Blogs from Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hello readers (Mum and Amber, maybe Julio?), It has been pointed out that I have been really slack with the blog entries. I will sum up the last month in a few short installments and then try to return to relatively frequent entries. - LONDON - I was less than impressed by the capital city. This was not helped by 1. Staying in a dirty scumhole that I was scared to shower in because of the risk of TB (probably made worse due to contrast with clean, shiny Japan) and 2. Visiting with two people who had seen the sights enough that they were thouroughly unimpressed by them and thus uninterested in doing 'touristy' things. Despite this, Liam and I joined forces with the lovely Sonya and had a few adventures, including seeing the crown jewels ... read more

London was lovely. I am currently writing this from the comfort of my dear friend Athena's apartment, and now have enough time to write. After a 10 hour greyhound ride to Denver, and more than 15 hours of flights and layovers from Chicago to Montreal to London, I expected to be completely exhasted when I arrived, but I was so excited and jet lagged I was able to immediately jump in and start exploring. I was initially struck with the age and size of the city. It was bizarre to walk by buildings older than the United States, and it really didn't matter where I went, I could find a fascinating monument, park, church, or museum. London had a lovely contrast of high fashion, quaint or regal parks, and solemn gorgeous architecture. The weather was unseasonably ... read more

Why Do I Travel?? Why do i insist on forcing myself to go these places, on my own? Why do i reject the social norm of a holiday actually being an occasion where you have nothing more to worry about than whether to sit by the pool or the beach that day? These are but a few of the questons i seem to be asking myself lately, as i frequently wake in the middle of the night in beads of sweat, coming to terms with the reality that i am in fact flying to India in less than 3 weeks. I'ts not as if i haven't travelled before, including Asia. It's not that i'm going on my own. It's the stepping so far from my comfort zone. It's the not knowing where you'll be sleeping that ... read more

2 weddings & a drug’s bust! July & August 2010 Well on to the main event Caroline & Murray’s wedding! After lots of organising the week before the wedding Murray is taken into hospital with an abbess in his throat. It was either let the doctors cut into the side of his neck in which case he will miss the wedding or a rather horrible aesthetic free version that I will not go into. Bless him, he went for the later! It was touch and go & very little sleep as to whether he would make the wedding or not, but Murray had promised when he thought it was a cold that he would be there no matter what! I am proud to say he did make it!! The night before was Chinese take away night ... read more

We left Bristol for the short trip to Bath. We had been told Bath is a must see city, and that proved to be absolutely true. Famous for its Roman Baths and Georgian architecture Bath certainly didn’t disappoint. BATH We did a bit of a drive around on the way in going through a park with beautiful gardens and stopping to see the Royal Crescent. The Royal Crescent is a group of luxury residential dwellings in the shape of a crescent. Built between 1667 and 1774 it is considered to be one of the very finest examples of Georgian architecture. Some of the existing homes remain but the Royal crescent now includes a luxury Hotel/Spa and some of the properties have been converted to flats – it is no less impressive from the outside though. There ... read more

Sooooo... here is my travel blog, for those who may want to read it whilst they are stuck in a (hopefully) sunny Plymouth.. Hopefully will update this on my travel to Fiji, and will hopefully add some photos for everyone to look at :-).. Will keep you posted, so keep checking back! K x... read more

The Pink View We have both been thinking about this blog for some time, yet I am still wondering exactly where to start with rounding up the last six months, it's quite some task to distil 191 days of our lives into a few hundred black marks on a white background. This is the last blog that either of us will write and I am going to miss it. Sure, sometimes, it has been a bit of a drag - and I am sure you have been able to tell when - but, for the main part, it has been a joy to describe thoughts and experiences and, when the mood has taken me, to have had a little bit of fun with the English language. It has also been a privilege to see that ... read more

And so, after countless sacrifises, numerous big decisions, an at times unhealthy schedule of work and a countdown of epic proportions it is now officially two weeks untilly myself, my brother mike, and two best friends luke and alan embark on, literally, and without sounding to cliche, the adveture of a lifetime. For those who dont already know, and for those who i have already told a thousend times (whats once more gonna hurt), our planned destinations are as follows: South east asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore) Australia New Zealand Fiji My aims for this blog are to keep those interested in some kind of know on our whereabouts, our experiences, our tales (oh im sure there will be a few), and plans, as well as sharing a few of our favourite photos and videos from ... read more

We have just spent yet another beautiful weekend at Treyarnon. The sun shone, well mostly, and we celebrated our anniversary in style. Our very own style that is, in the form of a bicycle made for two along the Camel Trail from Padstow to Bodmin (and back) followed by the ferry from Padstow to Rock. That's 22 miles on a TANDEM, if you're interested. The first countdown is to Glastonbury. Four more days of work and then we set off to join the great unwashed. A baptism of fire for our rtw trip or a gentle introduction? You decide! I don't think I quite get "less is more" as yet so watch out for Gregg's complaints. Back to the big trip and I have started emptying draws of "stuff" this evening and have already filled one ... read more