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LJ - Laura Simpson

Laura Simpson I'm Laura and this is my travelblog.

I caught the travel bug in Australia in 2000 and I think I have found a cure - a 14 week round the world trip!


That trip was several years ago now and it did nothing to rid me of my desire to travel. Some might say it made it worse!

This blog means you can read all about that trip and the many more that followed.

Enjoy...


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It's my Birthday! Decided to take a day off work and go to London (and being that I took quite a few photos and did a lot I thought I blog about it) We started at HMS Belfast which is somewhere that I have wanted to visit for ages as I have been past it so many times. It is definitely worth a visit as it was really interesting and very well done. It involved going up and down a lot of ladders so it is not a destination for the frail. You could go all over the ship including in [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 12th 2009 | 26 Views | [diary=443337]

Must take tourist shot!
Going down one of the many ladder
There was even a post office on board!

Success! We managed to go cycling. We ended up hiring the bikes through an English company who are based in the Dordogne. This proved to be very useful as they could obviously speak English. We looked like proper cyclists as we had panniers and a map in a special holder. We ended up cycling about 30km and although it was all on the road it was so quiet that we barely saw any cars. We tried to limit the number of times we hummed the 'Allo, 'Allo theme tune as we cycled along.. We ended up climbing quite high (but in [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 27th 2009 | 24 Views | [diary=440202]

Our lunch stop
Cenac church
Paddling in the Dordonge

By LJ
September 16th 2009
Le saison est fini!! Europe » France » Aquitaine » Dordogne
Tried to go cycling today but failed! It would appear that cycle shops have defined opening times and when it reaches an arbitrary date in September then they all shut. We went into a camp site that had a huge signs saying hire bikes here. We could see the bikes but they said we couldn't hire them. We asked where we could hire them but we just got told that the “la saison est fini, FINI! “ the season has finished! Since when does cycling have a season? Do these people not want to make any money? Maybe George Bush was [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 18th 2009 | 27 Views | [diary=437087]

Silly sculpture photo
Yummy cakes
Ducks

By LJ
September 15th 2009
Cliff top villages and caves Europe » France » Aquitaine » Dordogne
Today we headed off in the other direction and into the region known as The Lot. We have driven the road from Les Espioles to Baynac everyday so far so we felt it was time for a change! Our first destination was Rocamadour which is a town that is built into the cliffs. It looks like it is just stuck onto the side of the cliff. At the top there is a château, below that there is a series of chapels and below that there is the main old town. Rocamadour is an important Catholic pilgrimage site, second only to Lourdes, [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 15th 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=436824]

Church at Rocamadour
It's a long way down

By LJ
September 14th 2009
Messing about on the river! Europe » France » Aquitaine » Dordogne
Just spent two great days exploring the area. It really is pretty here and round every corner there seems to yet another pretty village or town filled with lovely houses. I have lost count of the number of times we have said “There is a nice house, I'd like that one!” Yesterday we went to Domme and then La Roque Gageac. Domme is a village right on the top of a hill so we had great views over the whole area. We could see for miles. The only bad thing about it was Tim's need to use the word Domme to [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 18th 2009 | 23 Views | [diary=437682]

Duck related goodies
La Roque Gageac
Tim's favourite snack!

By LJ
September 12th 2009
In the Dordogne Europe » France » Aquitaine » Dordogne
Obligatory plane wing tip photo!
Obligatory plane wing tip photo!
That is somewhere near Luton down there
Bonjour! We have decided to go away for a week to the Dordogne. We flew to Bergerac with Ryanair (I think it cost more for our bag than it did for us on the return leg!) In terms of views it is one of the best flights I have been on for ages. There were very few clouds about so we had really good visibility. We flew over the Isle of Wight which looked just like it does on google earth (photos to follow when we return home and find the camera cable) Bergerac airport is nice but small. It is [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 13th 2009 | 33 Views | [diary=436135]

Isle of Wight
France
Our home for the week

By LJ
August 2nd 2009
Cruising the Broads Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Wroxham
It's Tim Birthday - the big 30! We decided not to let this pass unmarked so we headed off to the Norfolk Broads for the weekend. Considering they are only an hour and a half from Cambridge we don't know why we have never been there before. Vicki and Jo came with us and we hired a 28' cruiser. It was very cool. We weren't too sure what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised. Georgie B (the boat) was fairly spacious and we had a double cabin, kitchen, bathroom and a sitting area with a sofa bed. The whole roof [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 4th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=425092]

Tim takes the helm
Ducks, geese and coots
Relaxing on the boat

We are currently enjoying being jammy and cheapskates whilst relaxing in 5* luxury! It is still raining in case you are thinking we are getting everything our own way. Last year when we did our 2 week holiday to Spain we stayed in quite a few Paradores (luxury state run hotels that tend to be in historic buildings such as castles and the like). We became Friends of the Paradores as it meant free parking and more importantly a free glass of wine when we arrived at each Paradore. We also collected Paradore points. Due to various bits of luck such [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 2nd 2009 | 16 Views | [diary=407279]

Comedy statue photo!
Cathedral close up
Mossy detail of the cathedral

We are on yet another holiday! This time we are on a 4 day mini break in Green Spain. Green Spain, as the name suggests, is the bit of Spain that is very green. It is on the northern coast and it does not really look like Spain at all! We are currently staying in Hotel Posada del Valle which is on organic farm in the mountains. The view from the window are lovely. We drove here in our hire car which is a Citroen C2. I know we booked a 3dr economy car but still! I have never seen a [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 14th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=407319]

Our Hotel
Wild flowers
Picos de Europa national park

By LJ
March 25th 2009
The Terracotta Army! Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an
Good news! I feel a bit better today. I am still a bit weak and I don't feel that hungry but apart form that I am fine. I seem to be consuming vast amount of coca cola to keep my strength up. Luckily it is very cheap here. I am trying not to think about what effect all this sugar is having on my poor teeth! The main thing about feeling better was that we could go to see the Terracotta army. We decided to take a taxi. We no doubt got ripped off but it was much easier than trying [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 3rd 2009 | 72 Views | [diary=387382]

The classic photo of pit 1
Warrior
Lots of warriors



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