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Queens Promenade Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 4NF, United Kingdom
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A Sunday walk
... br>
So when I kept asking if this was a hike (so I could prepare) my british flatmates Emma and Eilidh kept saying no it's just a weekend walk. Thankfully I'm incapable of not being prepared. So I wore my hiking boots and took my day pack with some food, water, first aid kit, extra sweater, hat, you get the picture. Emma and Eilidh laughed the WHOLE ...
Two weeks in Paradise
... great way to spend my last night in Kenya, since it was the people I met there that made the trip and is what I would say is the best thing about Kenya.
So now I have a couple of months before my next trip which will be Columbia to look at Bananas. So I'll sign off for a while and spend the next couple of months sorting that out and trying to learn as much spanish as I can. I'll start a new blog just before I leave for that trip so look out for that. Until then take ...
The Barge was not to be!
Out of every adversity, comes an equal or greater opportunity. Today would prove that once again.
Dean leapt out of bed today well before the crack of dawn (which isn't hard when dawn cracks at 8:30) and the rest of us weren't too far behind him because we were excited about our day on the barge. We left home in the dark and driving rain but were still hopeful of a day on the canals of North Yorkshire. ...
Slow journey home
... At the very attractive and modern airport check in took about 2 minutes and we then found a pleasant spot, on the viewing platform with the plane spotting geeks, to while away an hour or two watching the planes coming and going and the little trains shuttling passengers between terminals.
The journey home went smoothly, on the big A380 for the 7 hours from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai and then, after 3 hours in Dubai, on the smaller and much older A330 for the 8 ...
Happy New Year 2012
... that she would have noticed any of the scenery along the way. By all accounts New Year's Eve in Manchester was a good night!
With Dean and Ash safely aboard we headed for the now familiar feel of Oxspring. This was one of those occasions when we really appreciated having a base to call home. Ash made a bee-line for the lounge where she was soon making up for lost sleep. ...



