Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 1718

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

To me there are two Englands. One is London, the other is the rest of it. Heres where the playdough comes into it.... London is like if you put the playdough in the middle of the table and tell the kids to go for it, everybody grabs as much as they can and starts playing with it, sculpting it and moulding it into what they want it to look like, according to their ideas and plans. Some kids dont get any playdough, while some get heaps, if your lucky someone might share and their might be some collaborating plans, but at a table full of four year olds its pretty much every man for himself. Meanwhile, there is just a blue smudge left on the table where the complete blob used to be. The part of ... read more

Hi guys. It’s just me again, with my last installment before I head off home through the good old US of A (providing we can get there with Vaughan’s visa dramas). Things here have been really good, but busy. Sometimes it’s been hard to believe that we have actually been living in London all this time - it’s not like we go into the city to see Big Ben daily, so I guess it’s been pretty normal really. Of course though, often even the smallest (or seemingly easy) things seem the most different, and it will also be a bit strange for me to get used to everything back home again as well. Sometimes it’s the most mundane things that you never bother to talk about which I will miss the most from over here ... read more

One week til the Eurotrip, and I can bearly contain my excitement!!! (Though must do so to avoid negative social implications such as; getting smacked over the head/experiencing the tyranny of rolling eyes etc. lol) We've now finalised the travel plans, so beneath is a list of the places we'll be visiting over the coming months (woo!): 1) Amsterdam, Netherlands 2) Brussels, Belgium 3) Berlin, Germany 4) Dresden, Germany 5) Prague, Czech Republic 6) Salburg, Austria 7) Venice, Italy 8) Rome, Italy 9) Pisa, Italy 10) Lake Como, Italy 11) Milan, Italy 12) Marseilles, France 13) Barcelona, Spain 14) Madrid, Spain 15) Bordeaux, France 16) Paris, France 17) Rouen, France 18) London, England If you want to see this in map form, go to http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_3Zv.html I'll begin my travel writing after the 20th no doubt....Keep an ... read more

Well it was all London this weekend. The bus to London left Manchester early Friday morning, after a fairly uneventful 5 hr trip, the bus arrived at Victoria station and it was just a quick ride on the tube to Euston station to meet with Vaughan (although had a few ticketing dramas and even more issues when I couldn’t find Vaughan’s number!). Vaughan and Lucy are staying about 100m from Euston station at the top floor apartment of one of Lucy’s relatives. The location is brilliant and the place has a great balcony (great for a house party!). The Camden Markets are only about 15min walk from their place so we went for a quick shop and for some food. OMG there were so many shops along the way and even more in the markets ... read more