The Ilchester Arms Hotel

... to find that we couldn't get in because their fancy electronic key system was down. Happily, one of the hostel staff members was a really nice Aussie guy and he recommended a great Mexican/Spanish restaurant to us, so we headed there while they got their system up again. The food was great, though we did have to wait for twenty minutes for a table. Bath was absolutely jumping last weekend! I wanted to go to Jamie Oliver's Italian restaurant, which is in ...

11.20.09/11.21.09 Time To Take [A] Bath!

After a month of heavy traveling, it is good to be in England! No fuss over the language – traffic flow that we can respect – and familiar comfort foods (yesterday after our doctor's appointment, we had shepherd’s pie, chili, and even nachos!)! Almost like coming "home" for a few days – but with a British twist (e.g., Yorkshire pudding, double-decker buses, delicious teas, and towns like Freshford ...

Well 7 weeks to GO!!!!


June is still busy buying clothes can't keep her out the shops. We are busy trying to set up all the systems we need in place and staff what they need to do in our absence.

Great finding so many people interested in what we will be doing and where we are travelling to.

Just want to get Junes problem sorted at the hospital they are messing us about. Got heavy with them today.

Watch out for the next update.

... long one of 11 hours. At Paris I had to go through customs again and once again all my loose bits had to come off including my belt and shoes (such a pain). As I was taking off my belt an old lady, who stood behind me, asked "how are you gonna hold up your trousers now?" Wouldn't she like to know ;-)
Then as I boarded the plane and got to my window seat I discovered a chubby bearded Mormon guy (yes u can spot them a mile away) sitting in my seat. So I had to debate whether it worth ...

I manged to buy a car in November, a purple Rover 216! Very sporty.. lol. But I did have to spend a bit of money on it to get it into shape and MOT'd. Well registered in Australia. He and I have had some adventures already but I'm sure plenty of more when I take him to Scotland with me!

Enjoy the photos of Pete

I think I ended up back in Trowbridge at the best time of the year... lol What with Halloween and Guy Fawkes night!!

I was a little exhausted when I got back. I think I was happy to be somewhere where I didn't have to literally live out of my suitcase!

While I was back, I opened a bank account and also applied for my national insurance number so I can work in the UK. It was a fairly short process because I have a British passport! I've applied ...

... pub name in England, with more than 480 pubs in England bearing that name.

We got to Bath and saw the Roman baths which were very interesting, and after that we got to explore Bath on our own. We didn't have much time after taking so long at the Roman Baths, so there wasn't much we could do besides walking around the city and enjoying the architecture surrounding us. Bath is a beautiful place. I would definitely like to spend more ...

... park, but the person wasn't at the booth so I just walked in for free. Spotted a swan family that was interesting to photograph and chatted with an older gentleman doing the same thing.

I think I didn't take advantage of the city as I should have, there are many museums I don't recall visiting even one of them. I did however, find many of the pig statues!

Some simple observations on Stonehenge and Bath... Stonehenge: - It's cold and windy - There's grass. It's green. Quite possibly because it's allways raining here. I already have a cold (started sniffling as the plane was pulling in to KL - a premonition?) - There are no nekkid witches dancing around as far as I can tell. (I was attempting to do my impression of a nekkid warlock at the winter ...

I end up on a bus with 25 women from Vietnam. The trip is somewhat taxing and suddenly it turns out that my motion sickness is back. I get some pill from one of the passengers, and by the time we reach Stonehenge I begin to feel alive again.

Stonehenge is this pile of megalitic rocks brought from Wales by the Celts, although it's just one of the countless theories about this place. It is located on a vast plain in the middle of ...