Blogs from United Kingdom, Europe - page 10

4:50am DC woke before his alarm for 5:00am and ANTON the guide stud dog we have hates me as After my shower put my motorcycle jeans, and slumped back int his bed. It's grey gloomy dawn 7degrees C yuk, roll on Spanish sunshine. Received text from Goode 5:10am hoping all the team are awake and playing music like the dam busters theme, Neil texted him back with "Thought we were going tomorrow" it's a worry!! Then the trip starts with senior moments !! 1, Ken rides halfway to Kenilworth start location, but checking his breast pocket at the "gibbet hill" traffic lights realises he has left his wallet at home. About turn and catch up. 2, DC loads his top box dresses for the off and the bike won't start, calls goode to get him with ... read more

Friday 15thMarch Last day of work for 8 months! Was duty, so kept pretty busy – but still time for cakes for the few that were in. Its red nose day and cakes were being sold in CID – ‘fraid the chocolate muffins weren’t as good as they looked – unlucky Sarah! Weird to say goodbye, hugs all round. Both children and respective partners turned up for planned evening out, with a meal down at the Ox, Ashley Cross. Lovely to have them all there and had a lovely meal, followed by a complete surprise of a gathering of friends at the Brickies. What lovely children we have! Organised everyone to be there and had a really special evening – thanks go to everyone who made it, we really didn’t have a clue, and it was ... read more

Team all packed a d ready to go 6:00am Wednesday... read more

Just looked at weather forecast for Bilbao and Valencia, and rain storms forecasted bugger.!!! However we have our waterproofs ready and am sure the rain will be warmer than our trips to Scotland. Keep you posted Tomorrow wednesday 24th April we leave at dawn 6:00am head for mac Donald's breakfast on route to Portsmouth ferry terminal and the 24 hour crossing to Bilbao via the bay of biscay. Plan to lay up in Bilbao for the rest of Thursday to get over any seasickness, plus visit a bar or 2 Had lunchtime meet up today, ken announced he has packed 5 of everything, why has he packed 5 socks, and underpants? He has even bought shorts and speedos, pics to arrive soon Neil missed the meet up as he was saving the world from terrorist, DC ... read more

Well, after bemoaning the lack of photos on the blog you'll be delighted to know that on looking at the full iPhoto file there are about 3500 pics! So to make life a tad less soporific I'm in the process of deleting vast swathes of seriously awful shots. Me in the tent, me and the bike, me cooking pasta and ragout for the zillionth time and a lot of other rubbish shots. I hope to post a couple of dozen exquisitely composed works of photographic art to encapsulate the glories and futilities of peddling 19800km. Don't hold your breath. It'll take a minute or two to create. Meanwhile, apart from some readjustment to single figure temperatures, wearing socks and shoes, saying 'Yes dear' to almost all Lins suggestions, getting the hang of grandfatherhood, life is continuing ... read more

I have bought a one way ticket to Melbourne, Australia to travel on the 13th August 2013. I am very excited about this new adventure I will be going on. I am traveling on my own, but will start of staying with friends and see how i go from there. xxx... read more

I arrived via the train between Edinburgh and Aberdeen on a Sunday. For some reason my reserved seat was occupied by an obstinate woman who couldn’t seem to understand why she wasn’t allowed to sit with her family. Instead of arguing the merits of “reserved seating” I decided to find a different coach and deal with the substantially more appealing option of sitting next to someone other than this woman’s husband, daughter, and mother-in-law. After all, I was sick and in no mood to listen to a family bicker. This illustrates the importance of two critical perspectives when traveling: remain flexible; always look on the bright side. The train ride itself was pleasant enough and had some great scenery. I am very impressed with the amount of stone walls. I expected the tradition of stone walls ... read more