Rowton Hall Chester

Woke up this morning. Had that 'Red Letter Day' feeling. Steve obviously felt the same as we bumbled through the usual morning rituals, all the while thinking that today was not just another ordinary day.

Having said goodbye to my esteemed host of the past week I set to getting things ready to leave (and having a final idle surf on the internet). I had initially said I wanted to be out of the ...

Well, as I will no doubt be running round like a mad woman tomorrow I thought it best to start this today! My last full day at home for some time. I am packed and ready to go!!

I am very nervous and cant really think of anything beyond tonight at the ...

... stuff is arranged as follows:

Pannier 1: Tent, Waterproof clothing and riding accessories
(Pocket: Puncture repair, inner tubes, diary, camera stand)

Pannier 2: Sleeping bag, Mattress, First Aid Kit, Miscellaneous items such as tape, cord, chargers and wires)
(Pocket: Toiletries, Spanish Phrasebook, Hip ...

... in Cologne Hostel
CityNightLine Sleeper train from Cologne to Copenhagen
3 Nights in Copenhagen Hotel
Mum and Brother return to Manchester via Easyjet

It's taken me 4 weeks to get the timing and money right, but today I've booked the majority of the tickets, and I have a shortlist of accommodation.

It's weird how it's all coming together now, it still feels like booking a holiday....but it's slowly starting to sink in that this is a 1000 mile house move ...

... arrangements in this country.
2) Store or dispose of everything that I have been carting around in the car.
3) Sell the Car.

The end of this process is a watershed moment - from that point on it will be just me, my bike, and the belongings that I propose to carry on the bike... until the end of the journey. (duh duh duhhhh!)

Oh... and anybody wanna buy a Vauxhall Corsa?

So there we have it - the ferry is booked! I will be taking the 'King of Scandanavia' out of the country at 1700 on the 5th December. It's another one of those milestone events that forces one to reflect on the reality of the situation; however fear has given way to anticipation on that score.

For a few hours yesterday I considered "copping out" with the Dover to Calais crossing - being cheaper ...

Right, so we go back to England from USA and i went back to Airbus for a few months till we leave for our round the world trip again and manage to sell the house. That is done so have also arranged to get a pay off for leaving Airbus so helps with the travel budget. Its been ...

... respectable amount of time in pubs accross Ireland, Scotland and England I think that I'm able to understand quite normally people speaking english with an accent. But when this lady talked to us, it could well have been in chineese or hungarian, I didn't get a single word...

We had a kind of "room + football" ticket accomodation with this hotel, and everything went fine. The four tickets were here, the rooms were booked for us, there was ...

... it had got itself into the 'reset' position while it was in storage so my combination didn't work anymore. Fortunately, after a few minutes of fiddling, I found the new combination (figuring it couldn't be far from my original one) and unlocked it. Phew! I had visions of getting bolt cutters to break into my own backpack at 5am on the morning of my flight... Flight itself was fine. Dad sat with me in in departures to ...

... his neighbors are all rock stars-Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin is one) and so I left my key with the maid. We drove to the college and I arrived in time to unpack a little and look over my welcome packet. I left and went down to Binks and waited with other students till the campus tour began. I talked to a Finnish guy about the differences in countries. He's been at school for four years and his major is ...