Well we're off to the Orkneys today. The ferry is six hours over the North Sea so we will be picking up some Gravol for Jay. We caved yesterday to our thirst for sun. We booked a flight out of London for Almeria, Spain on the second of September. That's where they say you can find the most deserted beaches in Spain and the region is also the sunniest part of the country. Our trip to the Orkneys ends on the last day of August where we will make a mad rush via an overnight trip on the ferry to Aberdeen [View Full Entry]

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We spent the last ten days or so with Heather's extended family in Johnstone (just outside of Glasgow). The first night we got there Heather's cousin Laura took us to a Sheep Shearing Competition. There were guys there who could shear a lamb in 30 seconds flat! By the end of the night there was a giant bag of wool and a pen full of naked and slightly disheveled lambs. We asked one of the farmers how much the bag of wool was worth and he said it was only worth about £20! We thought that seemed like a lot of [View Full Entry]

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Hello All, well we've finally made it to Scotland after a gruelling 9 hour bus ride yesterday from London. We're in a internet cafe in Glasgow awaiting our meet-up with Heather in a train station just outside the city. Jay has been uber excited for days now. We'd heard that Glasgow was a scary place but so far we've found it to be great. The hostel we're in is massive and they have a free coffee machine so what more do you need really! We got to see some early Olympic coverage too as the heptathlon coverage started at 2:30am here. [View Full Entry]

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We are spending a couple of days here in Bath before heading for one night in London. After London we are heading to Glasgow to meet up with Heather Catte. It is going to be nice to see someone from home! Bath is beautiful. The stone here is all a redish cream colour. All of the buildings (even the brand spanking new ones!) are made of this Bath stone. We even coughed up the cash to go inside the Roman Baths today. Believe it or not Alex was glad he spent it! It is amazing to walk on the floor that [View Full Entry]

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Ok this one's for Maureen because she says we're falling behind. We are now finally on a good beach (missed the sun though) in Bude along the Cornwall coastline. It's very cool here, a lot like Tofino but with fewer rich germans and more rich brits. The hostel in Bude is probably the best one yet but unfortunately we only booked 2 nights and they're full for tomorrow so we're moving on to the local caravan & camping park. The good part is that the campsite is a 5 minute walk from the beaches, the bad part is that the weather [View Full Entry]

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Getting out of Oxford didn't proove to be super easy. We booked a cheap bus called 'Megabus' that picked us up on the opposite side of town. So we packed up our tent and took a series of buses to get to the stop. When we got there the bus was an hour late! This particularly sucked because we were trying to get to the only hostel in Bournemouth before reception closed at 6:30! Needless to say we missed it, and ended up spending the night in an expensive (but rather questionable) hotel. Well we have made it to the Bournemouth [View Full Entry]

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Well we're here in Oxford now after a stop off in Liverpool then a nice 2 day visit with Chris and Jim in London. Liverpool was alright, all we managed to see was the original Cavern Club where the Beatles played over 300 times before they were really big. We left after only one day for the big city which was crazy busy and crazy expensive (Tower of London was about $50 CAD each!). We can't complain though as our short visit was very kindly subsidised by Jim. Jay was a little sad to see her mom go but we made [View Full Entry]

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Well we're here on the Isle of Man. We have spent four days here, absorbing the culture, and are preparing to head out for the ferry to Liverpool in the morning. We hope the ride to Britan is smoother than the ride from Dublin. Jay almost lost her cookies on the way here. So far our stay here has been free thanks to an incompetent park attendant who hasn't asked for any fees. We spent one day travelling all over the island by electric rail, steam rail, horse tram, and by a very cool three railed electric mountain railcar. We can't [View Full Entry]

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Well we just said goodbye to Chris and Jim yesterday in Dublin. Today we are going to head out to the Isle of Man. While they were here we went to the Guinness tour. It was great to see the source of such a fine pint of glory! (Alex's words exactly) (Jay thought it was a bit cheesy). But apparently Guinness is good for you so we had it for breakfast. We've decided we are done with Ireland for now. The ferry ride over isn't cheap so we won't exactly be island hopping. We plan on meeting up with Chris and [View Full Entry]

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Wow, what a trip we have been on the last few days! We managed to hitch rides out of Limerick (we caught a bus to Limerick from Dublin) on the 12th I think. We made it to the town of Dingle, which is super cute. But one of the fellows who drove us part of the way was a tour guide in the Dingle penisula. He told us we should go to the Blasket Islands off the town of Dunquin. So the next day we hitched there because the busses wern't running. We caught a water taxi accross with the intention [View Full Entry]

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