Blogs from Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

Ok, so I'm pretty sure that by now I should be excited to the point where I had become unbearable to those around me, constantly harping on about where I'm going, people I'll encounter, experiences I'll have, inexplicably amazingly wonderful adventures I'll be undertaking? So then, why is it that all I have is this overwhelming feeling of impending doom? Flying!! I hate flying!! What the hell am I doing? I keep repeating it to myself. What the hell am I doing embarking on an adventure that without the 'flying' bit would just be a lame drive up to heathrow and back home again? It's a necessity. Unfortunately. To make all of the good stuff real, the 'flying' bit inevitably has to happen. But the anxiety was almost so overwhelming last weekend that I almost panicked ... read more

At 7am on Thursday 10th November 2011 I will wake up, if indeed I have even slept, I will double check my packing list…I say ‘double check’ but chances are that by this point the ‘double check’ will be the distant and long forgotten ancestor of the ‘septuple’ or even ‘octuple check’…I will say a teary goodbye to my wonderful man, who has made this whole thing possible and I will embark on an adventure. One of the biggest I’ve had to date but hopefully not the last. There is so much world to see, after all. It’s going to be a whistle stop tour of North America, New Zealand and India. There was so much more I wanted to cram in but in three months I was asking a lot. So, given that I won’t ... read more

Just a quick one today to explain that the last few days have been pretty routine with only one thing worth talking about, as we have sailed from Gibraltar back to the UK. Gibraltar was really warm, and half shut as we were there on a sunday. Even the monkees that live on the rock dont work sundays aparently. We traversed the bay of biscay afew nights back during the biggest winds Iv seen since Iv come on board. Iv been told it wasnt reeeeealy bad, but we did have to be extra careful during the shows and setups as you never knew if you were about to be thrown forwards, pinned to the floor or toppled sideways. Anyways, the thing I wanted to mention happened during last nights show of Celtic Heartbeat. Due to the ... read more

After a wonderfully smooth and quiet sail through the night, we docked in Southampton at 6.30 this morning. We were lucky to be in the last group to leave the ship so had lots of time for another light breakfast. Of course, we didn't actually have a light breakfast. We chose to have a whacking great feast on the excuse that it was the last breakfast anyone is likely to cook for us until our next cruise in September. We wandered off the ship at about half ten and then the nightmare of our outward journey returned. What is it about half term and traffic in Southampton? It took us an hour to get out the other side of the city. But out of it we got and then trundled up the M3 to Reading. We ... read more

Test Blog #1 This is our first blog so i know what i'm doing! As you can see this is a map of our first flight from the UK to Delhi, 9 hours of panicking that we have forgotten something... practice makes perfect!... read more