Brimar Guest House Southampton

I had to take Pete for a spin so I decided to visit Wincester, one of the oldest towns in England. Was setup as Englands capital at one stage and was pretty important place when England became a country, ie united under King Alfred around 7th century..

It did have a castle on the hill but all that is left are the foundation stones. The hall is still there with ...

Today several Trussell Trust staff and volunteers have bruised upper arms from loading hundreds of boxes filled with a reocrd breaking 3800+ Christmas Shoeboxes onto a rather large lorry... The bruises were worth it to see the lorry pull away and begin its 2,450km trip to Bulgaria to transform thousands of Christmases.

We have to say a huge thankyou to all those who donated boxes and to all those hardy souls who braved the cold in ...

Booked flight today - Guatemala on Feb 22nd 2010. So to mark the occasion I thought I'd start my travel diary today as well.

Two months to go - and a lot of list-making, planning, shopping, getting vaccinated, freaking out, and bouncing with excitement to do!

... was also quite useful to have the English woman there, to discuss the differences to the system I was used to.

On Tuesday, November 10th, my former host-Rotary Club from exchange, the Rotary Club of Genk, was holding their largest fundraising event of the year, Rotary Folies, an evening of fine food and pop/jazz music. It's a big night, with fantastic buffet food and wine, and this year's lead act was a Belgian pop/soft rock singer whom everybody seemed to know called Milow. My ...

Hello everybody

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 ...

... 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!!

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!

... lost in there. We also wanted to check out a pub and have a pint of Guinness. We found one on a side street, and sat had a cold Guinness. They pour the Guinness from the tap, then let it sit for 5 minutes....it is all foam. Then it's good to drink. It was smooth and cold, and strong. Most of the people in the pub were watching a soccer match ....they are as fanatical about soccer as any Patriots, Red Sox ...

... und das IST URLAUB, wenn man gleuck hat!!!! Ansonsten v**bringe ich die meiste zeit mit umziehen, da ich so gut wie alle 2 reisen meine kabine wied** wechsel... ich bin schon langsam ein klein** profi.... ab** das naechste mal packe ich dann schon mal so im voraus dass ich wenn ich dann nach hause fahre nicht mehr viel packen muss.... irgendeinen vorteil muss es ja haben.... ;-) heute sind wir g**ade in southampton und starten ...

... Lobby empfangen. Es war fast wie in den ganzen Reportagen in denen man die Philipinos sieht, die an Bord Geld fuer ihre Familien verdienen und es zu ihnen nach Hause schicken. Ehrlich gesagt, ueberkam mich in meinem Zimmer -so ganz allein- erstmal ziemliches Muffensausen. Staendig diese Frage: Was mache ich hier eigentlich? Aber vor lauter Muedigkeit hatte ich zum Glueck nicht viel Zeit drueber nachzudenken und bin ziemlich schnell ...

... kitted out with speakers, electric starter motor and working everything. It even had full independent suspension and wasn't uncomfortable one bit. I'd happily sit in it for days. Problem is.... ours are old, 2 Stroke, Crank Start, sadly lacking in electrics, and suspension is for wimps apparently. Well, bugger it! We're in it to win it, and we'll turn whatever we are presented with into the ...