Trooper Inn Froxfield

... found the ruins of a cathedral - just the bottom of the walls really, nothing standing very high. They were beautiful. I always expect to be overwhelmed with a sense of history, with the people that have been there before, in such a different situation, when the place was alive, but when I am there sometimes it is hard to feel that sense of wonder. I guess, in some weird way, I half expect to go there and find the people still there, fragments of their personality ...

... to pause!) Candy of all sorts, sizes, shapes, and tastes were displayed along with a fudge bar. With a plastic bag in hand you were free to scoop the goodies of your choice and paid by the weight. I was adept at picking the light candy. We finally made it to the basement and Connor beamed with his Lego Cargo plane. Out on the side walk, Ryan, Connor and Grandpa Skip beamed about the trip through the store. A ...

... Glasgow at the same time but are not as well known. This museum is well worth a visit, the exhibits are very impressive and user friendly and it is obviously very popular with the local residents, there were lots of families visiting there on the Saturday morning when I arrived. Finally I went to Hill House, a country villa designed by the Mackintoshes at Helensburgh which is about 40 ...

... Outside the museum hangs what appears to be a giant spool. This signifies that the inhabitant of the house is a "silk worker." The area changed, as new waves of immigrants came into the area over time, next it was the Jews and after WWII, the Bangladeshi and Eastern Europeans. Who will be next? This are has transformed over time. Started out with 27 Protestant Churches, then 120 tiny synagogues and now is home for 47 ...

... who don't know snake bites are half larger, half cider with a dash of black current. They are supposed to get you extremely drunk on a tight budget, which is why so many aussies drink them in London. I have just recived my pin no. from the nursing board over here as well, so I have started to work as a registered nurse. They only do long days so 12 hr shifts, I have ...

... of you back in Canberra I'll see you when I get home... For all of you that i have met in the last 2 months - I'll see you soon HOPEFULLY!!! And for all of you who Bec and I stayed with THANK YOU again :) Now it's back to the normality of Canberra!!!

... the center of Belper to do a little shopping to replenish the cupboards. Because we don't have a car we have to carry everything up that hill which is very tiring and you don't realize how much you use the car until you don't have one. Thursday 17th August We are doing different things today with Brian catching the bus to Ashbourne to have a look around and I went to do a bit of shopping at a local factory outlet. Afterwards I packed a flask, picked up ...

... for the infringement office but it had closed at 4pm. (It was now 4.05pm) I knew I wouldn't have a chance before our flight in the morning to prove the incorrectness of the ticket and started composing an outraged letter in my head. I ranted and raved at no-one in particular, until the parking officers appeared once again on the street to incorrectly book more innocent members of the public. I (diplomatically) enquired of the parking ...

... dipped as low as minus 36 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperatures in the country since 1947. Six people drowned in the Volga region when ice broke under their minibus that was crossing a river. An additional two people reportedly died of hypothermia and 14 more were hospitalised following overexposure to the cold. Forecasters in Russia have predicted that the current cold front will mean that ...

... warship...cool. Not that war is cool, but what is a war ship doing sitting on the Thames in central London. Shouldn't it be out patrolling hostile waters or something like that. I almost took more pictures of the ship that the bridge, but not quite. I walked over to the other side of the river to see the ship when I realized that it was a tourist attraction. What!!? It was shown on all the metal plaques that describe all the sights you can see when standing at a certain spot ...