Express By Holiday Inn Stoke Stoke-on-Trent

... further south to start the journey in the light of the advancing winter - but as a man once said, "Go big, or Go home!" (I make no judgement as to whether he was a wise man). Starting in Amsterdam is more memorable and allows me to pass through three more countries (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) for the sake of an additional day or two on the road.<br><br>The countdown is at 15 days and 21 hours...

An early start from London and back in Crewe by 9.15, shortly thereafter I had the slightly surreal experience of helping someone move into my flat. Many hands made light work and we had all of the stuff moved into the flat within 30 minutes.<br><br>After a fantastic lunch I went back and removed the very last of the stuff, including the bike and the backpack; and now I am staying at Steve's ...

... off with my experience as a student representative for the physics department. I must state here don&#8217;t be proud of this achievement I was the only student studying for the whole year and I got suckered into it. I am not a super over-achiever just a victim of the system. However, I decided since I am one of their first reps I was going to make the most of it and be helpful by suggesting a few things for introductory week. This ...

Finally worked out my route.<br><br>Fly to Armenia, travel through Georgia to Turkey and fly from Istanbul to Mumbai. Work my way across to Calcutta and fly to Bangkok. Through Thailand and Cambodia to Vietnam, then onto China.<br><br>I am setting off early September 2010 and aim to be in China early December, maybe.<br><br>And then I have to get back...

Well I am happy to report that despite postal strikes I have my passport back and a multiple entry visa stamp inside.<br>I was so relieved to have the passport back.I really do not like to be parted from it.<br>All I have to do now is get through the next 4 weeks at work.Oh well I am sure I will manage.<br>Bye for now.

... man)<br>So anyway.I got the photos done.filled out the forms then raced off to the post office to send everything to the Royal Thai Consulate.Had to be done this weekend as I am trying to avoid the massive postal strikes that are rolling out across Britain at the moment.<br>So hopefully next week I will have my passport back with my new visa in it and the last 5 weeks of work will hopefully not drag too slowly.<br>Thailand awaits.<br>

... and did it again.Bing ERROR.<br>After this I figured get a nights sleep and try sort things out the next day.<br>NEXT DAY<br>I phoned emirates to see what the problem may be(possibly the type of card I was using)and yes they had my booking request and said they could proceed with the booking over the phone.<br>Was I relieved?Heck yeah this was a good price for me.So away we went with the details,reconfirming my travel dates and then taking my ...

Afte a lazy start to the day we headed out to go see some locals of the New Forest starting first with the donkeys then the ponies, cows, pigs, squirrels, ducks and geese - oh and manybe some sheep too! <br><br>We headed up around Frogham, over the High Corner Inn to the pub at Fritham, the Walter Tyrrel and the Rufus stone, thru Beaulieu and back up ornamental drive before heading home to have dinner at the George! Great day not too rainy and very entertaining!<br>

... cassettes - the facility has two flushing cisterns instead of one cistern and a tap, so to rinse our cassettes properly we used far more water than necessary. We started our journey up "Heartbreak Hill", and met several boats coming down, including Meanderer, with Bob and Angela. We first met them on the Huddersfield Canal two years ago, before James has his accident, and then at Sowerby Bridge soon after. We passed under the M6 motorway and stopped for ...

... down 26 years and 5 houses worth of life, into an, albeit big, rucksack that will have to suffice for the next 2 years of living in the great unknown, well its not proving to be all that easy. Bring into the equation work clothes and play clothes, it being winter when i arrive but will soon be summer, some travelling and some living in an urban metropolis it's fast becoming a fully avoidable chore. Hence setting this blog up - procrastination has always been a ...