The Gatwick Grove Guest House West Sussex

... a thriving business - that's circa 720 pounds @ 6pounds each - 'Jack' is doing fine business even though the murders were in the 19t Century. Our guide Steve was very informative - he was quirky, passionate and very well informed on 'Ripperology'. He had theories, suspects, evidential suggestions and a host of other Ripper information. We went past 3 of the murder sites - including the last victim - Mary Kelly - she was the worst ...

... and offered us menus. Mark decided he was taking the plunge...Escargots and Fillet Mignon de sanglier. I stuck with the Menu du jour... [And here I went to bed. But I'm going to pick this up again now, in London, with Gilmore Girls on the massive Plasma screen. I can write in between the shrill screeching of Rory and Lorelai. Excellent.] So anyway, we arrived at the restaurant and ordered. First came soup, along with a basket of sliced, crusty ...

... it was live, and it was a video of that area. It was really cool, Rocky and myself got a little creative and thought of a bunch if different poses and took many photos but literally, it looks like we are actually in a painting on the wall. After we left there, we went into the White Towers, which is where they kept most of their famour armour. In many areas of the toewr, there were various weapons that were used and also all the different armous that were used for ...

... with obvious hair issues we had a bit of chat about the places we'd been and our plans for the coming months. She was going to see Batman alone that night so I offered my services as a chaperone. It is a really great movie, I still thought it was bit long, but not to the point where it's a distraction. Anyway, we made our way back to the hostel, where we joined by two smelly Frenchman and two naked Germans (the French guys didn't smell ...

... real ale". Real ale is the name coined by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in 1973 for a type of beer defined as "beer brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide". The most important aspect of cask ale apparently is the "mouthfeel". It ...

... case)! Then again, one of the main things they wanted to go back for was a Homer Simpson figure we'd seen by the Thames, so we've tried to maintain the balance. The important discovery we made this morning was that Art Attack is still running on tele here (as is Coronation Street by the way). Actually, now that I think about it, I keep seeing Ronnie Corbett on TV too. So TV here basically consists of things that ...

... on my behalf) and that was the beginning. I don't think I'll get tired of it. Once bitten... 7 July 2007 - Saturday Being in London definitely does have it's benefits. I attended the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the third year running. But not just any of the days... it's the first day that both the wind and the rain have let up, and gives me a chance to enjoy my Centre Court ticket for the Ladies Final to the full. And not only ...

... have had all the fantastic experiences I have had. Regrets ? Only that I didn't have longer. It may sound greedy but there is so much to see and do out there that my one day here ,and one day there, didn't do the fabulous locations I went to any justice. Anyway thanks again for being part of it Jackie xx

I can't even rememb** writing the travel story below. It must have been during work because it is really long! I only made it back to London once aft** this trip, and that was for only a day. I think it reminded me of Dublin too much, but I really should have made an effort. It is an amazing city. Mayfair and Park Lane done dirt cheap Of course I would have pref**red Paris ...

... a country? Government? Legal system? Language? History? More to the point, when can you say "This is not a country, but part of XXX". The Isle of Wight belongs to England, but the Isle of Man? Who does that belong to? It has its own law. The Channel Islands have their own law too. Both the IoM and CI are (I think) territories of the UK, but not of England. So they have a status above a mere adjunct the main land, like the IoW, but they aren't ...