Blogs from Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 25

Today was not a very fun day. We loaded up the coach in Stratford and drove to Stow-on-Wold. When we arrived at the hostel, I went inside to check things out. After five minutes, I suddenly realized my writing notebooks were missing—doubly not good since I made them by hand before the trip and they had three weeks’ worth of writing. And my first essay, which is due today, is in there, and there’s no way I’m rewriting it. I knew I had them on the coach, so we called the bus company and asked them to search for them. They called back a few minutes later saying they weren’t there. Well, this was not an ideal state of affairs—losing all of what I had come here to do. John was leading some people out on ... read more

Day 10: Mon, May 7th After the fantastic breakfast at our great B&B, we jumped in our car to drive the short distance to Stow-on-the-Wold (one of the most popular Cotswold towns). But today was a Bank Holiday, and there was some kind of Equestrian thing going on. So, Stow was sooo crowded! We couldn’t find anyplace to park, and the streets were jammed full of cars and people. So, we just drove back to Broadway. We then walked, out of Broadway, about a mile of “The Cotswold Way.” It did start to sprinkle a little (first day of rain). The scenery was great, all green fields over gently rolling hills with adorable towns scattered around. After walking back into Broadway, we shopped around the local farmers market. I bought some amazing fudge, omg, sooo good! ... read more

I certainly turned 29 with a bang...thanks to everyone for their well wishes and birthday cards. Here are some pictures from my birthday drinks at the Tabernacle in London. If drinks were not enough, I was lucky enough to take a birthday daytrip down to the stunning Southend on sea, Essex with Lawrence, Mads and Andrew (if you could hear me talking now you would hear the sarcasm in my voice!) ...think Rye foreshore/moe. I have also put some pics of my Easter weekend away down in the beautiful Cotwolds with Lawrence and his parents...it was so amazing, the sun was shining all weekend which is a nice change. Even though we managed quite a relaxing weekend full of good food, wine and banter...we also took a sneaky trip to Bath, had some long walks ... read more

Incredibly excited. Unfortunately our team is now 4 instead of 5 as Gavin has had to drop out after all his stomach problems. However we are keeping our 3 Sherpa porters and will name one of them Gav so that we still feel he's there in spirit. It's now me, Simon, Phil and Vicky intrepidly going where loads of people have been before. The spare room is covered in medicines, clothes, kit and all the odds and sods that are vital for a trip like this. Our own weight in Immodium, rehydration salts, Diocalm, athlete's foot cream, corn plasters (where the hell did they come from?!), painkillers, knee supports etc. I cannot wait for life to become so simple, reduced to sleep, eat,walk,eat,walk,eat,sit sleep. For days and days. And to do this in stunningly beautiful scenery. ... read more

So it was time i actually got out of London for the weekend and what better oportunity than to go meet up with someone i met in London who invited me up to show me around a different part of England. So after working at the pub till 3am i managed to catch the 1450 train from Paddington which got me into Evesham at bout 5pm. Starting to get a bit on the darker side but still went for a walk along the river and around a bit of Evesham, but in the dark theres not alot to see really. We got back to the flat and had some dinner and got ready for a night out. Was actually a good night out, i enjoyed myself. The next day we went for a tiki tour to ... read more