Clifton Blackpool

... or I will no doubt be sick (again)!

I will add some photo's when I arrive on the isle of Tasmania, and I will write again once I am over the jet lag.

Goodbye for now my lovely friends and family.. see you all in 6 months or so!! Love Julia x x x

... we kind of lost track of time... and by the time we hit the road, we had a few quick seconds at home before going to my cousin Elizabeth's place 45 minutes north of Glasgow for a nice family dinner and chat.
The next day went too fast (the whole weekend did really), Kerry and I went shopping quickly, I spent plenty of money in such as short period of time, and then quickly rushed home to get my stuff ready to head back to the bus station for my National ...

... stuff is planned.

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!
The current plan is....
India - Sri Lanka - Singapore - Australia - New Zealand - Fiji - Argentina - Uruguay
Can't wait!

... area, lawn tennis courts, a band stand and a cafe! We had a great time.

Here is a website with more information about Sefton Park:
http://www.visitliverpool.com/ site/sefton-park-p90321

... done up like a vampire as well. Quite disconcerting - and it was most unsettling. The taxi driver said the place really goes crazy at Halloween and he hates it. He wasn't looking forward to the night ahead at all. Poor thing. Houses, shops, pubs, along the streets, all displayed symbols of death and horror. I don't think I've ever seen such a display before. We were glad to leave Wigan and the feeling of desperation we sensed.

... my hands up, i'd get pelted with about three paintballs... ooooooooooh the pain!!!!!!! I could be found yelling, "Okay OKAY, You got me!!", while somewhere in the distance i could hear my cousins' girlfriend swearing outloud her disgust for Team Cheaters. The worst bruise is on my left thigh... it was given to me during one of the settings where there was a barn like structure... and i was crouched down inside shooting out with my back to the entrance ...

Tow truck 2, turns up at 15:29 and we are off again for the next leg of the journey, Stirling Services to Lancaster Services. This journey takes around 4 hours and I have a nice chat with the driver, Jim all the way. We phone ahead and arrange the next tow truck to meet us at Lancaster at 19:15, guess what? Yes, it wasn't there and I am told it won't be there until 20:15 and it finally arrives at 20:30

... 8217;s not enough hours in a day.”
Whippin’ Piccadilly by Gomez.

For a long established European city I was astounded how much of the central district comprised modern shiny glass office buildings and shopping centres, only to later read that an IRA bomb in 1996 kind of made all that new architecture rather necessary. A simple reminder that terrorism was just as common in recent history before September 11, 2001 as after ...

Katy, Anita and I decided to have a little drive to the coast... Down to Blackpool. In what is often regarded as its heyday (1900-1950), Blackpool thrived as the factory workers of northern England took their annual holidays there en masse. They were attracted by the horrid plasticity of the fairground out on the central pier ...

John took me to Blackpool. He may have wanted to show me a UK beach resort. The street along the beach was full of decorations. I took a picture of his profile in the car. It was just a memory of Blackpool. We were on the way from Preston, where we met his old friend, and John talked about the word "love", because people there used "love" meaning "you" very often, when they talk to someone, like "Good morning, love!". That sounded awkward to him.