Blogs from Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 20

The South Downs Way 28th-31st May, 2010 The South Downs Way is a long distance trail (160km) in southern England running between Winchester and Eastbourne. It is accessible to walkers, horse riders and cyclists. Much of the trail crosses the chalk hills that the Downs is well known for. London to Winchester Friday evening, bank holiday weekend and Rupesh and I took the train from Waterloo to Winchester which wasn't much more than an hour. After finding Panoramic Views B & B we walked in to town and had a really lovely dinner a The Old Vine. Winchester is a beautiful old town and well worth exploring a little more. Winchester to Buriton Stats: 46km, Av. speed 8.8km/h, 5.25 hours of cycling In true English style the rain started just after breakfast as we were getting ... read more

Today we arrived at Heathrow and as usual had to walk half way across Heathrow from the plane to customs and immigration. It seems every time we come here, our aircraft is parked at the furthest extremity. We cleared customs with no problems and then had a cup of coffee and went to get the shuttle to collect the car. We were taken to the Avis depot and within 30 minutes were on our way in a blue Peugeot 207. Nice little car. We then headed off around Heathrow Airport to pick up the motorway and head south to Basingstoke in Hampshire. We had the guy at Avis print us off an AA route listing of where we wanted to go in Basingstoke but he printed us off a route to someplace else, Kettering, we think. ... read more

Well, with all the trouble in Thailand we may need to re-think our route around the world! We are taking a year out from our careers to travel around the world for a year. Our plan is to spend 3 months in Thailand before heading to Bali for Christmas. Sydney will play host to New year before heading out to travel around New Zealand for 3 or 4 months. A chill out in the cook Islands before visiting the bright lights of Vegas before coming home to normality!! I think we have bought everything we may need to go -now all we need are the tickets!!... read more

I feel like the classic American tourist with starry eyes and camera around my neck. Even though it has rained on and off ever since I got here, and I had a bit of jet lag, I have been a diligent tourist. I went to Parliament, big ben, the London eye, St. Paul's Cathedral, a few museums, a cheeky English pub, a wine bar, great coffe shops and I road a double decker bus, the tube, and a boat down the Thames AND I went to Stonehenge! I Feel like there is so much to write about that it is almost overwhelming so I will just focus on a few things. First of all, I am staying with a friend of mine from Idaho Falls, Anna, and her boyfriend James and they have been very gracious ... read more

Alcohol: please, no more wine!! But one cider:P Cigarettes: 0 (well thats not going to change much!) Pre travelling weight: 8st 12oz (but before later mentioned pudding) Lets see what a diet of deep fried Tacos and Quesadillas does to that!! Bag weight: 13 kg (ouch) Roast Dinner: 900 calories Apple Pie and Custard: god knows how many calories... Using Bridget Jones as my diary format guide and with Gavin and Stacey on the TV, I'm having a quintessentially British evening, while Ben is probably now having the mad panic stress that I've been having for the last week!! So we are off again - leaving London Gatwick in 13 hours and landing in Mexico City 13 hours after that! Let the adventures begin........ read more