Blogs from Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 18

And so the chaos begins. It turns out knowing what to pack for a 3 week road trip across 9 states, with a huge variety of activities and terrain to master, is no easy feat.....that is unless you are Rob. "throw in some pants, shorts and t-shirts" is his answer to "what should I pack?" being a girl is just not that easy! So with just 4 more sleeps until we head to ye olde London town for the night before heading to heathrow, we are well in our way to being organised.....ish. Ellie x... read more

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

IN ENGLISH London to Torquay, Devon, UK: 219.4 miles on the way out & 197.4 miles on the way back 6-9 April 2012 As I (Nelly) wanted to gain more riding experience, we decided to travel on two bikes for this long bank holiday weekend. The first leg of the journey was going to be on the M4 west to Bristol and then on the M5 south to Exeter + a bit of A roads to Torquay our final destination. All went well, despite tiredness and feeling achy; we stop several times to rest and arrived in Torquay at 6pm. We had made a reservation at the Robin Hill B&B which turned out to be a lovely place. One small inconvenient: the driveway to the hotel entrance goes up on a steep hill and John had ... read more

How lovely is an English spring? UK trip blog #1 3/13/12 We have been in England for one week and have been getting the Hobby motor home (MH) and Honda Motor scooter inspected, licensed, tuned up, shined up and regenerated for the trip ahead. We started Southwest today and have received complementary tickets for a Motor Home /Caravan show in Exeter this weekend and from there will be continuing South to Land’’s End. We are members of the National Trust Society and have started visiting NT sites. Hidcote Manor was our first NT site and we have planned to return there before we leave the UK in May to really enjoy their wondrous gardens. Spring is definitely in the air, but temperatures still are crisp. We’ve spent some time in the Cotswold area, where Guy lived ... read more

Our first blog, but hopefully the start of many! Arrived in the Dartmoor national park on friday 30th dec 2011. Woodland springs 'adult only' touring park. The kids said it would be a 'keys in the pot' experience, but so far so good! A really quiet site, nice natural surroundings with a massive award winning shower block! bizarre. The owners are into recycling in a big way which is ok if you have the space to keep the waste separate. In a caravan it's a problem unless you constantly visit the bins. The weather isn't good in fact its just like our scottish trip - raining every day. Went to bellever forest new years eve and had a wonderful although wet walk with kelly and lily in the forest. Kelly generally stays close to us but ... read more