Moat House Northampton
Silver Street, formerly Northampton Moat House Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, NN1 2TA, United Kingdom
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Somewhere to stay before the flight
The weather was a bit better this morning so we headed back up to Pitsford Reservoir, where we tracked down a couple of drake Smew, perhaps the most attractive of the ducks found in the UK and also one of the scarcest. Plenty of other wildfowl on the reservoir as well, though it's a shame that you need a permit to gain access to most of it.
We weren't in a hurry so we dawdled across country to have lunch in Olney and win a few pounds on quiz machines in some ...
Visiting family on the way to the airport
... at Fusion with some of Julie's family which was pretty good and then went for a few pints in the Pen & Wig where there was a Blondie tribute band who were quite entertaining but not as much as the chap dancing who'd had a couple too many and ended up on his backside looking rather confused.
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Reflection & Preparation
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What I am Bringing
Really for my own benefit so i know what i am supposed to have/had at one point, although may be useful for someone planning to do something similar...
Bag & Security
Lowe Alpine World Tour 70+20 (Consists of 1 main bag 70 litres in size plus a smaller detatchable day bag of 20 litres)
Padlocks: 2
Cable Lock
Essential Travel Items
Passport
Travel Wallet
Body Wallet
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First trip to the country
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We had a fantastic afternoon,Joey's friends were all so lovely, and made me feel so welcome. I was a bit of a novelty with my terrible Australian accent. We all went to the pub later on, and kicked on until 1. Had the funnest night with them all, and some of us have planned another weekend to Birmingham.
Back home tonight, with not much planned for the week. Think I'll do some touristy things, check out museums, galleries etc. If the weather ...
To London, to London
We are recovering today from our day trip to London yesterday. It was both wonderful and exhausting. We decided on taking the bus at about 1/10th the price. That was fine. We stayed in just the Westminster area when we got there. So we got to see Westminster Abbey, The Portrait Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Sqaure, 10 Downing Street and the tail end of a ...



