Grove Hotel Leyburn

... 7pm.... That was a toughy, just sitting around on cold marble floors very tired... The good news is that Qatar let us check in at 1am. Once in we had the luxury of the cafes and duty free areas etc.... Once in we hada browse round and found a cafe that sold beer and with it, acces to thier smoking room - which helped pass the hours....
The flight for Doha left as scheduled and neither of us new anything until the announcement was made that we were landing - both of us sleeping through ...

This is merely an introduction to our journey back to India.

At present we have booked all the flights, packed our rucksacks and believe it or not, we are still waiting for our bloody Visa's..... With less than one week to go we still haven't received them which is making us a little nervous. I'm hoping that they will be delivered to Oulton this coming week and that when they do arrive, they are correct ...

... ate oop ducks
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

Then we shall all 'ave etten thee
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then we shall all 'ave etten thee
Then we shall all 'ave etten thee
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

... helped during the Civil war in the 1600's as it was the last Royalist stronghold to remain before the fall of the North of England. For a time, it even held Mary, the Queen of Scots. Inside was pretty small, or what they let you see, so not long after, we moved onwards.

Back outside, we hit the local pork pie shop. There was a line so they had to be good, and they were !!! We took a few more photos before we hit the road again, towards another castle.

Richmond
Horton in Ribblesdale, England, United Kingdom uncle_davros

... to neighbours and Him & Her gave the loos and small shop a good rating.

They left me snoozing on the site the following morning, after giving me a big belly-laugh watching them struggle down from my overcab bed...wonder how long it will be before they give up using that.... whilst they went off for a good walk and then had lunch in one of the ...

... I just shook my head and laughed, but now I understand a little bit more of that. Little is needed really for world travel. Mostly just a bit of insanity in order to break out of the routine and comfort of home. But after that…no travel agents, no travel guides, no maps - you’ll still be ok The accidents are what makes things interesting, and the people who help you solve them are the treasured angels.

This was a trip I really wasn't looking forward to, something I had been dreading for a very long time. For the whole time we were up in Thirsk, we didn't talk about the goodbyes, we chose to ignore them! We had a lovely Sunday lunch out at the Haines Arms on the A19 and met up with Sarah, a friend of mine from school, who I hadn't seen in ...

... found here;

http://www.africanimpact.com/volunt eers/teaching-disabled/

Really looking forward to starting work on the project and seeing their approach to caring for, educating and entertaining their disabled children and thinking how it compares to the way we do it over her in England. Also the big thing is am hoping to be able to make some kind of difference to their lives how ever small it may be.

Today was a rainy day and the forecast was for much of the same all day, so the girls decided to assault the local Mark's & Spencer store and spend some money on needless frivolities, like clothes. The M&S in the area is a massive store that is more like the size of a small shopping center. Luckily…or not…they had wheel chairs available, so we grabbed one for Connie so she could spend even more time there…but not get too ...

... There are often steep inclines leading up to the base of the wall, which then stands a uniform 6 feet or so in height on top. This would have been very difficult to move significant numbers of troops or horse over it at any one time, especially with the Romans menacing you from above. As it was the first day of winter standard time, by 3pm I ...