Blogs from Stockton-On-Tees, Durham County, England, United Kingdom, Europe

So after 3 years of being booked finally going to Jordan, unfortunately flight from Newcastle to Heathrow was cancelled last minute so have an extremely long bus journey ahead but hey ho fingers crossed I’ll finally get there ???... read more

I look across at the decaying facade of an old Art Deco theatre. The Globe. High Street. Stockton-on-Tees. The boarded up section at street level, carries the logo Bring Back the Stars. At the right hand end, it states Sold Out. I think it has been. The project to restore The Globe to former glory with Heritage Lottery money looks like it hasn't got off the ground. The former heavyweight of the music industry on Teesside will have to wait a bit longer to see another Sold Out sign. I wander further along the widest High Street in the UK. Marlborough in Wiltshire claims the 2nd widest, if you are interested. I have looked, but cannot find any specific reason for the wide expanse. I can recall being in Coolgardie, Western Australia and the explanation there ... read more

Well I guess someone might be wondering what we are doing at the moment and why the blogging has stopped so I thought I better update and explain. We had always planned to return home for a few weeks after Ethiopia to attend Holly’s graduation and catch up with family and friends which we did, having a great time doing it all. However we also had a rethink of our plans and worked out that if we cut down on the last section of our travel plans we would have enough to buy a small place to live in when the adventure is finally over. So we are still in England and in the middle of a very frustrating and long drawn out house purchase, not helped by discovering that the sellers solicitor had lost all ... read more

Ok so this kind of shows our route, or what we hope will be our route!... read more