Park Inn, Watford

Welcome to the blog of our father/son adventure, with three sleeps to go! We did a trial pack last night and were surprised to find it all seemed to fit. This probably means we've forgotten several bulky items that will turn out to be absolutely essential and require purchasing at enormous expense in a back-woods Hungarian village. We'll see...

We will be riding our BMW ...

... this point I didn't care. Did I even bother to put on make up this morning? I had forgotten to check. I really, really just wanted to get home. I returned to my seat to await take off and like a good girl sat straight up with my tray table in place and my seat belt securely fastened even though I really just wanted to lay down. I was relieved when during the pre-flight announcements they informed us that they had decided to feed us on this flight. While on International ...

... for residents, get the cell phone working, and try to nail down the major things we got to do. So it will be a nice and early rise tomorrow and we will carry on our adventure. We are almost at the 30 hour mark for going without sleep so we are almost dead. Losing 7 hours in time change is not a lot of fun accompanied with a terrible 9 hour plane ride you planned to sleep on but couldn't. So we hit the beds around 9pm because we couldn't keep our eyes open anymore.

... Wes found a good local pub which they frequented. Before they left Ottawa Wes bought tickets to a soccer match (Carlton vs xxxx). He really wanted to go to the Everton game against Arsenal but the tickets were rather expensive and hard to get since he wanted to be in the Everton section. They did hear that there was going to be a big clash of fans at Paddington station after the game so Wes and Brendon went down to observe. The place was crawling with police and ...

... day to see all of London! Let's start with our hostel, the London Backpacker's Hostel. We were not expecting it to be so far away from the main part of the city- we ended up being on the metro for at least 45 minutes after the one hour shuttle ride from the airport. That night at the hostel, deserves its own paragraph! We check into our dorm room and make our beds up. My sheet didn't cover the mattress so I was a little ...

... the subway closed down after midnight (which I didn't know) so I had to walk a long ways to find a bus to get me back to my hostel. Saturday I woke up early and went to one of the gardens in Westminster and read Harry Potter until a little after lunch... the book was amazing. After that I rode the double-decker bus around which was really fun, there weren't that many people on the bus so the tour guide and I talked a ...

... lie-in tomorrow morning as it is the first day I've had off work since Easter! and then going to spend the day rushing like that blue ***** fly peopleare always talking about to get everything done before Saturday - stupid Ryanair - stupid 7am flights! Hope I'll get the chance to update this while I'm away - prob during all the siesta time that the Spanish are so keen on - think they should bring that in here - could always do with a nap in the afternoon!

We made it out of the cottage just after 8.30, and headed East for Penrith & the M6. After a nice cafe breakfast in Penrith we started South, admiring the traffic backed up behind an accident in the Northbound lane. Around midday we took a detour off the M6 and into Blackpool, as Al had always wanted to see the place. Needless to say he wasn't impressed - the beachfront needed repainting 25 years ago, and the whole place was ...

... celebrate a day that isn't even mine! I even continued the party with a couple of english guys I met, but unfortunately I got a homing instinct and left Peter when he went to the loo, without getting his phone number. Damn! Shall we move on to February 23rd? That's the day I lost my front tooth and it all started to fall apart! I now know what pain is, and just how much it costs to get tooth implants. Unfortunately I have to get two done, because the tooth next ...

Helloooooooooooooooooo! Good news everyone, though this may not be as exciting for you, I have 2 jobs! Yay! Patience has finally paid off! One is at a bar called Yate's Wine Lodge - it's a chain, and will be a typical pub job here, where all I will do is pour pints and occasionally deliver food to tables. They're smart, they make YOU come to the bar to order your food and get your drinks. Ha. Doesn't pay much though, £4.55 ...