Beverley, United Kingdom

Many thanks to my parents for collecting us at the airport and taking us back to Harrogate for a slap up dinner and, more importantly, a pint of real ale! Then back to Beverley and a heavy dose of reverse culture shock.

... pretty much shut down for the night -- no internet, few services, etc. But we were staying in the old Friary of Beverley Minster and it was a very interesting place -- old oak beams, fireplaces, and separate male-female dormitories. We had asked Haggis to ...

Today is completion day as we've sold the house in Beverley in order to fund the trip (and my new mountain bike) and to move on to pastures new. After travelling the world and cutting all ties we decided we'd like to live in Skipton, North Yorkshire!

Yesterday we arrived at a place out of beverley called Leconfield, home to a military training base. Why, because our cousin lives here with her husband, a helicopter pilot. First we had to get passes with our photos on, and our car was checked for ...