Blogs from Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

The journey continues and after 3.5 days of cycling I have finally ended up in Plymouth, my old stomping ground. My God are Dorset and Devon hilly!! The great thing about cycling everyday is that you can eat what you like including every single possible chocolate bar on offer. En route I was very fortunate to meet up with my old lodger Naomi who kindly treated me to lunch out in the vicinity of Beer. Whilst in Beer, I stumbled upon a bench which had a plaque on it commemorating somebody's young son. A tragic early death but at least the boy had his priorities right. Plymouth is always a great place to stop and have a rest and naturally with the sun out and shining I had to take advantage of the Barbican location with ... read more

Photos of Plymouth and National Marine Aquarium...... read more

The flight home was excellent with BA, had a great seat at the back, near the loo, and the large man I would've been sat next to decided to move to another row where he had no-one either side of him. Good move. My Brother met me at Heathrow, and then we went to meet John at terminal 3. It was great to catch up with him and Jen and hear all their plans for travel later this year. Now I am back, making home and nesting at John's, his bachelor house has been transformed slightly . It seems quite strange. The weather at first was bleak, and grey, and I had forgotten how the weather so reflects everyone's mood, including mine. Everyone seems to be wandering around with a frozen, teeth clenching expression. It is ... read more

This weekend I attended "The Church Colleges and Universities Choirs Festival 2007" in Plymouth (south-western coast of England) with the King Alfred Singers, from noon on Friday to 3 p.m. Sunday. Though I've expressed dissatisfaction with the choir in the past, I think this weekend made me appreciate it a lot more, and I don't think I'll be quitting right away. In fact, I may join a second choir! My reasons start with a reminder that I LOVE performing, especially in big, beautiful churches with inspiring religious music, and the fact that I actually made friends with a bunch of girls in the choir! The Festival One word: unorganized! I'm beginning to think this is an English thing. We never knew where we were supposed to be and when, and nothing ever started or ended on ... read more

Hey Guys, Well the last week or two have been fairly relaxed, only one major trip to speak of. It involved driving down to Plymouth to visit Deano and Lizzie on the saturday, a couple we met on a trip in Prague. We drove down to Bristol on the Friday night and slept in the van, pulled up at a road side stop. It was at a convience store with a petrol station - they charged £13 for the night, just to park the car! Thats roughly 30 Aust. dollars. Anyway we got a bit of sleep and trundled off further towards the South-west of England. We had a great time in Plymouth, walking round town a bit before ending up at a pub called the Cider press where we chatted away the afternoon with a ... read more