Queen's Hotel Portsmouth

... to our other blog please let me know or alternatively you can search for shunny81 and this is the name of it. There are a few to read but it will take away the boredom on a Friday afternoon. <br><br>Hope your all well and the weather is not to bad. Just think of us when its raining having to take shelter of the 35 degree heat. <br><br>All the best <br><br>Nigel <br>

Sophia&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>Right it is Wednesday the 11th November we'll be departing in a few days!!!! Realy getting excited and a bit nervous now just thinking this time next week i will be on the other side of the world!!! Busy time now though ahead last jabs tomoz as well as seeing katie and lexie for the last time till i get back!! Then the evening ...

This will be my third trip to Australia, and this time I've decided to take my time and soak up the atmosphere and scenary. I'm going to sit on beaches, wile away afternoons in beachside bars, stroll through forests and explore quiet hillside and seaside towns. And most of it's going to be in a ...

... They have these cycle paths.. I did only about 5% of them so there is heaps more to discover when I go back. I also managed to do some jogging ... whew my poor old knees didn't like it all... but the scenery was so lovely. The leaves were all turning, animals were wondering around it didn't feel you were in a country of 60 million people at all.<br><br>One day I had a ride for about 3-4 hours, ended up in a small place called Fritham... I had some ...

Visited this town while I was visiting my Uncle in Portsmouth. Its a lovely little place, well not little but seems about the size of Newcastle. Not that I have seen its outskirts etc.<br><br>When I arrived I went to have a look at the old wall and the old castles etc set up by Henry the VI I think. But it started to pour down so I went ...

... very interesting as well. From dogs being allowed in, to strange spoons hung in every one. This is the place for everyone to be. Interesting to me was the 'self serve' and pay in advance aspect. Most commonly you ordered your drink at the bar, but many times you also ordered your food there. The most extreme example I saw was a pub where you picked up your own menu from the pub and it came with an ...

... into a modest 4 stroke outboard motor, these capably push the 7.8m hull along at speeds of up to 47kts. After accompanying Clare and the Normski in the motorhome I arrived in Plymouth to greet the boaters along with Nigel 'Spence' Spencer MBE the other non rider on the first leg. I was really glad to be there and especially glad to have survived Normski's close encounter with the fuel station which resulted in the first visible damage to the 'Bus'. Seeing Greg ...

... of the World, which is set after Nelson's death, I believe. There were also Nelson artifacts, various exhibits on daily life, and an additional museum on the Falklands war of the 1980s, complete with amusing Argentinean cartoons of Margaret Thatcher as a pirate. The Warrior was closed and the rain was thickening, so I ducked into a pub for a late lunch, and then walked back to Portsmouth's ...

... Palace. Another site with Roman mosaics. I tried to convince Lucy that we should go, but she wasn't up for it. We took off. Not far into it, the Golf decided to squeal like a pig everytime we went around a corner. Then the steering felt funny. I decided to pull over. There was oil everywhere, so I knew the poor Golf was going nowhere. We rang roadside recovery and after 45 minutes, a guy arrived. He checked it out and said that the car was ...

... by water, which looked like a pretty interesting city. Becky and I also watched a Cabaret (magic) show in the bar and tried to sleep after. It was not so easy to sleep, but a smooth ride overall, and we arrived in St. Malo pretty early in the morning and in the fog.