http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Derbyshire , Derby en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 21:26:39 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 21:26:39 +0000 mushtaq travel provides cheap flights to pakistan dubai. httpwww.mushtaqtravel.co.uk http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-448685.html Monday 24th August DerbyShopping day today.I wanted to get our vodafone sim cards sorted and the girls were dead keen that we helped Robin buy some clothes. Apparently someone had given her some money on a card at Debenhams a big clothing store in the middle of Derby. Along the way we went to a couple of op shops. Altho' the idea was to get Robin new clothes from D's in Oxfam we saw a lovely gre http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-439642.html Sunday 23 August DerbyAs Rob had only been to see Mim once yesterday she decided not to go to church in the morning and to visit Mim then. Cathy friend was coming for lunch and they had decided to have a traditional Sunday roast Ann and I shoed Rob away and told her we'd do it. It is so nice to be able to do things for her it's not a lot dishes some meals hanging out the washing helping http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-439092.html 21 August Friday 5 am DerbyBy 9pm just could not keep the eyes open. Rob Jerry went off to visit Mim good thing they did'n't stay home to be sociable coz Ann I were neither. Woke just before 3am. Ann had gone not sure where she is I suspect she stole a bed in Kirsten's room to escape the snoring Pip was due home tonight but we weren't awake to see her she was going to sleep in the l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-435464.html 19 August Derby 130 pmish.After a slow grinding progression along record long queues at immigration even those who travelled there regularly claimed it was much slower than usual we headed for the exit. We knew our brotherinlaw Jerry was meeting us but had thought Robin would probably not come and be visiting their sick daughter in hospital instead. Ann was the first to spot Jerry amon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-435461.html Dearest allTook the fast train Eurostar from Brussels to London it only took us 2 hours i thinkwe realized once on the train that we had no map and no idea about where the hostel we had booked online wasor even what the name of it for that matter.. just a street nameKatie asked for directions from these American sounding people that were also on the trainhoping they too were tourists and had a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-389096.html The next leg of our trip is two weeks through the UK mostly England and Scotland. Although we flew into Cardiff we simply did not have enough time to explore it in any detail. Rather we grabbed a hire car and headed straight for the amazing city of Bath. This city is famous for a number of reasons but none more that the ancient roman bath house which was discovered in the 19th century buried i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-358157.html HEIDIIt only seems fitting that we touched down at Heathrow airport in dense fog. We have spent almost 2 weeks in England with family and friends. Highlights so far... 1 Our friend Chris Fitchew's 30th birthday party in London at the Cobden Club. He put on quite a show including the lead singer from Rent on Broadway performing a song a trapeze artist ukelele playing women and amazing singe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-356875.html visited the keys and saw the duke of devonshires house http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-348476.html Jenny is now at Oxford University studying maths this is the girl who got 3 x A's in her A levels She is boarding at St Annes College and we may hear some more gossip when she has been there a bit longer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-335952.html Hi to everyone from East Midlands and the Slee family home It's Monday morning here and the sun is shining. Hopefully you have all recovered somewhat from the Cats loss. Dean had the alarm set for 5am Saturday morning in order to listen to the game online it was frustrating to listen to so we can only imagine how difficult it must have been to watch So on to happier things.....We are having a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-328880.html Through the fierce hills of Oaxaca we rode through Puebla state Morelos Mexico and Michoacan where the road dipped and soared gently through the high contours where sulphur hung on the air and plumes of pure white steam leaked from geothermal vents. We found charming lively towns Vallee de Bravo where it takes a brave cyclist to tackle the quaint but painful cobbled streets Morelia wh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-317561.html As i prepare to embark on what will be a life changing experience my mind begins to go into overdrive. After a long year of planning why all of a sudden do i have an element of doubt running through my veins Prior to Sri Lanka in 06 i simply packed up and crashed on okay so this time it's a little longer but still Dave. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-316509.html Well as I write this I'm in one of the spare rooms at my grandmothers house in Castle Donington England in the middle. The journey is and was a long one having taken off from YVR at 835pm pacific time on Sunday and arrived here by train from London at 10am pacific time on Monday it's 8 hours ahead so it was 6pm here. I took some pills called 'No Jet Lag' so we'll see in the next couple http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-311009.html Ok so it might be a little early to start our blog but the planning part of the trip seemed worthwhile to keep everyone a bit of perspective what it takes to actually get us on this dream holiday thingyWhat we've done so far is come up with a plan that will get us the whole way round Australia New Zealand in 340 days ... we start on Monday 27th April. The plan details what the weather is like http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-307980.html My first experiance traveling to Europe. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-306542.html After paris we came back to London on Eurostar and then hopped on anothertrain to Derby in the Midlands to collect the campervan. We then drove to StratfordonAvon quite a long day but an east drive once we got out of Derby Stratford was very pretty and interesting Ann Hathaways cottage was really amazing but we enjoyed Warwick even more. From Stratford we drove up to Haworth in Bronte http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-304001.html Well well motherfuckers we meet again. Yes I've been a lazy sack of shit for the last 6 months or so but you're just gonna have to deal with that because I can't be fucked remembering all the stupid shit I've been up to. However because I'm a nice guy I'll give you a very quick rundown but that's all you're getting. Sven and I run amuck in Fullham and Shepherds bush narrowly escaping certain http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-288475.html Apologies once again for the long time since a travel blog has been published. I have a tale of woeAfter heading to the 6 Nations England Italy game in Rome Big Red decided that she would start to weep oil from the dip stick tube. In Italy I got a garage to change the oil and I donrsquot know exactly what grade they put in. They also fixed a leaking diesel injector and replaced the small http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-254771.html Well I finally believe it Chris and I are really going to Australia next Thursday. It will be our first trip there and it is SO exciting Had my hair cut today and have been busy trying to sort all my Cambridge orders out. Wrapped Kristen's birthday presents tonight will see her tomorrow her 10th birthday. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Derby/blog-253861.html