Union Tavern Kendal

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3. A Dime - No, not a popular brand of crispy chocolate bar, but a 10 cent coin of the American currency which will remain in my waist pouch until I (eventually) reach the United States, wherein I will find some suitable person to pass it back to - along with the story. So you see this isn't just a random trip around the world: this is a serious attempt at tackling the global recession by returning money to the U.S ...

... Riding down through Cumbria the amount of rivers that had burst their bank & surface water on the roads was staggering and really confirmed that we had made a good decision.

Currently, we are all sitting in the kitchen with Anne, Phillip and their two children Ieuan & Elise having stuffed our faces with home made lasagne & apple crumble claimed to be all of work of Phil our host!.. the look on Anne's face might mean he was exagerating some what!

What a lovely day I've had.
I was a tad sleepy this morning as I didn’t sleep well last night and also probably due to the fact of yet another late night out with Rachel partying on sat, but what a fun night! I must admit the flight has been playing on my mind ALOT and I’ve had the shakes BAD but I went into town this morning and got some Kalms and Mum got me some Sealegs which should hopefully help ...

... town. We were able to drive the Ambleside and Crook and saw some of the stunning country side. Many stone cottages and fences, lovely valleys and hills. Unfortunatley it was not the weather for any walking which is one of the main attractions of the area.
Had a very relaxing weekend and a stunning meal at Postillion resturant. 28 years! where has it gone.

... across a couple of boggy fields and muddy stiles until it started to rise. The last few hundred yards towards the top of Latterbarrow felt like they went straight up. Fortunately, the view wasn't bad.

Due to time constraints, we said our goodbyes at this point and the rest of the party headed off into the distance. We took a different route back down, through some stony sheep ...

... wet weather gear back on and headed off into the drizzle. Eartha and I were left strict instructions not to let the fire go out back at the Hut.Thankfully, the car was pulled free with little more damage than a bent bumper.

After tea, the mad fools once again traipsed off to the pub, leaving Eartha and I to enjoy the peace and quiet of a hut to ourselves. Once Eartha was asleep I sunk into "Jupiter's Travels" and rode pillion across India with Ted Simon.

Tow truck 2, turns up at 15:29 and we are off again for the next leg of the journey, Stirling Services to Lancaster Services. This journey takes around 4 hours and I have a nice chat with the driver, Jim all the way. We phone ahead and arrange the next tow truck to meet us at Lancaster at 19:15, guess what? Yes, it wasn't there and I am told it won't be there until 20:15 and it finally arrives at 20:30

Day 18 - September 21 started of like so many other day during our travels with clouds and a slight mist in the air but as the day wore on the weather improved. This was the day we had set aside to return to Barrow in Furness to do some more family research. Our route from Underbarrow to Barrow in Furness took us through some back country roads and very high into the hills above a magnificent green valley that stretched for miles. The road was well lets ...

After so many 'farewell' nights out, you'd think we were emigrating not just going away for 6 months! Our last morning at home found me in floods of tears and answering streams of texts and phone calls wishing us well (thanks in particular to all my girly mates!). We had a fab send off from Mark and Clair who not only took all our luggage to the station, but produced a bottle of Champagne on ...

... of the lake and I strolled around for 10 minutes or so. I assume that was Windermere, but I am not sure. I upload a few picture from there and if you know where it is, please tell me. Anyway, on our way back, we dropped by Lakeside Motor Museum. I was not interested antique cars exhibited in the museum, but John really was.