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Attempt at honeymoon upgrade declined. She barely considered it! Ah well, at least bex got us tickets to a lounge with free food and drinks to spend our time waiting. I dread to think what a beer, a scone, some dried pretzels and some leatherette seating cost her ...
Araf, Go Mall & Get Two Tud Ot
... it so much we spent two nights. The village is central to Hadrian’s Wall and Chris and Peter have all the information you need for hikes. They sent us on a great hike (about 5 miles) along the wall and back through a valley which gave you a greater perspective of the wall itself. Built in AD122 to keep the nasty Picts out of the civilized south, it originally stretched unbroken for 73 miles. There are only a few places left where the wall ...
Eight Hour Crazy
... once I laid down. Apparently being horizontal is the key in that. When I woke up according to the inflight map we had come from being over Hudson Bay to being just south of Iceland. I peeped out the window to see some gorgeous fluffy clouds and diamond piercing sunshine. Breakfast was served, a delicious vanilla yogurt and a hugely ham croissant. I took a picture when I first saw land (heading ...
Home again
... casualties of our trip were our clothes. We traveled light so each item was worn and washed many, many times and the attrition rate was high. We were planning to empty the contents of our rucksacks into the nearest bin once we got back to Heathrow but in the end sentimentality got the better of us.
The biggest surprise and disappointment for me was that we didn’t come across any other families doing what we were doing. This ...
HOME
... so long...
After being brought back to 'reality' by the price of the half hour ride from Heathrow to Woking, i was on the bus. Waited 15mins at Woking rail station for a train to Weybridge and then at Weybridge a half hour wait for the train to Addlestone and finally a 10min walk to home! The reason i had to do all this was because my parents thought I was coming home in 4 days time. The plan ...