http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/The DOG/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from The DOG en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:42:13 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:42:13 BST Apologies once again for the long time since a travel blog has been published. I have a tale of woeAfter heading to the 6 Nations England Italy game in Rome Big Red decided that she would start to weep oil from the dip stick tube. In Italy I got a garage to change the oil and I donrsquot know exactly what grade they put in. They also fixed a leaking diesel injector and replaced the small http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-254771.html Merry Christmas EveryoneAgain it has been a while since I sent out a Travel Blog. I have been pretty busy in Italy helping my mate out rewiring his house. I have also not had a good internet connection as all the free broadband hook ups are outside of the sticks where I am at the moment. I have got myself an Italian pay as you go card so I should be able to get internet connection for Christmas http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Abruzzo/Pescara/blog-229033.html Hello everyoneI bet you thought I had dropped off the face of the planet. I think it has been a month since I last wrote a travelblog and I can not remember myself everything that has happened. Needless to say the month has gone very fast and now I am trying to recap through my photos.After spending 2 nights in Andorra fantastic mountains I headed back to France Carcasonne where there is a l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-215818.html Hi everyoneWell as I said time really does go fast when you are having fun so I thought I would do an update of the France trip so far. I have attended all three England rugby games so far and hopefully they will make the quater finals in Marseille as I am heading down to the south of France.After completing a full circle in the North of France popping into Stad de France in Paris and heading http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Midi-Pyr-n-es/Toulouse/blog-206082.html I can not believe that it is over one month since I wrote a travelblog. Time certainly has flown by and I am now finding it difficult to recap everything that has gone on. I though I had sent a blog in Lithuania but I must be mistaken. Here goes anyway.Since leaving Parnu in Estonia I headed for Latvia where I and had read in my travel guide that a place called Sigulda was a beautiful place. My l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Nord-Pas-de-Calais/Lille/blog-200862.html Hi Everyone.Well after hot footing into UK for 1 and a half weeks I am back on the road. It really was a quick stop in the UK for a wedding and so my apologies to everyone I missed while I was there. However my flight out of Stansted on the 6th Aug proved to be one of the hardest connections to make. Arriving in Heathrow from Beijing was just the start of the UK transport issues. I could not get http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Estonia/Parnu/blog-190853.html Neehow Guys Well what a journey. My TransSiberian trains have now come to an end. I only have another 7 days before flying back to England. Hopefully I will not be there for more than a week before setting off to rendezvous with Big Red. After a whirl wind tour of Ulan Ude where we met up with 4 very nice locals thanks very much for the guided tour and hospitality the next stop was the Russ http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-181028.html Hi everyone. I know its been a while since I gave an update however I am now officially in the middle of nowhere. It is going to be difficult to recap the last few weeks but here goes. After leaving Rauma we decided to take a detour to the Aland Islands pronounced Orwland. The ferry trips were great and we saved 70 pounds by staying overnight. Some sort of tourist bonus. It just so happ http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Siberia/Novosibirsk/blog-174963.html Hi everyone. Thought I would take some time out of my travelling as the temperature outside is scorching... it was 34 degrees C in the van this morning at 8.00am and write you all an update. Hopefully I can get some photos uploaded also. From Tromso I headed further North on the way to Nordkapp. The first stop was Hammerfest where the van required a little bit more TLC. After picking up my n http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Ostrobothnia/Vaasa/blog-166951.html Attached are some photos of the tour of the English Rose. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Lapland/Rovaniemi/blog-165512.html A couple of photos for you. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Tromso/blog-163482.html UntitledDavid OGradyThe scenery is just getting beter and better. I am currently in Tromso. This is about 1000km north of the artic circle. There is about another 700km to go before I pass through Hammerfest and eventually get as far noth as you can go without actually visiting the north pole. The destination is Nordkapp... the worlds northern most point land based. Hammerfest is the worlds http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Tromso/blog-163429.html Well what can I say.... words do not express the scenery in Norway. If ever you get chance to come you must visit the fjordsHaving now spent 2 weeks on the road my travel itinery was as follows.I left England on the 12th May 2007 after spending several days in the lake district. This was to check the van out in good old blighty to make sure she was not going to cause trouble straight away. Sh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Vestlandet/Sogndal/blog-160960.html Just a quick hello to everyone to confirm that I am still alive and working hard to get all my ducks in a row before setting off once again on my world travels. ETD May 2007 I have sold my beloved 55ft Narrowboat in StratfordUponAvon and I am now setting up all the travel paperwork tickets insurance etc.. as well as trying to source an old VW Camper Van for the first 6 weeks of my journey th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-145736.html First Blog Entry.Well since I resigned from Jaguar at the end of September 2006 I have been wondering where I found the time to work at all. This journal entry should sum up the last few months before I go into hibernation for the winter and look to plan another epic journey around the world in the new year. If I get chance I will attempt to upload some of my photographs from my previous 2 year t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Warwickshire/Stratford-upon-Avon/blog-102628.html