The Blue Bell Lodge Middlesbrough

... Stag weekend, im sure there will be one or two surprises in store for a few of us.

First stop will be a youth hostel in Scarborough, from here we will plan our trip.None of the group have stayed at the Scarborough YHA before, although the Whitby YHA is one of the countries finest youth hostels, it will be interesting to see how the two compare. I used several mountain biking websites to plan our route. I also came ...

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We got to the top and what did I find at the top but a Mr Whippy van Yummy .

After a big day and out with our friends Leonard and Angela we got home and had the task of trying to close our suit case and get ready for the next part of our adventure traveling up to Scotland next day we were all up early and headed down to the Littleborough train station to catch the train although we could of stayed on with Leonard and ...

... church was built and they had his bones for 300 years before a beautiful chapel was built to house his mortal remains. For Bede, life was brief but held the knowledge of the mercy of Christ. He liked the English and wrote the first history of the English speaking people. I love his prayers but he is not in that black stone box; he flew to the light of his Lord long before the first stone was laid for Durham’s great Cathedral.

We got to Durham at 2 pm ...

Our first trip was a good one.... I took Him & Her to Osmotherley.

They managed to get me there OK, although it seems to be taking them a little while to get used to handling me...I don't know why, I'm such a lovely RV ;-)

Before we set off, I reminded Him to go through the checklist I had given Him. He managed most of it well but, when we ...

I don't want to leave the Bonny Moor Hen this morning. Not because it was a particularly nice place. Not because we made great friends. Mostly because it's grey and dreary outside and i don't want to cycle through **** weather again!

Saw an old man on the street pass a neighbor lady and remark on the weather: 'looks like rain today' is what he said. I wondered why he even bothered. I'm sure that's what he ...

... very long time in Thirsk.

On Monday morning we had a very tearful time saying goodbye to my Mum, Dad and Emma. We are hoping Emma was none the wiser as Mum took her out for a walk and we packed and moved out while they were gone.

No one could have prepared us for how it feels to say goodbye to family. I was obviously ...

... now come to its end. This trip would not have been as fulfilling as it was had it not been for the kindness of strangers met at every turn, some who have become friends, and others who simply helped me on my way. It would not have been so fulfilling had it not been for those who stepped up to help when it was needed. To the Kindness of Strangers.

Ok well its wednesday and we fly out on friday...I'm so excited, cant wait to get away for a bit and stretch my legs. We've finally sorted all our accommodation out. We're staying in the Flying Pig beach hostel in Noordwijk the first two nights in Holland then heading into Amsterdam to stay at the Shelter hostel. The first 2 nights in Barcelona we're camping at Vilanova park half an hour outside the city then again moving into the city for our last two nights and staying at Habana ...

... Boro! Things we've got planned. Well to be honest i've really taken a back seat in the planning of this week and left my parents to decide what they would like to do, after all i'm pretty lucky they're taking me with them! So anyway some things they've been talking about are a visit to Pompeii and Vesuvius which im pretty keen to do myself, a trip along the Amalfi Drive which is meant to pretty terrifying if you ...

I don't think I can adequately put into words the feeling of waking up at Ratho Hall. But, since this is my travelogue and I don't have an editor, I'm going to give it a shot. The first sensation pulling one out of a slumber is a warm glow that fills the room. The glow comes from the light of the sunrise as it penetrates the cracks of the wood shutter that cover the windows. Accompanying the light is the faint smell of bacon and sausage being fried in the kitchen down the ...