Ashurst Lodge Hotel Torquay

... to our other blog please let me know or alternatively you can search for shunny81 and this is the name of it. There are a few to read but it will take away the boredom on a Friday afternoon. <br><br>Hope your all well and the weather is not to bad. Just think of us when its raining having to take shelter of the 35 degree heat. <br><br>All the best <br><br>Nigel <br>

... me lil sister and her best mate as well as a few drinks in wich-side wit the girlies amy jayde and rachael!! friday busy!! Saturday at the Robin for some food and drinks Sunday see me dad and various good byes and monday&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; GONE. Bon Voyage!!!!<br><br>So next time i will be writing this will be in Singapore!! <br><br>MUCH LOVE!

... along the east coast from Brisbane to Melbourne. From there I'll be getting active in Tasmania, with visits to mountains, forests, beaches and cultural sites. Along the way I hope to write and document my experiences, so I hope you'll drop in from time to time and see how I'm getting on?!

At around 06:00 Arcadia slowly approached the Ocean Terminal berth and our Cruise was nearly over. We enjoyed one last breakfast in the Belevedere and waited for our disembarkation at 09:15. We sat and reflected about where we had been and all the facilities that the ship offered. My favourites where the Crows nest which is a bit like "Ten Forward" on the Enterprise "D", the Palladium ...

... I even saw a picture of the bathing compartments pulled by horses into the water so people could swim without anyone seeing them in their swimmers. I'm presuming it was for the women! I also presume their swimmers were neck to ankle... lol what would they think these days!!<br><br>I was going to have lunch on the pier but they weren't selling any food.. ah well you can't have it all your own way!

... and a cider at a pub! I walked in with my bike pants on and riding top.. looked a bit wild I think.. everyone just turned around and stared!! lol The lunch was huge.. big slices of ham off the bone, a bagette, salads and their home made relish.. yum but it was a long ride home!! And I nearly got run over.. lol. I went to dodge a squirrel running across the road, laughed and swirved to miss him and a car came around the corner just at the same ...

We had breakfast at the IBIS Hotel in Southampton and then went for a walk around the West Quay Shopping Centre and discovered the biggest IKEA we have ever seen. We went back to the hotel for about 11:30 and checked out. The taxi got us to the Mayflower terminal at about 12:30 and by 13:15 we were in the Belvedere restaurant on board Arcadia having Lunch. We set sail at 16:30 on our way to Madeira

... instead.. lol. I still can't get over that they don't have huge shopping centres, everyone still has to walk between shops in the wet!<br><br>While I was there I had to work out how I was going to get from the railway to the catch the bus to the New Forest. My next port of call!<br><br>Southampton is also famous, well in the olden days ...

... to be near here is that I was going to take a ferry to St. Malo, in France, and the ferry departed from one of the ports near here. In Edinburgh, when I was planning my trip "out" of the UK, I realized that that ferry ride was quite long and would take a whole day out of the little time I had left to return to Frankfurt and I would also be further from Paris. So I figured the best place to grab a ferry was in Poole and head to Cherbourg ...

... down a road where we came across the Argyll Bowls Club. There was a couple on the green playing "bowls". I knew what bowls was but I didn't know how to play. We asked if the couple if we could take a picture of them playing and they excitedly recommended we "have a go". I thought they meant try and play with their equipment but the man pointed to the café located behind the clubhouse and said to ask for the steward. We went inside the café and a ...