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United Kingdom Slideshow
Travel Blogs from United Kingdom
Return to Auld Reekie - our first month back
This is a top pick! When the plane landed at Edinburgh on Wednesday 5 April, I cried...that's it, it was ALL OVER. The trip we'd dreamed about and planned for so long, the 10 months we lived to the full and immersed ourselves in a medley of exotic new places, colours, ...
Newcastle-Ijmuiden
This is a top pick! Newcastle to Ijmuiden Would you believe there are no ferries running from Edinbrough on a Wednesday? Oh well, it's a lovely day for a drive down to Newcastle, England. That done, we were last to board the big P&O Queen of Scandinavia Ferry to ...
5 Months to Go
This is a top pick! So time is creeping up on me...pretty much finished what I need to do to the house to leave it in a reasonable state, am slowly buying everything I need, and packing everything I don't into the loft. Have had most of my injections , Hep A & B, ...
Out of Asia
This is a top pick! The next morning (19th) we got up by 10:30 because we had to check out by 12:00 and hadn't packed anything yet. Considering we didn't get to bed until 5 in the morning the few hours of sleep that we got just really didn't cut it ...
OZ is GO!!!
This is a top pick! - Drove down to Wrexham to see Den and Jo in their converted barn for about a week. Den is a bit of an obsessive compulsive so we had a great time not using coasters on his lovely furniture. Drank lots of wine and eat a lot there too plus also found out ...
No!!!!!!!
This is a top pick! It's bloody freezing. Thats the first thing I noticed. So cold. And I know my tan is gonna disappear within a few weeks. Anyway, I had to endure nearly 12 hrs of flying to get back to the UK. I am on the best airline, which is a comforting ...
Glasgow
This is a top pick! Hey all, Liam here. Wow, we've really lost track of time since last we managed to update this thing. We've travelled quite a way since the last entry, but I'll skip the boring bits and relate what is (hopefully) interesting. Since last we wrote, ...
Is it really over?
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 471 Temperature : 15 degrees Weather: Grey, Cold and Windy First of all apologies for not completing this blog earlier. It's taken some time for us to be able to look at our blog, such is the state of mourning that we are now in, as ...
Northern Exposure (London to Glasgow and beyond)
This is a top pick! Heading across the border from England, the countryside was covered in patches of snow from the snowfall the week previous, and the light was starting to fade. Welcome to Scotland. Wild weather, crumbling castles, and savage but amazingly ...
Camping Hell
This is a top pick! Had a magnificent breakfast at the B&B this morning. Cereal, fruit, yogurt, toast, eggs, beans, 4 kinds of meat, coffee, OJ, milk...all of which we gorged ourselves on! The meal alone was worth the cost of staying (which we would have ...
Hop on the Tourist Train
This is a top pick! Shot out of camping hell just as soon as we could (but not before 9am as that was when the office opened so we could get our deposit $ back from the bathroom key). Couldn't even manage to wash the breaky dishes as I didn't want to walk 5min to pay for ...
Easter in England
This is a top pick! Hi everybody, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both holidays in the Netherlands, giving us a 4 day weekend. As we continue to pack in as much travel as possible before Melanie's contract ends in May, we decided to visit some friends in England and ...
And so the Sri Lankan chapter ends
This is a top pick! And so the travel blog ends as it started, back in Baltic Carrickfergus! It's hard to believe that the Sri Lankan adventure is over. Here's a summing up of the last few days in sunny Hambantota. Wednesday was our last official day with the kids ...
Home!! No No No!!!
This is a top pick! Well, they say that all good things must come to end!!... In our case its come to an end much quicker than we ever thought it would! It has been so amazing and there is so much to tell. We can't believe a year has gone. It's flown by and now we are home, ...
Leaving drinks
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Off again. China 2007.
This is a top pick! Thanks for taking a look at my travelogue. I still enjoy taking an occasional look at the original diary and my favourite photos of the trip. As time goes on I am all the more glad I kept it This year I am off to China in September for the Foyle ...
Reality sets in..
This is a top pick! I have been reading a book about the philosophy of travel. Here is a thought that seemed relevant as we touched down on a November day in London. "The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room" (Pascal, ...
Arrival in Ratho
This is a top pick! Had a leisurely sleep in with the sound of cows to lull our sleep. Eventually we wheeled ourselves back to the last town where we could find a working payphone to call Brian's blacksmithing friend. They had just arrived back from holidays, so ...
The To Do List
This is a top pick! Crikey. Only fourteen days to go now. I'm trying to get things in a little bit of order, so I don't end up running around like an idiot two days before we go. I still will end up running around like an idiot, but I thought I'd make a list anyway. In ...
Final week - counting down, gearing up
This is a top pick! Thursday 19 May: Back home from our cheeky four day holiday in Tuscany; now it's time for the last packing-up slog. I'm frantically cramming all our personal junk into boxes for storage (the house is being rented out while we're away) while Rich is tying ...
First day in Inverness
This is a top pick! We arrived in town at around 2:00pm, June 1, and got settled into our hostel (which was right beside the bus station). We spent the rest of the day just chilling in the t.v. room. We did go on a free walking tour of the city centre of Inverness at ...
Castle Adventures
This is a top pick! Marching up the Royal Mile towards the castle was difficult work. First, there were the cobbles to jar your step. Then, there were the bollards - perfectly camouflaged with the street to make tripping over easy. And finally, there ...
Hogmanay
This is a top pick! Snow, cold and Scotsmen in kilts is not something that I have associated with New Year's in the past but were certainly a high light of our week in Scotland! Nicky, Pru and I hired a nifty little Ford Fiesta for the week and based ourselves's at ...
Home Sweet Home (a naff but appropriate title)
This is a top pick! I know it sounds stupid, but I almost thought we would never make it home. I spose its because I was looking forward to it so much and wanted to see my family so much I thought it might never happen. Was so relieved to land safely in Heathrow ...
Happy New Year
This is a top pick! Dear All I hope you had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to the next year. It has been about 3 months since I finished 'travelling' and I am just about settling back into London living, trying new strategies to engage with people, like ...
A Night Sleeping in Heathrow
This is a top pick! What can be said about a night sleeping in Heathrow other than I had forgetten that it was on the itinery and was pretty pissed off after two nights sleepoing in internet cafes to be landed on the cement floor. Good things to say chatted with Kristen, ...
Visiting the Isle and Dave's Birthday
This is a top pick! Arrive back in Chelmsford at Dave's parents (who have just gone to Spain as Jane has manage to collapse her lung again - but is ok now - fingers crossed) to find the patio door wide open. We spend the next 10 mins stalking the house with kitchen ...
Is Facebook a threat to society
This is a top pick! China likes to block Facebook the social networking application, so it is no surprise they ran this story to show how virtual friends aren't drinking friends. This is probably comforting to the Chinese Communist Party, as they don't want people ...