Blogs from Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Sunday 4.4.2010 day 172 Easter Sunday We woke up and turned on the TV to see the Formula 1 in Malaysia as we have been to that track only about 6 months ago it was fun to see it again on TV. It was also good to see Mark Weber come second and Red bull get one and two. Today we had a look around the area that we are staying we drove to Herford which is our closest big town everything was closed for Easter but the streets were busy. We needed a few things so we stopped at a servo and got things and then went home. When we got home we did some washing and started to pack up a bag to send back home as we will not have a car for ... read more

England is a strangely backward place, where people say ''Nice Day'' even if it is raining. The English invented the rules for every major sport, yet rarely win any international awards - football, tennis, even cricket. We despise foreign places even though we had an empire that circled the globe - today, the most popular dish is an Indian invention of Chicken Tikka Masala. The English never say what they mean, preferring to say the opposite as a joke and hope you will understand - they will be overpolite to people they dont like and rude to the people they love. Even the weather can't make up its mind here. Summers are notoriously damp and cold, the winters rarely shudder with snow or storms. And so somewhere in between these wet summers and warm winters lies ... read more

FLying Out Finally we are packed up and ready to go, we had are last english breakfast for the next 7 months we fly on virgin atlantic flight VS238 at 4pm today Landing in hong kong at 12:30 wednesday afternoon With a 2/3hr drive to heathrow still got a long way to go from little herefodhsire but the adventure starts now! be letting eveybody know how the flight was and how hong kong looks from a life long country boy ... read more

England Baby!!! Day 2: So, after a lot of trouble, I am here in Lugwardine, Hereford in the U.K. Luckily, it only took getting stuck in Chicago for the night and losing all my luggage in the process but, at least I learned something very valuable out of all this... ALWAYS take a day or two change of clothes with you, in a carry on, when flying internationally. Definitely would have come in handy... To start off the day I went out around some of the towns and country side and got to take in some of this great scenery. We drove around Hereford a little bit and then split off toward Ledbury, up into the Malverns, through Wyche and the historic pass cut out by the Romans, and then circled all the way back down ... read more

Hi Folks ! Following two or three days of inactivity through a rather dull period of weather I have been active once more as the sun has been shinning for the past week or so. Thought you might like to see my home from home …. Two tents …. one very small in which I keep my ‘stuff’ - cookers (I have three), gas bottles, loo, generator, dirty clothes ….. To erect this tent you simply open the bag, take the tent out and throw it in the air - it lands fully erect. All you then have to do is peg the sides and guy lines - easy. However I would not want to sleep in it as it does not seem to be weather proof. I think this is what young people call a ... read more