Blogs from Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 26

Coleton Fishacre is a National Trust treasure tucked away in the back and beyond of South Devon. In the Spring and Summer the gardens are magical with viewpoints of the sea spread out amongst the mature shrubs and trees imported from all over the world. The house is in complete harmony with the gardens and was the holiday home of Rupert D'Oyly Carte and his family in the 1920s. The Arts & Crafts-style house has an Art Deco-influenced interior and to me the main attraction is the Salon. Standing in this Art Deco influenced room one is taken back to that moment in time when the D'Oyly Cartes probably entertained their friends and family with the grand piano in the corner playing its part. When we heard that the National Trust was organising an afternoon of ... read more

Hello everyone! Long time no see! How are you all? I hope everybody is healthy, and that you haven't been sick with swine flu. Are you studying hard for your teachers? I am still in England at the moment. I am living with my mum and my sister, Cathryn. It is nice to be home because I can now eat lots of delicious English food that you can't buy in Korea. Ive also enjoyed spending lots of time with my family. I like being in England because - There are no mosquitoes! - The weather is much cooler than in Korea in summer time - There is lots of grass in England so we can play football without hurting ourselves - England has lots of beautiful countryside with lots of animals so ... read more

Nearly packed and ready to go. Trying to find space for all the various gadgets such as laptop, leads, camera, ipod and all the bits and pieces that go with them. Never had this problem years ago. Need to find a safe place for the 3 boxes of malaria tablets that cost £100. Have to start taking them tomorrow and then right through until 7 days after my return. The book I ordered from Amazon has arrived and so just started reading ''The Conquest of the Incas''. George has lent me ''The Motorcycle Diaries'' which is all about Che Guevara's trip though South America. He went through Peru and so will be interested to read that chapter. Catching the train from Totnes from Totnes at 11-00 tomorrowand fly out from Heathrow to Lima via Madrid arriving ... read more

Just joined up as I am off to Peru on 21 October. Thought this would be a useful tool in not only keeping a log but will enable me to let friends and family know how I am getting on. Really looking forward to the trip and seeing a part of the world I have never been to before... read more

This is my first blog, and writing shit loads of words on a page is not something that ive done for a long time, in fact since school.. I havent quite got round to booking my tickets yet i'm just umming n arrrring about prices with plane tickets and what to book in advance etc. but i'm ready to go now and see n do some stuff, i'm one of those people that is very spontaneous and planning and organisation is not something i'm very good at as people that know me well will know.. but I'm definately gonna be going and i wont be backing out, so all of you non believers will be stood corrected but i wont hold it against any of you and feel free to follow me through my travels across ... read more