The Castle Hotel Taunton
Castle Green Taunton, Somerset, England, TA1 1NF, United Kingdom
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All is quiet on New Years Day
... to slow down all the passers by so that your pocket could be more easily picked. Items for sale included and were limited to whatever the vendor had managed to steal the day before.
Beezel’s Most Memorable Moment: Being photographed with Hercule Poirot in Torquay, England. (Not the Hercule Poirot, but a more than acceptable substitute).
Besty’s Most Memorable Moment: Being disturbed by a ruckus and finding it to be 200kg worth ...
Rover, wanderer .....
"Rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond. Call me what you will" Wherever I May Roam, Metallica
It has been a long time, too long some would say since we uploaded a new blog. And we don't want everyone to think that since we returned from Oktoberfest, we have not been doing anything. Far from it, we have been doing plenty; admittedly we haven’t left the comparative safety and friendliness of England. Our first port of call from disembarking from the Oktoberfest bus in London ...
Christmas Pimms!
... It turned out to be too good and didn't quite get wrapped up... As a bonus there is a jar of spices and vodka soaked currants and raisins left over, to be inventive with. We made the recipe with about 600ml of vodka.
Laura spent several hours making crystallised ginger, some dipped in chocolate. Laura followed James Wong's recipe in his book "Grow your own drugs" and cooked up 350g of ...
The Beginning!
Two days before I get on the plane to sunny Mexico and Daisy and I are still unsure of whether we are meeting in Rio de Janeiro or Buenos Aires, my rucksack is defiantly empty, and I have not eaten nearly enough Christmas leftovers.
But remaining calm. After all, I have three lists to remind me of all the things I have yet to do, including 'learn Spanish'.
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The Byron Bay of England
Another early morning drive through the countryside to Glastonbury. The Tor definitely dominates the landscape and even in the fog the view from the top was spectacular.
Mocha Berry cafe in the main street serves a great stack of pancakes, but the coffee was a little un-impressing (I guess the espresso in Rome has ruined ...



