Blogs from Porlock, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Put together a cheap flight, a few places to stay off the beaten track and some local ferries and what do you get? Five weeks island hopping in the warmth of the Caribbean sunshine. The flight will drop us into St Lucia - home for a week. Then we'll be using the local ferries to head north, first to Martinique then on to Dominica and Guadeloupe. Finally, we'll hop across to Antigua for a few days before heading homeward. In between we hope to explore all the variety that the Caribbean offers - snorkelling in the warm seas; walking up to boiling lakes and volcanoes; staying in apartments, villas, homestays and treehouses; shopping in the local markets and drinking rum punch. We plan to blog as we go along - more from the sunshine of St. ... read more

I've been "home" in England for half a week now, enjoying some good food, although the weather as usual leaves a good deal to be desired...despite some sunshine, it has now gone back to form of grey skies and rain, which has left me longing for Zambian heat and sunshine! This will be my final entry, as I guess I am not travelling any longer (at least for now) & now have to find some paid work, fairly daunting seeing as most of the world's economy seems to have gone into meltdown in my absence! Still, I am certain that things will work out for the best. They usually do. My last week at SFH was pretty busy, considering all the bits of work I had to tidy up, people to say goodbye to & my ... read more

Today we got up and I had shower. The showers at the Sun have yet to be refurbished. It was fine but you push a button to get about ten seconds of shower, then you press the button again to continue. We got an excellent cooked breakfast and chatted to our fellow guests - the place has three roms so it is friendly - then we took 0ff. Stoped briefly in the Sanctuary near Avebury then again by Silbury Hill. We decided not to wander too far fro m the bike. This would have meant semi unpackig and carrying a load of gear. Instead we rode on through Devizes, down to Glastonbury which smells of hippies (unless a BPAL lorry just discharged its entire load. The tor could be seen from a long way off and ... read more