Best Western Royal Beach Hotel Portsmouth

Hello everybody <br><br>We are still alive and well. We are in Cambodia at the moment. Apoligies for not sending any travel blogs for a while. As we're are trying to do 2 blogs at the same time it has become too much to keep both of them going simultaneously, so this one has been neglected for a while. If any of you are interested in our travels I can add your email ...

... 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?!

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... book and pen. So you filled out the food you wanted, and added your table number, and delivered it to the kitchen yourself!<br><br>Some images that will forever remain 'English' in my mind:<br><br>-sweet cottages with beautiful gardens <br>-food wrapped in pastry and deep fried<br>-hand-pulled real cask ale<br>-pub names: The Black Swan, The Cross Keys, The King's Arm...<br>-wind screens on the beach<br ...

... Hemming and Chloe come in was good, but for the two of us just heightened how disappointed we were not to have been there on the start line. Before we left Clare and I managed to hitch a ride on a scorpion RIB to watch the start and even Clare really wanted to have been there on the start line. Hankerings of her rally days! Sunday 22 June The day started with a delay on the start. The RYA committee were afraid the weather was too bad to run the leg. the intended ...

... Road in search of a mythical Tescos, found a SuperDrug, bought shampoo and navigated the local buses back (the map I've got is as useful as a chocolate teapot). I think there is only one other person in this hostel of almost 100 beds, and so I'm alone in my dorm, which is a surprisingly creepy experience. I'm trying to go running by the seaside, but I have to find a safe place to stow my camera before I do.

... nowhere. He reckoned that we had blown the steering rack ??? As we were about 60 miles from our place, and my garage was about 90 miles, we decided to do the 90 mile trip with the Golf on the back of the truck. The towey dropped it off, and we were left to fend for ourselves and to get back home via the train. It had been a fun day out, except the ending, but at least we got to travel in a different way. I am just not looking forward to the bill !!!

After a manic goodbye to my family and a happy birthday to Macey (1 year) Mitchell managed to bang his head and get carted off to the A & E by half the family in the midst of our farewells, so thankfully there was no chance for long teary goodbyes and so off we hurried to Portsmouth to catch the ferry which would take us two nights and a day to cross the channel to Norther Spain and Bilboa. We Joined the ferry with a large number ...