Blogs from Congleton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

So we're off a week tomorrow. We have a lovely 30 hour journey to get there and in typical Ellie fashion she has bought so many pointless things to get her through this! Sami is spending her time searching for Lion and Tiger cub photos and nearly crying in the process. We're staying on a private game reserve between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown on the eastern cape of South Africa. Here's the link if any of you want to see it: www.kwantu.co.za We have no idea what to expect but have both said riding an Elephant is a must!... read more

So, it's 7.00am on 3rd June and it's just dawned on me I won't see a bed until about 10pm on 4th June. Going to be a long day. Lying in bed at my parents convinced I've forgotten something... and in all likelihood I have forgotten something. Passport and boarding passes will get me to Kota Kinabalu, and reassuring myself as such, will reduce the paranoia i'm going through. I've never done anything like this before and am ridiculously excited/ f'ing terrified. Never been to any part of Asia, never been to the jungle and never done much camping/ living outside. Got a feeling I'm in for a rude awakening. Today's part of the adventure takes me to the Dr's for my final shot, manchester airport, Doha, Singapore, and finally Kota Kinabalu. As long as I ... read more

We woke up this morning to another glorious day! That makes three days in a row of blue skies and sunshine which is a rare thing indeed here in England. Since the weather was so beautiful we decided to drive back down to Congleton to visit some more NT properties in that area. Our first stop was at Mow Cop Folly - the ‘ruin’ that we could see last Sunday from Little Moreton Hall. Edna is still earning her keep as she managed to guide us to Mow Cop without any trouble. Unfortunately, Mow Cop is not a NT property that is in her database so she could not get us right to the folly - just to the village of Mow Cop. That was a bit frustrating as we could then see the folly up ... read more

Well, its 2 days to go before I set off on my trip to Hong Kong and Australia. It has finally hit me that I am going to be away for rather a long time, and I am starting to get a little scared...but still pretty excited about my trip. My bag is pretty much packed, but I still have a couple more things to squeeze in, which will no doubt mean extracting a few non-essential things to leave behind too. I have set up this blog to track my journey as I travel about down under and to keep you all posted on my progress. I look forward to receiving your posts and comments too, so please keep in touch. For those of you I leave behind in the UK, I will miss you all ... read more

well this is it the end of the year with yfc there has been may ties of fun and ups and downs i wrote a poem about it not coz i wanted to but i was made to!! so here it is My Time at YFC My time at YFC Christmas came early And the face’s of some who saw that was a picture It’s a shame we didn’t have a camera To save that picture My time at YFC has taken me too many places From falling asleep in a field in Ashborn To playing boles in Wales All these crazy times with the team My time at YFC has been full of thrills and spills Good times and bad, Fun times and sad Yet im off for now who no’s when im back So ... read more