Blogs from Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Nearly ready to go.... Sorting out the bags and what needs to go in them. Going from one rain forest to another! Leave on Sunday for Atlanta and then onto San Jose in Costa Rica - couple of days in San Jose and then off to the Pacific coast then mountains and back to the Caribean coast before flying home.... Taking the camera you have been warned!... read more

So, my lovely lovely friend Anna has set me up this blog which is most fortunate as I would have otherwise probably not got round to setting one up and that would have been a shame. On every holiday I’ve ever take, I’ve always written a journal for a few days in a fresh notebook only to promptly abandon it, which is a shame but I always just forget. So, on re-reading it’s like I’ve been on a series of mini-breaks all over the world. I’d like to have taken many of you with me but at least this way you can hear where I am and we can share something of whatever this trip will be like a verbal photograph. If I can work out how to use my camera properly, which shamefully isn’t ... read more

So we made it back home! A reasonable flight lasting 10 hours saw us land at Gatwick on time at 17:30. Home by 20:30 and then crash out knowing I'm up at 05:30 in the morning to travel to Chiswick - oh joy! It was a fantastic holiday with some great diving. Very relaxing at a super hotel. I've now managed to put some photo's on the blog so you can look back at the piccies too! Au Revoir till next time!... read more

Well the final day was spent in glorious sunshine doing absolutely nothing! We enjoyed the previous nights meal so much that we went back to the fish restaurant again and had an equally fine repast. We also got a good look at the lunar eclipse as it passed very close to Oman. Very weird to see the moon turn red! The next morning we grabbed an hour after breakfast on the sun bed before reluctantly making our way to the airport and home. Home via the dog kennels where we picked up Ruby who then proceeded to whinge all the way home and tell me in great detail what a horrible time she'd had! Torrential rain greeted us and when we finally made it back the boiler was off and refused to re-light - oh joy! ... read more

Day 1 - Overton Hill near Avebury, Wilts to Fox Hill near Bishopstone, a distance of about 16.5 miles. Walking along the ridge the views that we had been promised in the guide book were obscured by the thick mist and damp conditions. The walk, which was mainly along the ridge passed through Barbury Castle and Liddington Castle (both formerley Iron Age Forts). No point in taking any photographs as weather too inclement Day 2 - Fox Hill to Bury Down, near West and East Isley, a distance of about 17.5 miles. Again a day of ridge walking but with the weather improving during the day. We stopped at Wayland's Smithy, a Neolithic long barrow and shortly after that passed Uffington Castle, another Iron Age Fort, and its famous Uffington White Horse. The castle and horse ... read more