Fountain Court Hotel 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 ...

... Michael's Church to help us sort and pack the boxes. You are all stars...

We can't wait to start seeing the smiling faces of people receiving your shoeboxes and we promise to keep you up to date with where we are, who we meet and the reaction your gifts receive.

Check back on Monday when the Trussell team will reach Bulgaria and start distributing your shoeboxes to men, women and children living in poverty...

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!

... from work so we had a quiet morning tidying the house, doing washing, planting bulbs, and making bread and vegetable soup. We then wandered into Petersfield and had a poke around. Today Zoe's mum came down for the weekend and we all headed to nearby Lurgashall Winery, which makes fruit wines and FANTASTIC honey mead, for some tastings. We also stopped in Lodsworth, a small town, to peek at an organic shop. It's raining and miserable weather, but it's nice to have a quiet stopover to ...

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 ...

We arrived in Southampton after floating up from North Devon on a tide of happiness and euphoria after our wedding day (also slightly hungover!)
The balloons took a beating while travelling through South Molton (lost the stars n' stripes ones) so the rest were hauled into the car ready to be brought back out just outside the Port. We made our entry into the P&O ...

... by the airlines! He had not figured out that there had been a problem. "Honey I collapsed on the jetway." Then the panicking and concern started. It took me awhile but I was able to calm him down and assure him that I was fine. I had just over extended myself, was dehydrated and had low blood sugar and my body in order to protect the baby had just said "Enough!" I was now feed, rested and hydrated and was on my way back to the airport and I would call him back once I knew what ...

I went to London again today. It was one of my best trips because since I had been here before I now know how a kinda feel for the city. First we went to see the changing of the guard at the Buckhingham palace. There was so much poeple there that police officers were there blocking traffic. The changing of the guard is, by my observation, when a new group of guards come to take over for the guards on post at the palace. They have a whole ceremony ...

... are responsible for the 7,000 animals on the forest, more than half of which are ponies." - excerpt from New Forest Drift Exhibition flyer. After seeing the free-range horses, ponies, and pheasant we made our way to The Happy Cheese pub. What a great name for a pub! I had a bitter (John Smith's cream flow), Tory had a lager (Carling's), and Matt tried a bitter shandy (which is half lemonade and have bitter). We watched the Manchester ...

... very few hats to be seen at a wedding at home). I will have to go back though, as I would still like to take the walking tour, and I managed to miss taking a picture of the front of the Cathedral! Oops. Jane Austen is buried inside, and there is a statue of a diver who spent 6 years under the cathedral propping it up so it wouldn't sink! Don't build your church upon the marshy ground...