Blogs from Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 17

Well, I have started this blog to be able to share details about my time in the UK. My company has sent me here for about 6 months to work on a couple of projects. I am really excited about this since I have family nearby. I will be living in Reading, Berkshire and working in Bracknell, Berkshire. So, I left the USA on Sunday evening. The flight was good and we even got in a little bit early. I got through immigration without too many problems and all of my bags arrived. My driver was waiting for me and he brought me to my flat. It is really nice. It's a one bedroom flat and is fully furnished. I plan to post some pictures later this week. I walked over to a grocery store to ... read more

So this is it! The point of no return; we dropped the bike off to James Cargo at Heathrow for shipping to Anchorage via Minniapolis and Chicago. For safety reasons the bike has to go with less than 2 litres of fuel, and nothing in the panniers. There is something very disconcerting about riding round the M25 with the range on the bike flashing ------ which is what it does after it drops below 1! The sat nav said still 6 miles to James Cargo, but we got there so all is well. Sitting in the wharehouse were a number of fellow travellers bikes including Paul's and Chris and Danielles already crated from their drop off in Manchester. We had arranged to meet Max a fellow traveller at Heathrow as he was dropping his bike off ... read more

Well....we are still here, and have finally started sorting the photos! I know...it;s taking ages, but I took so many it will take me a while longer. So, to be going on with here's some from the first few days....taking us over the first 4 days, up to departure for the trans-siberian proper! So we have the transit through 7 countries: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_gray/collections/72157619877350665/ UK France Belgium Germany Poland Belarus Russia..... I am aiming to get the rest of the photos processed & up on flickr in the next few weeks!!! Enjoy! ... read more

After leaving Ptuj we decided to forego further sightseeing in Slovenia partly due to the Visa situation and partly due to the fact that we wanted to catch up with the Spreitzhofers at St Kathrein before we left. Jac programmed Dorothy once we got back to into Austria, despite the fact that we pretty much knew the way anyway, and off we went. Half and hour or so later we realized that there was actually more than one St Kathrein and we were heading to the wrong one! Luckily we were in no great hurry and arrived a little later to find them all fit and well. We sat down for a bit and enjoyed the lovely weather with a couple of drinks while we said our thanks and bid our farewells. Next stop was the ... read more

We leave tomorrow and i am super excited! We have almost packed everything, just have to sort out the last few bits and bobs and sort out camera's and chargers etc. We will set off for Heathrow at around 6 and our flight is scheduled for 9.15. We will try and log what we are doing and upload our pictures as often as possible so you can all see what we are up to and be reassured that we are safe! Speak again soon and the next entry will be coming from somewhere slightly more exciting then Reading please God! ... read more