Travelodge Southampton Eastlei Eastleigh

... the infamous round table with all the knights names and apparently a pic of King Henry?? I need to check that one and update this entry.

Pete made it without an issue and it was a lovely day for driving as well. I looked around the shops and had lunch in the Cathedral shop and of course took some pictures and read about some of the history or Wincester!

Today several Trussell Trust staff and volunteers have bruised upper arms from loading hundreds of boxes filled with a reocrd breaking 3800+ Christmas Shoeboxes onto a rather large lorry... The bruises were worth it to see the lorry pull away and begin its 2,450km trip to Bulgaria to transform thousands of Christmases.

We have to say a huge thankyou to all those who donated boxes and to all those hardy souls who braved the cold in ...

Booked flight today - Guatemala on Feb 22nd 2010. So to mark the occasion I thought I'd start my travel diary today as well.

Two months to go - and a lot of list-making, planning, shopping, getting vaccinated, freaking out, and bouncing with excitement to do!

... that Christmas is just around the corner. In Belgium, Christmas is not celebrated quite so hugely as we do, but they give more presents on St Nicholas Day, December 6th. For a couple of weeks before, children are allowed to set out shoes for 'Sinterklaas', who leaves sweets overnight, and then on the night of December 5th, they leave out a plate on which he leaves lollies, biscuits, oranges and toys. On this particular Sunday, we were chatting in the cafe, when the doors swings open ...

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We are still alive and well. We are in Cambodia at the moment. Apoligies for not sending any travel blogs for a while. As we're are trying to do 2 blogs at the same time it has become too much to keep both of them going simultaneously, so this one has been neglected for a while. If any of you are interested in our travels I can add your email ...

... I even saw a picture of the bathing compartments pulled by horses into the water so people could swim without anyone seeing them in their swimmers. I'm presuming it was for the women! I also presume their swimmers were neck to ankle... lol what would they think these days!!

I was going to have lunch on the pier but they weren't selling any food.. ah well you can't have it all your own way!

... it was a lovely evening, more cider if I remember rightly. I found out about what my brother Phil got up to while he was staying with them back in 1987!!! Apparently spunky is a rude word for something else in England!! And he frightened poor Frank one night by sliding his car across the gravel out the front of one of the pubs!!!
I definitely have to go back to the New Forest.. if not for the great people but the great outdoor life you can live there.

... back we stopped at the Wallop's - Nether Wallop, Over Wallop and Middle Wallop! The Wallops are a lovely set of villages used in the Miss Marple TV series (not sure though which one!). The final stop of the day was a lovely pub where Marlene & John spent their honeymoon.

Wednesday I was off to Bristol to catch up with Kate... more to follow on that!

Bye for now.

Carol

... people hanging off the trams pass within inches of each other. Los Angeles worked for us simply because we went to a couple of places - Santa Monica is a lovely beach area, surprisingly empty considering the wonderful weather that we were having.... The walk of fame was better than I expected having read reviews - the area around the Chinese Theatre was a joy, seeing so many stars hands and feet in the concrete. We certainly would visit all 3 again......

... of cloud, and only a short sharp shower after we arrived in our hotel room. Visited Arrowtown which kept its 'Gold Rush' character very successfully. This was followed by stops at Thunder Creek Falls and Knights Point. But the highlight of the day was the stop at the Fox Glacier. I did not know what to expect so I was most impressed to be confronted by a huge wall of ice of differing colours ranging from a dirty grey to ice blue - this was feeding a river that flowed through the ...