Blogs from Bristol County, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Sunday August 18,2013 Bristol UK I awoke to blue skies and a little bit of wind. Sally, the dogs and I said our "goodbyes" to Wendy and headed of on our last adventure on the road. We left Bristol around 11:35 am and it took us about 4 hours to get home with 2 stops along the way. We finally got back to PFH around 4:25 pm and we were all glad to be home. Sally and I cleaned up and made sure that the mobile home was all ready for the owner to pick it up. We had an amazing and fun adventure in Wales and England!! The dogs were also glad to be home and smelling familiar things. Shale and Rune were awesome travelers! Before dinner....Sally and I got unpacked and settled ourselves back ... read more

So here we are a day before we leave for London and there is still so much to do :( i mean we've only had a month off from work so far so its been pretty busy around here reading books, watching tv, catching up with friends and relatives and ofc any time off at home means loads of Ps3 time for moi! We are all set on our vaccinations and we have booked our first 3 nights in a hostel in Bogota but we are still waiting for our visa confirmation from the almighty US and we still need to buy our insurance. And ofc pack our bags! Pressure is on....... Ps: we are not know for our literary skills so you'll just have to bear with us. Xxx... read more

We had planned visiting Bristol and Cliffton Suspension Bridge on 13 May. Mark had printed the maps and bus timetables from the Internet. We caught the bus from Bristol from the bus terminal in Bath. After having an hour journey, a wide area of residential houses and large buildings appeared in our sight. Bristol is regarded as a city, and every single building looked bigger than Bath and Gloucester. We caught the bus for Cliffton Village from the city centre’s bus station. It was rainy and windy when we arrived at Cliffton Village. However, miraculously, the strong wind cleared off the gloomy climate, and the sun turned up when we reached the destination. We crossed over the famous suspension bridge, popped in the gift shop, and I bought presents for my father. We walked up to ... read more

We had another try for Chipping Sodbury on Monday morning, freezing cold and blowing a gale we were able to see this beautiful village completely devoid of people. We then went to Tintern Abbey which is in Wales and almost had to drive to London when I got into the wrong lane. The UK is big on ruins. Tuesday we went to Bath and walked for four hours , we saw the Jane Austen museum, the Bath Abbey the Royal Parade and lots of cobblestones. It took us one hour to get out of Bath because there was a traffic light being repaired. Wednesday we went to Castle Combe which is a delightful village in the Cotswolds , and where several classic films were made. On Thursday with great trepidation we set out for Tenby in ... read more

So it's 23:44 on 2nd March and I'm counting down the hours until 2am when I leave for Heathrow with my family. I have had some amazingly emotional 'au revoir's with some insanely amazing people including the best leaving party with my lovely work people and I think it's just hit me that this is real. Just been texting Rose as we've suddenly realised we both have the wrong numbers for each other, but that's all sorted now. So the plan is I leave at 6:20am from Heathrow and fly into Madrid - going backwards but oh well - and then onto Guatemala City to arrive at 16:15 local time (10pm English). There should be a cheeky Guatemalan waiting for me with my name on a board which is one of my lifelong ambitions. When I ... read more