Blogs from Ealing, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hello there Well today we had planned on getting out early but it wasn't to be, we went to the city on the bus and two trains to arrive at the London Eye, yesterday was cloudy and raining so today is a better day to go, Malcolm had pre booked it so the wait wasn't as long...it was still a while, we did that then went on the river cruise and had a cuppa with Queenie then through the Green Park to wait for nearly an hour for our bus to come to take us to Harrods we went to Tower of London had a snack then got train to Shepards Bush for some shopping, finally found some boots because it has been so cold here, raining and freezing cold wind, they keep saying it's going ... read more

Am Vortag war ein letztes Meeting mit wichtigen Informationen, aber richtig losgehen tut es erst heute. Um 7.00 waren wir alle beim ACE Cafe - und die Nähe zu diesem Cafe ist auch der Grund, warum wir in Ealing in einer ziemlich heruntergekommenen Gegend ein Hotel bezogen haben. Das ACE Cafe ist sozusagen das Mekka der englischen Motorradfahrer, sie treffen sich dort teilweise schon zum Frühstück und ich habe ganz den Eindruck, dass manche am Abend noch da sind. Es gab ein kräftiges "cooked breakfast", da bin ich dann immer satt bis spät am Nachmittag. Dann marschierte die ganze Truppe hinaus zu den Motorrädern für ein Abschiedsfoto, es hatten sich auch recht viele eingefunden, um zu winken. Darran (Transamericas) war gekommen und Nigel (High Andes) und Kevin Hammond, der um 4.00 in Norfolk weggefahren war, bei ... read more

Today we slept in until 8 or so. We had a small snack, then Jop drove Susan and I to Susan's Aunt Mary and Uncle Dennis' house, in Uxbridge. Mary is Susan's maternal aunt. We got there about 10:45 and had coffee and a nice visit. They live in a nice area, further out from London. The house was built in 1931. While we were there we looked at many family photographs and Dennis showed us his Olympic torch. He was a torch bearer at the 1948 London Olympics. After our visit we left for the Italian restaurant where we all had lunch (Rucola, in Uxbridge). There was Mary and Dennis, Susan and I, Carol Ann, Jop and the three kids (Jacob, Lavinia and Harry), Greg, Margaret, and their son James. It was a very nice ... read more

BATH TO LONDON (EALING) Not much to report for today, travelled across from Bath to Ealing (London) to get settled in for the big England v Wales Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley. The drive was very good, traffic constant but not too heavy and we plodded along in the slow lane and left everyone else to it. Our only problem was right at the end, The Fox and Goose where we were staying is just past a massive roundabout and we missed our turn off. We had to loop around and come back on to the roundabout again– we had no idea where we were going but somehow this time we managed to get it right. I think it’s fair to say that an Ealing post code wouldn’t rate amongst the top 5 in London! It’s ... read more

This isn't really travel blogging but about a project I'm working on for University at the moment, an audio-visual piece taking the ideas from a piece called "Different Trains" by Steve Reich and recreating them using electronic sources, with video to accompany, and a narrative about European Rail Tourism. This documents the production of the project and gives you a preview at the end. The completed product will be with you in December! Part 1 Part 2 Hope you enjoy :)... read more