Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 1717

UntitledHey Guys Thanks to all of you who sponsered me! I have raised nearlly £700 for the cause and have no space left in my suitcase to take the supplies i've ordered!! I hope BA takes pity on me and does not charge for extra luggage! So - please note this site for my blog (the other one just proved TOO complicated for me) http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Marni/ I will be sending out generic mails on the blog so if you really dont want to know what i'm doing you can unsubscribe! Hasta la vista amigos xx... read more

Tuesday 5th June Broke my record, got home in 19min 55sec, average speed 26.9km/hr. Not bad for London's streets. Riding can be hairy to start with, but (Don't worry Mum!) a lot of people do it and you get used to it. It's good fun dragging off other cyclists till the next set of lights, I beat most off the line and by the time the serious riders have clipped in I've usually got a bit of a head start. The buses are the worst culprits on the road, they'll pull in front of you, then proceed to immediately pull over into a bus stop, leaving no gap on the left, forcing you to go around the right. Most other vehicles are good at leaving a bit of space though and the traffic never gets faster ... read more

We made it... we're here ('think that we'll use that as the opening line to all of our future entries...?). 36 hours of travelling (we missed our first connection in Ireland and had to wait almost 5 hours for another one) finally got us to Amersham, and the safe-haven that is the home of my aunt and uncle, Christine and Paul. Very good food, comfortable beds, suitably delinquint son who is very useful as a beer-oriented tour guide! Spent the first couple of days recovering from the flight over. Then stayed at Ken's (delinquint son of Christine and Paul) friday and saturday night. He lives in London with his soon to be wife Jo (hanna Webb), and a couple of pretty 'hip' friends of his, Will and Emma. Went to Camden Market on saturday; crazy ... read more

There is no way to describe everything I saw. It is so interesting and there is so much to see that it is impossible to give a good description. Also in most of the places I could not take pictures. I have added some of the pictures I do have. I did buy the guides to the houses and there are some pictures in them. June 4th Arrived in Stratford; stayed in Holiday Inn the first night b/c I had a migraine and the two mile walk to the youth hostel was out of the question. I did walk a little bit around the town centre after my migraine medicine kicked in. I had only intended on staying one night in Stratford but I decided to stay two nights because I did not get to do ... read more

Press Release issued by me With the growing interest in locally produced foodstuffs, do you know how the food on your plate is produced? There was an opportunity to find out at Shotford Hall Farm near Harleston on Sunday 10th June, which opened their farm as part of a national event ‘Open Farm Sunday’. Hosting such an event for the first time, Tim Lewis, Tenant Farmer, had no idea whether to expect 30 or 300 visitors, and in the event had over 500 coming through the gates. Clearly finding the day enjoyable, many visitors stayed for several hours, with much to see: machinery could be climbed on, animals (calves, cows, sheep, chickens, and a bull) could be seen, egg-production was explained, information about crops grown (wheat, barley, sugar beet, maize, vining peas, oil seed rape and ... read more