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Travel Blogs from Leeds, United Kingdom
Baking!
Since last year my new form of procrastination is baking. Or cooking big meals. I can make this last for hours. Clean the kitchen, make something, and then clean it again. To document these tasty adventures, I'm starting a baking/cooking/food blog. ...
Are you ready for some football?
I have decided that my absence from the country has been an inspiration to both Wisconsin football teams. First the Badgers make it to the Rose Bowl, and now the Green Bay Packers are Super Bowl champions. Let's back it up a bit first... As soon as ...
Time to go
Arrivederci mi Cosi Fan Tutte Fruties, Finished packing and ready for the off, next stop Rome. Thank you so much for the words of encouragement and support that I have received from so many, they mean so much. X Please feel free to contact me through the ...
And we are off ......
Well we have eventually managed to set off on our long awaited journey. The first day was a short day, leaving just before lunchtime and mooring up by 5.00pm. all the same, we managed 7 miles, 7 locks and a tunnel (1700 ...
Leeds, Part One
Leeds, Part One Swindells' pad Arcadia - great beer but no fit birds Trio - Introduction to "Razorlight - America", shitloads of Brits singing "Sweet Home Alabama" Sports Bar - Introduction to cricket and the Ashes Brian Lara on the ...
Up and away
Just to keep you updated...we've booked our flights to Borneo and Bali!!!! We will be spending 5 / 6 days in each before having a mooch around KL and then heading onto Aukland. Yeah baby ...
This Weekend's Destination Sheffield
Another city This weekend I headed off to Sheffield to help fundraise for breast cancer research. It was a cold glooming day with clouds overlooking us contemplating if they should rain or not. We kept going with the fundraising though, just look cold ...
The longest jouney begins with the first step
Our journey begins here. A connecting flight from Manchester to Heathrow airport. And from there a journey that takes us to untamed Africa from the dusty Serengeti to the exotic spice island of Zanzibar. Then onto Austalia with it's varied landscape, ...
For your viewing pleasure, I give you
HALLOWEEN!!! I was Elphaba from Wicked or the wicked witch of the west for people who haven't see wicked. I was green for THREE days but it was totally worth it. It was also Emma's birthday so we had a party at our house before going into ...
T-4 days to Launch
I worked at home today, I work at home two days a week where I manage to get more done not having to listen to loud telephone conversations from those around me and the commute over to Bradford. Recently I have been working on a software ...
February Training!!
11th February - "Sleep, Work, Run and Eat" - this is what my life is at the moment. My wife hardly sees me, my son is in bed even before I start my training and all I see when I do train are never-ending roads and hills. I am not complaining, just ...
Stuck in a rut
Well, after much deliberation, here we are writing our first entry from the comfort of our mac. On the 14th August, the big silver bird will take us to our first stop..... LIMA PERU!! We will try to keep the blog updated once or twice a week, and ...
Yawn....
Yawn, got up early today to study...bleh, I feel like shit. I am obsessed with Death From Above 1979, but even blasting "Going Steady" on my speakers is no help...must not go back to bed....and must stop wasting time on my travelpod..... I think our ...
How did the year go by already?
Well, its the middle of exam time and I just finished my first exam. I thought I was going to ACE the mother fucker, but inevitably the broad spectrum of Nitrogen Metabolism in Eukaryotics, closely linked Amino Acid production/degradation and Nucleic ...
Rob & Sara's Wedding
The wedding was in Leeds Town Hall - which was surprisingly nice. It was a brief ceremony and then we headed out to the front of the building for photos on the steps. Then it was off the Bella Italia (romantically the location of their first date) for a ...
UK Tour 07
pix here http://www.slide.com/r/YNlmfwhvpT_3S4FGbf_y86X_45a9f7Qz?prev ious_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original ...
4000 feet in Yorkshire Air
It was an early cloudy gloomy England day. As usual. I decided to go out to the airfield in Dishforth today to do some gliding. Despite the horrid weather, we got the gliders out, the aerotow, the coach...etc. etc. Julie finally had her first ...
Last day at work
Oh dear, it is just sinking in... this was my last day at work before going away for eight weeks! Need to rush home now to finish packing. Last night we had a leaving do in tampopo. if I get a chance, I'll upload some photos. More to follow ...
Indoors Activities Only!!
... brochure which showed a beautiful picture of Leeds Castle. When in Leeds, we naively thought, one should visit Leeds Castle, however, we discovered a problem after repeatedly punching the postcode into the sat nav. Leeds Castle is nowhere ...
Schools Back in Tomorrow
Dah, after a good holiday its back to school. We've just been chilling out after the Scotland malarky, I still have to update that. Found a pic from the Taekwondo Christmas dinner, I can't believe how fast the time flies. Lil's birthday was yesterday ...
4:30 am With all the drunks at Leeds Train Station
Leeds train station is full of chavs drunk from the night before, not a pretty sight. Hurry up ...
Kung Blitzu Failure
Kung Blitzu - a name for the combination of Martial arts that i have experience put together by my flatmates to simplify the concept. Also used in entertainment when we are all drunk. Today I competed at my first TaeKwonDo competition in Warick. It ...