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Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield June 22nd 2007

I love England! I love Sheffield, and considered it my 'home town' for a period of about 3 weeks. I love the friends that I've made (my home-boys), and the fact that there is England's best climbing only 30 minutes away in the Peak District. I have a slew of people to call on to go climbing during the day, and some of the best of Sheffield to call on at night for some great company and food. I must make one thing clear: I have been in Italy for a week, and for some reason, I have started this blog back in Sheffield two weeks ago, but since I never published it, you will now get the best of both Sheffield and Italy in one blog. Having said that, let us start with why I ... read more
3 Gorgeous men
3 drunken boys
Mister Dan Butler

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield June 3rd 2007

So you probably came to the party was given a card and have now come for a look!!! It was great to see you all there, but it wasn't half hot!!!!! It was indeed a fabulous night full of laughter and beer!!! Some of you were VERY drunk (not naming any names, you know who you are!!!) and I hope you managed to survive sunday morning! We can tell you we have some very funny photos which we may use as blackmail when the fund is running a little low!!! So be careful! Here are a few photos of the party, sorry if your not on but we still love ya! We just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who came to our leaving party, sorry if we didn't get ... read more
Nice Food
Giants
Chatting

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield June 2nd 2007

Well, it's been only 8 days since I landed in England, but it's seems like I've been traveling for ages. Let me give you a short recap, and then I'll begin by telling you about my travels, and my recent trip to the A & E (Accident and Emergency) where in America, we call it, "the ER." I started rock climbing in Thailand in Tonsai when some Kiwis took me rock climbing, and to cool off from the climb, we jumped into the ocean. I found it challenging and exciting. Once while climbing with my brother and Mark, Mathew climbed to the top, and asked Mark if he should take off the gear from the top, "just in case Joni can't climb up here." I thought to myself, "Just watch me ." Mathew wasn't saying that ... read more
What a bonnie lamb...
A lamb on top of his mum
Mister Sam

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield May 23rd 2007

------- Time to go (well nearly).Have just picked up the van from gear linkage greasing, insurance arr.Mon and sent off to Coleraine with 1st class s.a.e. to Brett's address so hopefully I should get the disc/docs back tomorrow or next day.Not booking Dover till I have them. Since J+J arrive home this weekend and Brett,kathy and I are 'going to the dogs' on Fri - another first for me - I will hope to maybe re-commence my travels on Sat.Am writing this instead of going linedancing as planned because I appear to have pulled a muscle on my side plus van was back only just about in time to have gone. So what's ben happening for the last week.Firstly I have had the chance to test out living alone - that's OK. B+K are very busy ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield May 17th 2007

egyptjason Okey dokey, i've got everything i need for my trip to Egypt, just waitin 4 a memory card for my camera and its a go. I dont have an itinery as such, but some of the places i probably will be going to are the usual tourist hotspots, but i want to spend as much time as possible off the so called beaten track, hopefully will b there 4 1 month. so it looks a little something like this, for now(in no partic order): Cairo - loads to see and do here, especially those trianglular things that look really old, 4got what there called...o ye the pyramids, lol, but what i really want to do is climb to the top of the great pyramid, its not allowed of course, but im hopin the mighty baksheesh ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield May 17th 2007

Having expected to be in Sheffield for 7 days it has actually been 14 and still counting.The tyres mended the next problem was apparently no electrics to fridge('tho gas runs it!). Unfortunately though I had my suspicions whilst at Kells there was no real time to do much and so I crossed over and hoped.I should have known better.The other major problem revolved around yet more delay from Dolmen. Having messed me up re covernote, the same day a letter arrived saying the documents would follow.Contact with Kells confirmed that they had had no such docs so I tried ringing Dolmen.The holiday weekend and then no answer held me up and I asked Sam for a name from off the letter.On 16th with all other work done I rang and Sarah was to get back to ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield May 12th 2007

Once again I was up early taking “Chet”, my German Shepherd Dog out for a walk before I headed off for the day on the bike. Today was the Bike Safe course that I’d booked onto quite a while since and something that I’d been looking forward to. The course was run by the South Yorkshire Police and was to commence at 8-am sharp from the SY police workshops at Chapletown near Sheffield and was to finish at 5-pm later that day at the operations centre at Catcliffe, Sheffield, the place where the Egg Run started from a couple of months since. I was one of the first to arrive with the others students and police motorcyclists arriving soon after me including one officer on new police Honda Fireblade. The theory lasted about 2-hours and ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield May 9th 2007

Well I found the lights, negotiated the A75 and kipped down in one of the lay-bys.Bed is very comfy.3 hours later I made my way down to Westmorland Farms services(M6)(tremendous decor worth a visit)where I supped on coffee,donut and toasted T cake then travelled on to Cheshire making for Deva orchids.1 diversion later and circuitous routing I purchased several orchids and went on to Joan and Den's.Had a lovely long visit and they accompanied me to the M56 to make for Sheffield.Having given me a correct route I appear to have pocketed it and then thought Joan had kept it(appologies).Also whilst taking it down I misheard M6 rather than M60(another senior moment that because I needed petrol resulted in going all the way back to Charnock Richards Services then via M62 to M1.!) Highly annoyed ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield May 5th 2007

Here we go again! Since my last entry I have had still more hassle as tho' the van arrived ok I have found it much harder to handle than I expected.Time to departure date got steadily nearer and I waited and waited and waited for the insurance covernote to arrive. By 3/5 it hadn't.I then rang Dolmen(dublin) and they said it had been sent but (at my suggesion )they would send an e-mail copy. Great I thought now I can complete my errands('messages') in Ballymena and pick up the tax disc. When am I going to learn!! I continued to mooch around the farm,with occasional stops to relax in the sun(20C)and herding/separating heiffers (more anon) in between checks of the computer screen! At 2.30 I had had enough and tried to contact Dolmen again - luck ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » South Yorkshire » Sheffield April 25th 2007

The Flights are finally booked, most equipment has been purchased and my arms have taken a beating from numerous needles! Sceduled departure date 11th September 2007. Scheduled route; Peru Bolivia Chile New Z Fiji Oz Bali Java Malaysia Thailand China Nepal India Only one problem at the moment, no passport! Plenty of time?! The next time I write I'll be in Peru! Planned Itinerary 11th September 2007 - Fly to Lima 28th October 2007 - Overland to Bolivia 17th November 2007 - Overland to Chile 17th December 2007 - Fly from Santiago (Chile) to Aukland (NZ) 21st January 2008 - Fly from Christchurch to Nadi (Fiji) 16th February 2008 - Fly from Fiji to Sydney(Oz) 23rd March 2008 - Fly from Darwin to Bali ... read more
Leaving do bbq fun
More bbq fun
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