Blogs from Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

With a new puppy addition to the family this year and the first Christmas Martin and I would be on our own and not overseas travelling somewhere, we decided to head somewhere fairly close for Christmas this year. Luckily we had our furrbabies for company - !! The end result was a cottage in the Peak District, somewhere we’d wanted to see for a while. So, dogs and Christmas treats in the car, off we headed the Friday before Christmas. It was somewhat surreal being on our own for Christmas for the first time, but a lovely holiday none the less… every day was pretty much the same… exploring all over the countryside on walks with Oslo and Sabie, (introducing Sabie to sheep!), catching up on sleep and DVDs in front of the roaring fire, over ... read more

What can I say about the contrast of a city in China with a population nearly 17 million, my hometown in China with a population of 6.2 million, a walk with 2 great friends across stanedge edge in gale force winds with changing weather at the speed of light and a rainbow stretching across the entire expanse of the horizon and London? Four fantastic places, 3 chinese dogs, and 6 fantastic friends from 2 continents all within one week. Suzhou, Shanghai, Stanedge and London - it's messing with my head. ... read more

Folk in England are truly fascinated by the possibility of just how dangerous life in Australia can be. From red-back spiders to box jelly fish, deadly snakes and man-eating crocodiles...they are equally delighted and terrified with the scope by which one could possibly meet their own end. I often find myself in conversations with work colleagues and clients about snakes and spiders and other creepy crawlies and people can hardly disguise their terror and delight. There's even a television program called 'Australia's deadliest creatures' which is dedicated to scaring Brits even more. I do confess that Adam and I both acknowledged we were leaving the deadliest continent on earth as we flew out of Sydney that first time (it was small bit of consolation from an otherwise teary me). The fact that Britain itself offers very ... read more

Navrat ze Snowdonie byl narocny, ale nez jsem stacila sve opotrebovane telo zregenerovat, byl opet ctvrtek odpoledne a ja bezela do Starbucks, kde na me cekala Misi. Sikovna holka, nez dojela busem z letiste, stacila si koupit sve prvni tytovikendove kalhoty :o). Nakupovala i v patek, nez jsme vyzvedly opet auticko v pujcovne, zajely nakoupit dobroty na vikend a na chvili sjeli do West Bromwich k Dane a Mirkovi na kousek grilovaneho masicka ... Meli na navsteve kamaradku Anemie z Belgie, prijemnou mladou damu, a tak zacal moc hezky vikend, kdy jsme v sobotu rano vyrazily smer Derbyshire do prvniho anglickeho narodniho parku - do Peak District. Sobota Podezrivam zdejsi picasi, ze vi, ze je vikend. Od rana se honily mraky, ale nastesti bylo stale teplo na kratasy. Svistely jsme si to pekne v Matisovi na ... read more

I don’t know where to start with this one, because this was one of the best weekends I have ever had in my life… so here it is from the beginning. This was the ‘S no Rally 2008. (That’s no rally) I manage to get Thursday night off work because we were over manned, which gave me all day Friday to get ready for this event. I’d made pervious arrangements to meet up with my mate Paul at the M1 junction 35 and got the bike ready with ample time to spare. So off I set up to my local butchers to collect some Black Pudding for everyone at the rally when the phone rang. I was sat at the traffic lights in Wombwell with “Johnny B Goode” (my ring tone) playing out in my pocket ... read more