Blogs from United Kingdom, Europe - page 2252

Sunday is the day Alison and Peter go grocery shopping, so we tagged along to get some supplies we cant do without. Alison was to prepare a traditional English breakfast (brunch time) for Mick complete with black pudding. While we were shopping, Alison said she had ran in to Michael, one of the old farmhands we used to know when Grandad had the farm. Unfortunately Mick and I weren't with her then, we'd walked off on our own to do some investigating... We had completed the shopping and were relaxing back at home when who should come to the door but Michael's brother Stewart! Alison said she hadn't seen either of them for ages, and both on one day was very unusual. Stewart had a family matter to discuss with Alison and Peter, so Mick and ... read more

So I got up late, it's really become a bad habit and pattern due to the late nights out here. It's nutty I know. So the only thing that I really did today was go to ultimate practice. Other than that nothing really exciting happened....I did some homework and stayed home hanging out. That's about it.... read more

His skin was like leather. He wore the tattered remains of what might have been a sleeping bag. His most distinguishing feature was 2 foot long, 1 foot wide matt of hair, resembling the tail of the North American Beaver. It is Unliukely that this particular Scot had ever seen a beaver, making the resemblance a phenomenon. 3 years ago in late July the man had approached three naive Canadian Tourists on the streets of Edinburgh to ask for spare change. He felt akin to the three because they two had terribly out style hair cuts. Today. . His beaver tail swayed happily in the light breeze, basking in the autumn sun. a fleeting glance. A passerby. A familiar face. It was him, The naive Canadian with the formerly awkward haircut. Fate had brought them together ... read more

The Florence Tavern, Angel Islington. Saturday 8th October. (and a few others) Thank you to everyone who came along to our leaving bash and for all the well wishes before we left. Hope you like the photos. Adele and Simon xxx ps I know I've written 18th on the photos - got a bit confused, A x ... read more

We caught the fast train from Munich back to Franfurt today, then a flight to Manchester. The Flight was a bit bumpy, and I was quite glad to get off! Our first glimps of Manchester was beneath the clouds, a bit rainy and overcast. After speeding through customs, and bearing in mind our flight was early, we got to arrivals and Alison and Peter weren't there!! "Oh no" we thought, but after finding the nearest toilets, they arrived and all was well. Ricky the dog was also there to pick us up, as he likes to plane spot! We had fish n chips for dinner, and Mick was asked if he wanted 'scraps' - which is the fallen off bits of batter in the oil, which they scoop out and give to people while they are ... read more