http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Greater London , Acton en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:15:42 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:15:42 UTC well that is the end of our travels to this point. i'd just like to thank all of you who have taken the time to read through all the crap that i have put down on paper and a big thank you to alex who not sure if you noticed but he wrote a few of the entries for me.i'd also like to send a huge thankyou to all the people who have made the trip so memorable and special. a trip with memories to la http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-324408.html Just a quick note to advise that I have arrived safely back in the UK and made it through my first 2 weekends and a week of work. Lets just say after 4 months off work proved a small shock to the system as the mass of grey matter which resides in my head was forced for the first time in a while to thinkBefore starting work though I had a couple days to aclimatise......what better way than a s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-299184.html Dear Sara FosterIt is day three and I am already regretting booking hostles for pretty much our ENTIRE trip..So everything has been fine for the most part i was sitting by myself on the plane our hostle is alright clean and not terribly located with internet and free breakfast we've been agreeing on where to gowhat to see for the most part... and then yesterday we went to the Eric Cla http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-293218.html Hello again. Time for some more pictures and words.This edition of our blog features details of our visits to London's 4 big sporting grounds.Firstly we went to Lords to watch the 4th day of the 1st cricket test between NZ and England. I remember sitting up late one night by myself back in our flat in Dunedin during the last test match NZ played at Lords during the 2004 tour and thinking 'Wow http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-292077.html So your maybe wondering what am I doing naked on my bike infront of Big Ben hey Well a few weeks ago I heard about a bike ride in London that takes place for safety awarness for bike riders but didn't know when and where or that u were naked so just forfot about it. Then last weekend a lad fro work came in and mentioned that he was in Brighton for the weekend and seen people riding around the c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-288546.html After that weekend i had resighned myself to the reality that this was not only going to be a very tiering trip but an expensive one the house that we were stying in was a steal at 5 a night to help lach and his housemates out with the bills. but the cost of living and public transport is quite high when living that close to the city...Anyway enough of that... we had a pretty quiet monday to re http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-283334.html After all the turmoil of getting to London we finally arrived at Lachlanrsquos place in East Action about 15mins outside London via the tube. We arrived to a house FULL of friendly people Tanya and Ryan from NZ Tessa and Elyse from Melb. They are all living in a tiny share house and with the arrival of the three of us it was quite cramped. They didn't seem to mind though I have a feeling i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-282482.html Well we are finaly off on our European Tour. We leave tomorrow at 630 in the morning. We already met four other people who are on the tour. Two girls from Vancouver and then a couple from Tenassee. Yay Micaela can't spellKehehe.Anyway we are in London at the moment and were just lounging about eating way too much. Okay... so Garret says he could eat like 10 times more.... He is just crazy http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-282216.html Hey there to all...thought this would be a good way for you lot to keep a track of where i am and what crazy things are going onso here goes my first entry... London...We arrived here after a VERY long 26hr plane flight Via Hong Kong and Helsinki... on the flight to hong kong our seats got mixed up so we were crammed into the middle seats... you can imagine how happy we were about that after bein http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-280837.html GreetingsI can't really be bothered writing much this time round I can hear you all gasp a collective sigh of relief but the photos have starting piling up so we thought we'd better post some of them and I guess I should try and give them some context.A while back we went to the Imperial War Museum. There is no shortage of museums in London and this is reputedly one of the best of them. We spe http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-275901.html Back into the London life now just after a month has ticket past.. Got a great place to live in which is close to the city centre the suburb is called Acton and on the bike it is 15 minutes to the centre of town so quite good. Yeah have the bike again and having near death experiences all the time once again. Na it is good fun cruising around the streets and having a look at the place much bette http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-274260.html Well wersquove now been in London for 2 weeks so Irsquom guessing yoursquore all dying to know how its all going right Right Well here is the lowdown.We arrived at Kings Cross on Friday night a few weeks ago after the 2 weeks in Edinburgh. As soon as we hopped off the train I had a lady from one of my agencies on the phone with news of a job interview at the beginning of the next week http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-253137.html well i'm drunk in london. the birthday week has been a fascinating 24hours so far anyway fun times. myself bean ash pete ami and crazy mike went out last night for a 'quiet drink' and had a fantastic night so the term quiet drink is probably very wrong. well so wrong that i missed my coach this morning. i awoke looked at the clock which said 9am and said to myself 'nah thats never the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-220472.html I'm probably choosing to write this blog at one of my more unstable points of my journey..I'm not neccessarily saying that this makes for more interseting reading however.. As some of you may have realised from emails or updates on facebook my circumstances have been a little up in the air of late..Ive just gotten back from an amazing three weeks away in Spain and Portugal and have now come back http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-204031.html LDNSo the blog has finally arrived The buildup has been as long and exciting as for the recent Harry Potter book but nobody dies in my story A long time ago in a distant galaxy I returned from Ireland. Arriving back at Barbara's I planned on a life spent on the couch unfortunately it was not to be mine As I had to go into LDN on the 17th of July for vaccinations everytime I went in fo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-190161.html I never got to the Picos. I will write about my adventure here later. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-174200.html Evening allThis is just a test blog to make sure everyone can read this entry I'll using this site for a travel blog place thingy you should recieve an email if I update my blog so you'll know when I've written something I'll try and write my first entry once I'm in Beijing with Dom tomorrow or the next day to let you know I'm still alive and Areoflot hasn't brought my life to an abrupt end http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-158784.html An early start to the day heading out to London Transportrsquos Acton Depot storehouse for many items. Open only 34 times a year we trooped into the meeting room for discussions covering the publisherrsquos expectations what each of us was contributing towards the book and the archival material available at the London Transport Museum and Transport for London archives. Before lunch we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-149732.html We celebrated Christmas at home together this year. We had the house to ourselves and we gorged ourselves on food and wine particularly enjoying the Tobin Shiraz of Ballendean QLD sent by our friends Lou and Rob.Thank you everyone for your kind gifts and thoughts this ChristmasAilsa and Brett. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-115897.html Hey alljust thought id update you all on whats going on with meWell i'm currently kinda homeless. hmm. Well i had to move out of my place in Fulham cos i spent all my rent money at Global Gathering was housesitting my manager's place in Fulham while he was away then had planned to stay with Dom again while i waited for the room at the Mitre to be ready for me to move in but Dom cancelled on m http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-82456.html Well here we go about to cause havoc on Europe. Stay tuned for details.Starting CrewBradburyJulzDuncanBradDan.Yes Julz is the only lady but we are picking up more along the way. Crunch will jump in after pamps. For the first 4 weeks the Van will avearage about 7 people. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-70145.html Jingle bells jingle Bells Jingle all the way oh what fun it is to drink on a dull old London Day HayOur first Xmas here was great Santa arrived early and decided to stay cause he was to boozed. We had all the comforts of home with a massive roast and trimmings. Then it was time to open the gifts the highlight of the day. 2 days later I rang Dad to say merry Xmas and sorry that I didn' http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-70106.html These are some random photos from the house parties we have had over the last few years. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-69812.html HeyasSorry about the lack of news but I've been very slack. We've been fairly busy for the last couple of weeks I've scored a job for 1 month as a C developer which is OK but I need to get a longer contract. In holidaying news Ailsa and I have been checking out Hampton Court and Regent Gardens blog entry and photos to come. I've been to Leeds Castle lots of photos for that and I think w http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-66049.html Spring Bank Holiday Monday. For some reason I find this very Bridget Jones. Well it makes it my second fourday working week so I'm not complaining. And how English of me the weather was quite nice in patches. See exhibit A the photo of Brett in a deckchair at Hyde Park Corner wearing a jumper and coat and freezing in the wind. We sat around much of the morning waiting for our washing to dr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-62939.html The weather of late has been mostly cold wet and windy so yesterday afternoon when the sun came out and London gave us a taste of the potential of summer I took the opportunity to sit in our garden and listen to the song of a little robin.Our back garden is seriously close to bursting into bloom. It's full of rose bushes covered in clusters of rose buds but still so young that I can't tell wha http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-61995.html HiWe have just finished our tour of London town. First off thanks to Lisa for her hospitality and to Ngaire for lending us her room...We have very sore feet as we landed in London in the evening on Saturday and walked everywhere else ever since... with the odd ride on the tube thrown in for good measure. The first night there we went to a pub full of aussies and stretched our legs a bit after th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-61516.html This is pretty much a photo entry about where we'll be living for probably the next 6 months.Our private part of the house is just our room and ensuite but the ensuite contains a long bathshower unit and is certainly large enough to swing a cat in.Our bedroom's also pretty spacious with heaps of storage space.We share the kitchen and living room with two ladies from France and Spain whom we have http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Acton/blog-59961.html