Lord Hill Hotel Shrewsbury

Hi out there in ether land.
Just a bit of an update on what is happening.
At the moment I am still working away,getting my money together for my next break.
I am due to fly out of england on 6/12/09 and will arrive in bangkok the next day.
This brings me to the matter of banking.
About 2 weeks ago I went online to start the search for a reasonably cheap flight to Thailand.
Normally I would leave england at the end of october or ...

Afetr and early start thanks to a wake up call from 'Freinds', we headed off to Beeston. We visited Beeston Castle courtesy of the Poyntons.
Spectacular veiws from the hill top and castle site.
Later we drove to theShady Oak pub for a pint and food (in the ...

After a great few days with Ian & Pauline we took off west through North Wales. Had Paulines ham cobs on the promonade at Rhyll overlooking a windswept beach but in glorious sunshine. Carried on around the north coast to Conway and then followed the river south to Ffestiniogg past the slate quarries and then to ...

... meal at The Lounge, run by a couple from Brazil. There is not much time or energy left for cooking on board. Sat 19th September Early meeting, followed by men's breakfast at Christchurch, followed by Personal Evangelism Training - excellent. Then a bring and share lunch. Then prayer on Days of Elijah. Sun 20th September Early meeting, then communion at Stone Methodist Church, where we had a warm welcome. In the afternoon we had brilliant sunny weather for our cream tea on the ...

Wow, how things change in a short space of time

Life has a habit of throwing you the odd curve ball but today we were hit with an absolute belter.

In February, Lidia had a small operation to clear up a benign growth. We had hoped that it was all in the past and that no more problems would occur. Whilst speaking to her doctor she mentioned that the operation site was still uncomfortable and the doctor advised scans to be sure.

Today we ...

Its certainly been a hectic two weeks, after camping in France we took the costal road back to the ferry crossing. It was strange seeing the places we had visited on the start of our adventure, remembering how excited and scared we were last time we were there, now we felt like established travelers!


The last few days in France were glorious we could clearly see England across the channel and thought we may at least get some nice weather on our trip home. This though is England ...

... VERY LOUD lunch. It was still very windy. We had gone through 12 locks when we stopped again in the wilds by a dingly dell which Hugo enjoyed. We heard on the radio that Ted Kennedy had died. We haven't seen TV since April, except for 20 minutes in Skipton. Thu 27th August A very mild morning. Steady traffic both ways through the locks, with a bit of a queue and chaos at locks 52/51/50. Stopped on some rings after lock 47 at Church Lawton, and had some ...

There was an American Indian once, who took a train across the great prairies. After three days travelling at speeds he had only ever imagined, he arrived at his destination. Alighting from the train, he sat down on the platform quietly, seemingly unwilling to travel further.

Bayton, England, United Kingdom rachelkw

... when we arrived we were a little nervous, but that ended up being the extent of it thank goodness, all those people were wellied up in vain. Must be said that there were some lovely wellies being worn though, kind of made me tempted to take up a farm life, just so that I could wear wellies like that. Lovely, so many different patterns.

Top weekend!

... s ass, and to Birmingham to see Villa whip their asses! To Bournemouth to freeze in the sea. To Liverpool to discover the Beatles legacy, to Basingstoke and Winchester, the first capital of England! To Bedford and Telford for work and to meet the in laws. To Holyhead to go home!My one and only sun holiday at this time to Puerto Banus in Spain and finally to the most amazing place I had been to in all this ...