We're here with one guy from Canberra who works at a local pub pulling beers and is driving around town in ...
Yum, a Home Cooked Meal
After a great night's sleep (some of us having dreams, or possibly nightmares, of being back at university) in our own private dorm rooms we checked out and walked down the road to the Carlisle Castle. Parts of the castle are still being used by a local ...
A visit from Emily
Em and Em ride again.. the thing with making friends while you travel is that most of them dont come from the house next door to you at your home base. So you make friends but regardless of how well you get on, there is often a strong likelihood you ...
Back in 'sunny' England
Well, it's all over. My year of travel is gone. I'm absolutely devasted, but all good things have to come to an end at some stage. Arrived in Heathrow, and faced the prospect of waiting around for my internal flight to Manchester - a nice 6 hours. ...
Meet the Parents
Back at the crazy Dubai hostel they now had no beds available for our last night; typical! They wouldn't let us book for three nights so they filled up and we had no where to go. We were sick of the weird strange people there anyway so we headed to the ...
Old Blighty
After 12 plus hours from Bangkok to London, on an amazingly uncrowded journey from Bangkok, I lucked out and had 3 seats to myself, so I was actually able to get some shuteye. I love Thai Airways. I loved Thailand too, but that's a different ...
Stirling Scotland
Did I mention that 2 generous Stirling Council workers gave me a Wallace Doll (from Wallace & Grommit series) and 'Stirling Council' beanie? They also provide a bit of history about William Wallace and Robert Burns. The guys removed debris and carrion ...
Gotta Love the Motos
Having already been to Bath a few weekends ago we took Rick's parents on the "Rick and Meg's Whirlwind Tour of Bath" taking in just the interesting sights very quickly as we were keen to get on the road for our long drive to the Lake District. Once they ...
The End of The Story.
Well, the grand tour is all over bar the shouting. Looking back over some of these entries brings back great memories. I'm really glad I kept this, although at time it was hard work, some I wrote when I was tired, some when I was a bit drunk, some when I ...
