Brownleaves Country Hotel Blackburn

... br>All being well we'll have managed to cram our worldly possessions into a combined 155 litres of rucksack without too many arguments over whether Clarins Face Products are classed as "essential" and also with a bit of luck our baggage will have made it's way onto the same aeroplane as us : ) and we'll be winging our way to London, next stop Bangkok! <br><br>A&amp;Px<br>

Last brief entry, just to say we are safely back home, arriving yesterday with Sue picking us up at Manchester airport.<br><br>We've had a fantastic trip - very memorable! Thank you for following our trip. Hope it hasn't been boring, certainly hasn't for us.

... br><br> The weekend before that I made a quick trip up to my home land, Scotland, to meet some family from my Mum's side who lived in Glasgow. I satyed at my grans twin-sisters daughters house, and it was just like going home for the weekend!! Janet was a complete replica of my own mother... and by the end of my stay there i came to accept her as my Glasgow Mother... I already miss her to bits! Same can be said to all my cousins that I met there ...

After 3 years of saving we are finally set to go travelling to Eastern and Southern Africa. We will arrive in Uganda and head to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Victoria Falls and possible Madagascar before flying back in June 2010.

... stuff is planned.<br><br>Now we are starting to get an idea of which are the 'must not be missed' places along the way - we can't possibly see everywhere and experience everything but shortlisting is going to be tricky!<br> The current plan is....<br> India - Sri Lanka - Singapore - Australia - New Zealand - Fiji - Argentina - Uruguay<br> Can't wait!<br>

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... past our alloted take-off time and it was obvious we were sat on the apron waiting for a free slot, which luckily did show up about 20 mins later. The flight itself was fine and short. The aircraft was full of people of a certain age and older plus a large man of the cloth. It turned out this was a church congregation returning from a pilgrimmage to the Holy Land. I noticed a woman across the aisle praying as we lifted off and as we ...

... built<br>premier residences around the lake. Many of these fine buildings have<br>since become luxury hotels.<br><br> <br><br>Windermere had been made famous by both artists and poets, but it was<br>of course the railways that brought the masses, they had heard of the<br>splendid scenery and came to see it for themselves. Today, even when<br>crowded Bowness still manages to retain a "genteel air" coupled with a<br>friendly ambience. It is a ...

... they were booing the Aussies!!<br><br>We walk a lot of miles getting to the stadium from the hotel - "Only 15 mins walk, missus!", said the proprietor. Yeah right!!! It was at least an hour's brisk walk! Afterwards we walked into town for a bite to eat and as could be expected, every pub was overflowing onto the streets. We spied a tiny little restaurant up an alley way and had a wonderful meal there - away from the Madding ...

... kam vor 20 Jahren nach England, spricht also noch nicht sooo viel Englisch, aber hat dafür um so besser die ideologischen Überzeugungen Chinas von vor 20 Jahren im Gedächtnis. Die erste der 2 Stunden hat sie uns über die Geographie Chinas aufgeklärt. Im Westen ist das tibetanische Hochland, "where not even the eagle can fly". Im Norden liegt (nach kurzem Überlegen) "the Northland", im S ...