Sunday 29.11.2009 Day 46 Wooburn Green We had a great bfast included in our room cost and then went and explored all around Wooburn Green We stayed at High Wickem a fantastic hotel with great views and it’s own maze. We downloaded new voices for our Sat Nav so we now have NASSA giving us direction on where to go it’s lots of fun. [View Full Entry]

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Hello, we are the whelptons I am the son of the family,ollie,i have two sisters and one broter called india,isabella and gabriel.My parents names are edward james whelpton and jemma victoria loise whelpton.We all live in a 5 beadroom house together we have got a dog 2 hampsters 1 rabbit and 1 dog.We all love our animals and unfortunatly 1 of our rabbits died a few days ago.On christmas day we are going to India and we are going for the third time as a big happy family. [View Full Entry]

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Milton Keynes - refered to as MK by all locals, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about 60 miles (97 km) north-west of London. It is also the principal town of the Borough of Milton Keynes; it is also the capital of the Borough of Milton Keynes. -so it says on google. I had to research about the place before I traveled as I'd never heard of it till a friend of mine, Sharon, got a job offer here and I obviously traveled to MK to spend time with her while I was in UK. [View Full Entry]

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Chance to visit Windsor, Henley and Marlow with travel club parents are members of. Particularly wanted to see Windsor Castle and renovations since 1992 fire. Good autumn days out, weather kind and coach journey as good as could be considering route down M6/M40. Based in Gerrards Cross, saw fair evidence of wealth in and around areas visited. Getting well used to boat trips! No photos taken in Marlow as a chillier day and didn't hang about (but found a local chocolate maker's shop and had a lovely hot chocolate). [View Full Entry]

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Hi all Well this is an experience in itslef. I apologuise now for my spelling as i'm not sure there is a spell check on here yet and my typing is a little dyslexic!!!! Nath and I have had an odd day, rushing around sorting last minute things. Had fmaily visiting and lots of texts to reply to so thatnk you to those of you that thought of us today and sorry if we have been distant but you wont believe how much we ahve spent planning today. Been moaning and arguing a lot today but thinks its the stress, it [View Full Entry]

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This time next week, I'll be a couple of days into my trip from Nairobi down to Johannesburg via Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Botswana! Well, with less than a week to go, I think I have nearly everything sorted... Just waiting for my "self-inflating" sleep mat to arrive and a few clothes and I'm good to go... No idea if I'll manage to keep this updated over the five weeks, but I'll do my best! [View Full Entry]

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The weather was beautiful today. Warm and still. There we clouds but they barely interrupted the the sun. We went out to Burnham Beeches-- not to be confused with Birham wood that comes to you. There we walked through the green light and saw old oak trees-- one of them is 800 years old and was so venerable that it had to have a fence around and a notice telling visitors not to feed it. We found out about pollarding but any attempt to describe what it is will send you into a coma. We then drove to Cookham which is [View Full Entry]

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Dom and I were today destined for Spa-Francorchamps for the epic 24 Hour endurance race. While our plans have slightly changed and we're instead heading off in the early hours of Saturday morning (for a lunchtime arrival, with the race starting at 04:00pm), the excitement to see the famous circuit in the flesh hasn't. I've also been told by many, many people of the need to sample to iconic Belgian waffles and local beer while I'm there. I've had a solid week of fitness training, so why not! I hope to catch up with Stephane Ortelli - who is competing in [View Full Entry]

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It sure has been a busy couple of days here in the UK! Since my last entry, Dominic and I joined A1GP Team New Zealand driver Earl Bamber in catching up with Colin Giltrap and a number of influential businessman at a casual evening in London on Monday night. This gave me a great opportunity to mix with friendly, but powerful people, and more importantly the 'casual' aspect allowed me to feel relaxed and comfortable in the setting and really make some headway in preparation for next year. As a result, a number of meetings, invites to private functions and introductions [View Full Entry]

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Three weeks ago I left New Zealand on a tour of Europe to pursue the next step in my motor racing career. It's gone by in a flash, and now I'm just a week from boarding the big silver bird to make the return journey, but there's still a whole lot to look forward to in the coming week! Dom and I have spent the last three days at Donington where he had his debut in British Formula 3 - an extremely tough championship - and with his family all eagerly awaiting updated back in NZ, I took a new role [View Full Entry]

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