Hey Ya Woke up to a beautiful day in Newquay, sun was shining and all was good. Newquay is a very hip surfing town with loads of young people everywhere. Nads and I pretty much spent the day looking around all the surf shops and managed to pick up a few nice summer gears for the rest of the trip. It was really just a nice chilled day in the sun with no driving involved which was good. [View Full Entry]

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Whanne that April with his shoures sote The droughte of March hath perced to the rote, And bathed every veine in swiche licour, etc., etc. So priketh hem nature in hir corages; That longen folk to gon on pilgrimages, ... And specially, from every shire ende Of Englelond, to ST. IVES they wende, The holy blisful LIGHTHOUSE for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. I include the above (slightly modified) excerpt from the beginning of the Canterbury Tales to try to explain how excited I was to go to St. Ives. Chaucer's pilgrims must have been [View Full Entry]

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July 8th-10th 2007 Sue and I decided to sit on the second level of a double decker bus that took us from Lands End to Saint Ives. Thank God we didn't care much about our appearances because the wind completely turned our hair into something that resembled brids nests but we took many pictures along the way. Sometimes we travelled the coast and other times we travelled inland with a scenery that looked more like what the UK should look like. Full of flatish grass land with farms and many, many sheep grazing. We ended up hanging out for a bit [View Full Entry]

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Travelling UK style! OK, we've finally got round to sorting this blog out. This one is about Cornwall, but is actually being written in Kynsna in South Africa! Cornwall was great. We spent 4 nights in a lovely villa in Porth, just outside of Newquay with Lynne's Mum and Dad. It was a great way to wind down after work and prepare for a life of not doing very much. We did manage to see quite a bit though. My highlights were going to a place called the Lost Garden of Helligan. This is a country estate that was left to [View Full Entry]

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Here are some pictures of our Trip in Newquay. Newquay is located on the south west coast of England. It was a three-four hour drive from our house. The weather was really nice, but COLD and very windy. We spent a lot of time driving around. Our favourite stops were St. Ives, Lands End (kind of cheesy, but nice coastal walk), and The Lizard. The Lizard was my favourite, because it was the most southern point. There was hardly anything there except a small cafe, an old rescue station, steep cliffs, and really blue water. Mark and I seemed to hike [View Full Entry]

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So much left to do! Okay, so were on our last course of Injections now, Rabies and Japanese B encephilitus. Eek! We have two more of each, and also Cholera and Meningitis ACWY or something like that! The only injection that has hurt so far was the Hep B, it had a slightly stinging sensation, and a rather sore incision by the travel clinic nurse! We have our backpacks, sleeping bags, and day packs but thats about it. We have been looking at headlamps and sandals! I really want to get a good pair of sandals that i can wear and [View Full Entry]

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Finally we have heard back from Airpets and have been told that my dogs now have their import permits and a place in quarantine in Perth. We have to drop them off at the Airpets kennels just outside Heathrow on the 5th November and they fly out on the 6th November and will land in Perth the next day. So seeing as though the dogs are more organised than myself I have now started looking at flights for us both - I think we will fly out sometime in the first week of November ... which means that after we move [View Full Entry]

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Of all the flights I have purchased in the past eleven months, none have been as disastrous as my trip to Newquay, thanks to Ryanair Don'tgetyou there. Sorry it has been so long since I updated my blog, but I returned home unexpectedly early and have spent the last three months in France with my mum. On Tuesday 19th I flew from Limoges to Stansted, intending to catch the evening flight to Newquay to spend a few days with my dad. Next week, unfortunately, I have to return to the world of work (gizzajob?), so was catching up with Dad before [View Full Entry]

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Just back from a great 4 day tour of South West England so am going to combine it all into one neat little package for you all!! Monday - Left Karens place with my small pack in tow at 6 an headed on the tube to Victoria Station. Found place no problems on Vauxhill Bridge Road. This trip is totally diffferent to the Scottish, less hiking, more motorway driving but still good. Sights coming out of London were good, I think in Chelsea saw Battery Factory which was on a Pink Floyd CD cover. And there was little funky looking [View Full Entry]

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