Blogs from Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 28

travel day 9: all day in the country by way of London

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire June 2nd 2006

today we all went on an all day tour to the cotswolds. we stopped at 3 different villages. 2 were really nice and 1 really was nothing special and not worth stopping at. i did see a hostel there at one of the more famous villages and it was really nice. so far every official hostel international hostel i have seen has been clean, at a good location,and the workers friendly. maybe i should have planned some of my nights there. thing about hostel international is that they kind of cater to a crowd that doest really want people to talk to them lol. I'm looking for friendly people and wants that want to socialize and junk. anyways, the Cotswold region is really nice and definitely worth a day trip and maybe even an extra day ... read more

Absolute Carnage at the Cheese Rolling Festival

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire May 29th 2006

Our new bike

JK Rach

We have wheels!! Yes we have bought ourselves a motorbike. Our main aim is to tour the UK on it, specifically Scotland in August this year. But we'll also use it for weekend trips as much as we can during the summer. For anyone who knows bikes it's a Yamaha Fazer 600 (1999 model). We have gradually bought all the kit that we need including enough luggage for our trip (well, it's enough if Rach can leave all her clothes and shoes at home!!). It's first test was a 3 day weekend around southern england. We went to Stratford Upon Avon, Bristol and Glocestershire. Unfortunatley it rained every day (and even hailed occasionally) but that wasn't enough to put us off. Saturday 27th May 2006 We rode to Stratford Upon Avon which is where Shakespeare was ... read more

The remains of Shakespeares house in Stratford-Upn-Avon

The gorgeous streets of Stratford - Upon - Avon

Cheese Rolling 2006

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire May 29th 2006

The Hill

Julz and Bradbury

Mark Ellis Won it, we have attended twice, but we are never going to Run it. I reckon you stand a better chance running with the bulls in Spain and not getting injured. Stats. 8 Racers 25 Injury's 3 people to Hospital... read more

Cheese Rolling!

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire May 28th 2006

idiots!

clarkey

The annual Cheese Rolling festival is world famous, and rightly so. Crazy, deranged people run down a hill so steep that their head overtakes the rest of their body almost immediately. The object is to chase a large round cheese, that hurtles down the hill at lightning pace, although sometimes it is stopped when it takes out a member of the crowd. If you come here, don't read the paper whilst the race is on! I thought about going in the race but decided I was rather fond of my unbroken bones. So I ended up going in the uphill race instead. This was a big mistake. I pride myself on my fitness but almost came last. It was very wet that day and I constantly slid back down the hill. The sneakers I was wearing ... read more

The Trip Chipping Campden to North Wales

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire May 26th 2006

Leaving Chipping Campden

Howlin

Part III 26th May - Friday Our First Wedding Anniversary We were out on the road by 1000 - jet lag must have caught up with us, as we didn’t wake until 0830. We followed ‘The Romantic Road’ around the Cotswolds - very appropriate! It is a route used by the tour buses but still very pretty. The best place we saw was Lower Slaughter where we encountered a group of Japanese artists painting the cottages and stream through the village. The road took us through Broad Campden, Moreton-on-the-Marsh Located at the head of the beautiful Evenlode valley, Moreton-in-the-Marsh is a thriving market town, which dates back 1000 years to the Saxon era. Bourton on-the-Water Probably the most popular village in the Cotswolds, and often referred to as the "Venice of the Cotswolds" because the River ... read more

TEAM HANDSOME'S LEAVING DO

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire May 19th 2006

bunch of people

Team Handsome

Team Handsome's leaving do took place on 19 May 2006 in Cheltenham. Awesome night out (at Residence and Blush) was had by all who were lucky enough to be invited. Ben Parker also had fun, the gate-crashing son of a gun.... read more

86 highest points

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire May 1st 2006

Bicycle Diaries

Conquering the highest point in every British county.... read more

A Weekend of "Awww" in the Cotswolds

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire March 19th 2006

Mill in Lower Slaughter

tardree

Ed: After spending the last 3 weeks without travelling anywhere (care of KPMG keeping Matt extremely busy and stressed), a driving trip to Cotswolds for the weekend seemed like the perfect escape. For those who don’t know, the Cotswolds are quintessential England - one of the most picturesque regions, full of rolling hills and charming villages full of golden stone cottages. It’s the perfect romantic getaway. So with an early start on Saturday, we headed out west of London, with map in one hand and a Lonely Planet guide on the other. Now, the Cotswolds covers quite a large area, so after making a rough itinerary we selected a few villages and decided on Lechlade-on-Thames as our first stop. As we drove along, Matt noticed a White Horse symbol on the map, which he described as ... read more

New home

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire March 1st 2006

Salparadise

At Magdala... read more

36 Hours to go

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Gloucestershire February 9th 2006

phartell

ahhhhhhhhhhh, 36 hours to go. I’m all packed, everything fits in my rucksack, just, and at the moment I don’t think I’ve forgotten anything. (That’s bound to change in the next 24 hours.) I’ve discounted the option of third world child slavery as my bag is far too heavy for them to carry even for a dollar a day. Considering I am about to head off into the unknown and give up all the comforts of home (currently eating crisps and drinking wine) I am very calm and not at all nervous. Mind you the wine come from New Zealand and all being well I’ll be there in a month’s time. It’s all a bit surreal really, I’ve been thinking about a trip like this for years and with one thing and another I recon most ... read more

Brief history of United Kingdom

Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear...more history

Forum Topics for Gloucestershire

Car hire vs campervanPosts: 7

Attending 11th Asia Exp...Posts: 3

Accommodation near Lond...Posts: 2

Royal WeddingPosts: 11

Greenwich for January 2...Posts: 5

Christmas Venue in Lond...Posts: 2

Christmas in LondonPosts: 7

Winter WonderlandPosts: 3

Help a student: Project...Posts: 7

Air Travel websitesPosts: 3

Vacuum packing on boatsPosts: 3