Blogs from East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 9

Now then everyone Just to let you all know, have set this up and added you to the mailing list, so we will add pictures and general updates to piss you off while at work ;) At least thats the plan.... ... read more

So only a few days until we fly - so we thought we'd try and get this up and running. Hi all, 4 days to go !!!! Started packing the old rucksac today 18kilos and still going (Caroline may have to carry the passports). There are still loads of people to say bye to and things are getting a little hectic. If we don't manage it all sorry. A big See ya to Neil. Cheers for making all the kit for this trip, thanks for making working at A8 an amazing experience (How will I cope without those crazy ideas of yours),lastly Good Luck with the new job, get rich we will hopefully see you in Thailand. Cheers to Dave & Jo for a great BBQ last week it was a good send off, Penny farthing ... read more

After being amused by extraneous English town names like 'Stow-on-the-Wold' and 'Bourton-on-the-Water' I found myself driving north with Benny & his mate Matt to 'Kingston-Upon-Hull' when it dawned on me that they weren't really into the whole brevity thing here in the UK... Passing through 'Little-Rissington-of-Four-Score-unto-Twain' and 'Waddington-girt-by-the-Mound-at-the-Angle-to-the-Perpendicular-at-which-the-Mistress-of-the-Stile-did'th-Micturate'... (no, no really... i made them up...) we arrived in the afternoon at a city where the sky was closer to the ground than your average 5 year old- Hull. I think the only thing Hull is famous for is being bombed in the 2nd world war... that and it's record of having the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe! Still, Benny's friend-of-friend, Adam, who was 24 and still not pregnant was an absolute legend and let us stay in his... read more

On way to London Lots of motorway driving Which equals naptime. Quiet evening last night. It was spent as predicted doing some laundry. I chatted with a few of my roomies. There was a woman from LA. She’s a school teacher and this is her second trip to Scotland. Then there was Maria from Australia. Maria as it turns out was on the seven day Full Monty from London last week and is returning on the same bus as me tomorrow morning. What a small world! She really wanted to go on a scary walking tour since someone she was talking to said they went on the walking tour and took this picture and when they went to review the photo there was this red face that appeared that was not there previously. Anyhoo, she wanted ... read more