http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom en-us Fri, 04 Dec 09 13:28:52 +0000 Fri, 04 Dec 09 13:28:52 +0000 So here we are the final blog. I am safely back in England and on the journey back I put some thoughts together and here they are3 MONTHS ON THE ROAD A REFLECTIONThese 90 or days or so I've spent have been easily the most exhilarating of my life. Every day has been memorable. Unlike before when too many days blurred into one every day here was different. I could probably recollect all 87 days in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Lincolnshire/blog-458142.html Well here it is...four days until I leave the UK. It has suddenly come around so quickly. Work is all finished up yet again my car has been sold most of my belongings have been packed up and stored under Jon's bed...possibly for eternity. Goodbyes have been started to be said. It will be sad to leave 31 St. Albans Street Sherwood Nottingham. Not only has it been a home away from home over http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/blog-458113.html Tuesday 1.12.2009 Day 48DH Lawrence house and Sherwood forestWe went to writer DH Lawrence house where he was born in Eastwood near Nottingham. Lawrence was the son of a miner who went on to become the infamous author of ldquoLady Chatterleyrsquos Loverrdquo which was a band book in some countries for a few years. He married his professorrsquos wife after she left her husband for Lawrenc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/blog-457789.html So its Saturday 16th May 2009 and today is the day we fly out.Walking through the airport was an experience within itself the silence was eary but strangely relaxing. The previous night we had completed our online check in which left us with only our luggage to hand over. Next stop was Airport security. After 911 i knew it would be quite tough however having the hundreds of Airport workers str http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Heathrow-Airport/blog-457698.html I missed the shot I wanted. Australians are really odd people mate. You see I unknowingly attempted to order some food at an Aussie bar They have quite a few throughout Europe by the way and when no one came to help me for several minutes I got up and went to the bathroom.Now as stimulating as that seems itrsquos not half as stimulating as INFLATABLE SHEEP DOLLS which were all SOLD OU http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-457655.html Having been introduced to Daddy's side of the family last weekend it was time for J to meet some more of Mummy's family.He did lots of reading with Great Nanny Great Aunty Lou lots of cuddling with his little cousin admittedly she was more enthusiastic than him He went for a ride on Dylan the Dog until Dylan got away from him learnt all about beards and was generally spoilt rotten by eve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/blog-457560.html Monday 30.11.2009 Day 47Clivden Cliveden is an Italianate statelyhome at Taplow Buckinghamshire England. Set on cliffs 200 feet above the River Thames it has been home to an Earl two Dukes a Prince of Wales and the Viscounts Astor. It is now owned by the National Trust and the house is leased as a fivestar hotel run by von Essen hotels. During the 1970s it was occupied by Stanford Universit http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/blog-457259.html When I was told that I would be sent to UK for training one of the things that excited me the most was visiting LIVERPOOLThe birthplace of the greatest band in the land As early as getting my visa I can imagine the Abbey Road scenario with my brothers and my father. For sure i would be envied upon ahem Rykiel Nance. True enough when they learned that I will be sent onshore it's neverendi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-457224.html When you can say this time next week i'll be... it's a pretty good time to start counting down. With a little bit of obligatory flapping over the packing and with a little more to do when i get home from dogsitting this friday we'll be off to Thailand and beyond.6 days to go.Not much travelling been done yet except between North and West London... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-457222.html Sunday 29.11.2009 Day 46Wooburn GreenWe had a great bfast included in our room cost and then went and explored all around Wooburn GreenWe stayed at High Wickem a fantastic hotel with great views and itrsquos own maze.We downloaded new voices for our Sat Nav so we now have NASSA giving us direction on where to go itrsquos lots of fun. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Buckinghamshire/High-Wycombe/blog-457029.html What does one do on a cold and very wet Sunday morning in South Devon A walk on Dartmoor or along the coastal footpath is out of the question in this weather. In South Devon and not too far from Totnes there is a garden which is spiritually uplifting in any weather. It is a delight to walk through and the scenery changes through out the seasons. This is a garden that is open to the public but is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Devon/Totnes/blog-456996.html It was coming up to my birthday in mid June and we had planned to visit Juliana and Steve in Cardiff she was not able to make it to the party in July as she was working that weekend and additionally it was her birthday a few days before mine so two good reasons to visit. We had already arranged to take our friends Sue and Les to catch their plane back to NZ on the Thursday so we stayed once http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/blog-456976.html It's probably not really in the spirit of this website to blog from your own sleepy town in Norfolk but I need the practice so here's some pretrip background...The company Irsquoll be working for are called Goldwind or rather snappily Goldwind Science and Technology Creation Wind Power Equipment Co ltd for long and they are aptly named indeed for their business is to make Gold from wind http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Norfolk/blog-456945.html 24 hour Liverpudlian AdventureBeing a fan of the Beatles my friend Alma and I decided to go to Liverpool for a weekend since the National Express tickets were only 12GBP return.The ride to Liverpool took about 5 hours from London left London at 8am and got there at 1pm for our adventure. It rained the whole time we were there and because we were travellers on budget we WALKED to our BB. It http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-456792.html Oh dear I remembered to take my camera with me on Friday and took loads of good photos. BUt when I got home I couldn't find a way to transfer them to the computer. The photos all showed up on the screen of my camera but when I connnected it to the computer it couldn't see them and the same thing happened when I tried using the card reader. It seems to be a problem with the card because when http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Kensington/blog-456787.html Friday 27.11.2009 Day 44Brecon Beacons National We went to a River and saw the cenarth falls and the salmon leap and a 17 century mill it was a very pretty place. We then we had lunch at the west end caf which was a motorcycle hang out and there was a castle and sculpture of a knight in the car park. We then when to the Brecon Beacons National Park that has that lake in it that is said to the bir http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Brecon/blog-456768.html Wednesday 25.11.2009 Day 42CarmarthenAfter a great home cooked bfast we down loaded our picrsquos and updated our blog while doing this we saw a squirrel on the fence outside our lodge. We went and explored Carmarthen which is the oldest town in Wales the Romans established a walled town here in 43 AD. Before that it was a Celtic tribal capital. The area is also said to the birth place of th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Saint-Clears/blog-456766.html Monday 23.11.2009 Day 40Dylan Thomas boat house We posed some letters and did our washing and got on line and read our emails as we do not have internet in our room here we have to go reception to use the internet at 5 pound an hour9 the most expensive internet we have had on this trip We also did some research on car insurance and where happy with the one we have so we called up and paid for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Saint-Clears/blog-456764.html It all started during GCSE Science in year 11. All students were issued with Record books personal planners designed to enhance the learning of each individual teenager. They didn't. Mine and 95 of all other students rarely if ever used them and if they did it was only to write obscene messages about their class mates mothers or used as tools for the daily Speed Penis drawing competitionOne d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Surrey/Earlswood/blog-456726.html Hey Gang thank you for subscribing we were totally surprised by the amount of people who care and are interested in our awesome trip. Don't be afraid to leave comments as well. We feel like we are talking to our selves over here ahahahToday was our big day on the big city WOW IT'S BIG. We found the most impressive things in London were not only they crazy architecture of the building billions o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/London-City/blog-456586.html