Blogs from Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 10

We heard about Rainham Marshes from the vouchers published by Southwest Train. In order to get "two for one admission ticket", we travelled to Purfleet with C2C train from Fenchurch Street near Tower Hill on 16 August. After leaving Rainham, we could see the marshes and the building with red and white stripes from the window. After leaving Purfleet station, we walked through the residential area and riverside along the Thames river. Coming to the Thames Estuary, we could see London's skyscrapers beyond. The building of the visitor centre of RSPB Rainham marshes looked very striking. We showed the train ticket and voucher at the reception, and got discounted admission entires. We were then given the map and told that the area contains 2.5-mile circular trail with woodland, reedbed, and marshes. Having arrived at the site ... read more

I'm afraid I have returned to England. You may remember I was a very organised old bean at The Learning Trust but because I was on holiday I decided to forego my organised persona and do things on a whim. The result was that on leaving NY I found that every single hostel in Boston and Philadelphia was booked up with no vacancies. I could of course have moved onto another hotel but as hotels are around $1200 a week compared to $200 a week for a hostel it would mean blowing all my money in the first few weeks of my travels. Having difficulty finding somewhere to go I decided to come home and have a rethink. My travels aren't over, I just need to organise them better so I don't get stranded with nowhere ... read more

Its the day before we leave and being nervous and excited has been sitting with us for quite some time now, this will hopefully be the first post of many. sit back and relax while we try to make you feel like you are there with us :D... read more

Since D & A had stored their motorhome in their dealer's storage yard in Essex, the primary goal of the day was to get to Essex, recover the motorhome and, assuming it would start, drive it back to their hotel near Heathrow Airport. They asked the front desk staff at the hotel where they could catch the bus to the underground station. The hotel must not get a lot lot transit users. They tried to get us to use the Hoppa Airport Bus which costs 4 GB Pounds each but D & A had already purchased their Oyster cards (transit passes) upon arrival at the Airport the previous day and they were anxious to start using them. Eventually, they found their way onto the bus and underground traveling clear across Greater London from west to east. ... read more

What a year...... On this glorious day, in what has been a fantastic year 2010 (so far), which has been the best year 2010 which we have ever witnessed, I thought I would share the musings of a 22 year old jobseeker! Me and Fay have been home just over a month, and whilst adjusting to life post travelling has been very difficult, and very frustrating at times, things have by no means been as bad as we have expected. After a four month trip in which the two of us frequently rued the day we would be travelling home to Braintree, and even more frequently lamented the country we would be going home to, commonly labelling the place as boring and rubbish - and even some slightly less savory words which i wont repeat, ... read more