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thanks for all your lovely messages. we don't get to the internet often so i hope you don't mind us just posting messages through this blog. we've managed to get as far as Rouen!! Spent 3 nights in le crotoy a little village on the banks of the somme estuary. found a great place to park up on the dunes outside town and spent our days collecting ...

My next exciting adventure is the Crumball Rally! This is a type of banger rally, where participants form a team, buy an old car (normally with a price limit of 200 pounds, though that didn't apply to this one for some reason) get it up to MOT/safe standards, and then drive around certain parts of Europe. Despite the name, it is in no way a race...

This morning I worked in my room until mid-morning when it was time to leave for the 2 ½ hour drive to the home of Mr. Mrs. Gorisse who live south of Maubeuge, which is just south of the Belgian border at Mons.

It was a cloudy day with frequent rain showers, but nothing that slowed traffic. I arrived right at noon, and was surprised to ...

Boulogne is a town that seems to have grown a lot. Its old city center is still surrounded by its old fortress walls. The city that sprawls outside of this is somewhat drab and uninspiring but within the walls there is a great feel for what it used to look like with its cobbled stones and old city hall building. We stopped at a small café to war...

With the time difference we arrived in Boulonge at 2:30 and headed south to the village of Montreuil-Sur-Mer. Sur Mer means on the sea, but deceptively this place is more than 15 miles inland. That's ok though I had been here each year while in London on a boys booze cruise with Dan and Charles. It's a beautiful little town and one I was keen to...

Hello! Most of the hard parts are over... I have saved the money, booked the flights, quit work, moved my stuff to France, said goodbye to my friends and now I have the next hurdle.. PACKING! I have asked for advice from friends and family, so far the suggestions have been "don't pack 21 pairs of knickers, you can wash your clothes!" (Sars), "ro...

Boulogne Sur Mer is an historic and surprisingly interesting destination on France's Northern coast. Although quite ugly in parts, the city's Upper Town district is very charming and a pleasent place to walk around, explore and take pictures. I set off for Boulogne by bus from Calais with the two hour journey taking me along the scenic coastal r...

Bryan's flight instructor Roger thought it would be a good idea if all three of us take a trip on Sunday in the Cirrus. That way we could really see what it would be like to have a plane of our very own to travel as we pleased. We left Denham airstrip after all of the pre-flight preparations and started out over the English Channel. We stopped a...

Day One Start: Kennington, London End: Boulogne Sur Mer, France Distance cycled: 5km! Caught the train from Charing X to Dover Priory - dont feel like i am cheating - have simply cycled Kent too many times! I found the one carriage that miracuously had a bike space. A fellow passenger seemed equally delighted to have found the toilet next to it....

My first working sunday, its really packed at the market! Its taking lots of energy and makes it more rough to work. I would quite like not to work anymore on sunday and also get some vacation to visit. In the afternoon we got guest (other workers and family) and had a bbq under the hot sun and the damn mosquitos. The good side is that I called ...