Ivydene Hotel Skegness

... own life to save those of other people who have got themselves into trouble at sea. They don’t get paid for this, they just do it and I didn’t realise until this visit that they do not get one single penny as an organisation from the government, they are completely charity funded – i.e. donations from people.

We find a tearoom overlooking the beach to have some lunch in and then move on up the ...

... the audio guides and wander round.

There is a black cat there who was a real fusspot, just wanted to be stroked, so we all stroke and fuss him and then we walk off. He seems to follow us for the first few points of the audio tour, so we end up naming him – Melkin. Melkin followed us all the way round the priory, he never really left our sides, particularly my dads, he was a real friendly cat.

Castle Acre priory is quite a substantial ruin of an old ...

... at all!! as we got to our seats.

I really dislike people saying the show starts at 7:30 and then coming on stage at 8:30 but ken to his credit came on at about 7:35.. Wow things were going real well and then............ he opened his mouth ok so the first word wasn't funny and nor was the second, and by the tenth he still had not forced a smile he was however breaking into song and the women behind knew all the words yes ALL and in her croaky 95 ...

We wnet to Skegness for the first time in 5 years then found out we had booked in at the same Touring site too. Though this was a trip to take Grand-daughters for birthday treats so we raied the internet for Bogoff tockens for Natureland and The Pleasure beach even found ...

... changes remarkably well, and although only a tiny percentage of foreigners will be familiar with the place, daytrippers from the Midlands still descend on the place as if it were their second home. The highlight of this trip was an evening of entertainment at the local Stock Car racing arena, with an extravaganza of sorts lined up for all to appreciate. Various events ranging from domino-style car toppling, to monster truck car ...

... in the Jag and me on my bike. We found the shipping company that would be handling the bikes without any problem, however they didn’t have any waybills or any knowledge of the bikes being shipped out. The guys there were very helpful in contacting the right people to get the information and confirmation that they needed and sort everything out for the shipment. My bike was checked out pretty quickly and I was relieved when they told me a ...

... can get anything to eat, providing its deep fried with chips. Lucky my cousin saved us from cholesterol overload by providing us with delicious meals. I visited my old home and was shown the actual room I was born in.

We then caught the train to York where we are staying for the next four days. "ee, ain't it grand"

... are coming in July, can not wait to shoot SIC on a proper stage in proper lighting!

I could tell that the boys were also a bit tired and the gig was not one of the best, (in their own words), but the people present did like them a lot. Of course :D

SIC played first, so the headliners felt a bit insecure and where making comments about that he sounded like a girl in comparison to Mikkjal. And there were well meaning laughter and SIC cheered the band to prestige even better ...

... We were the only tenters. The rain had stopped a bit, so put up the tend and then drove back down the road for some fish and chips- not too bad. After dinner we decided to go for a walk, but it was already so dark we couldn’t see a thing. The toilets had no light either…or warm water… So got into bed, it was only 9.30pm! It was freezing cold, so not the best sleep.

... to dawn on me what I had let myself in for. Looking back on it now it is hard to imagine how I felt, mainly because I now know what I have encountered over the last year, but before I left I was stepping into the complete unknown... anything could happen!

Anyway, to try and counterbalance the feelings of anxiety I got really really drunk and ended up puking in my tent (which I was sharing with my unfortunate friend Rich).