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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire » Ware September 15th 2006

This is my first diary entry to set up the blog. The first few blogs may be a bit funny as I am playing with setting up the diary entries. I am off in five weeks time on my journey. The plan is to vist California (as a stop over) then onto New Zealand, Australia (for the cricket!), Indonesia and then onto other south east Asian countries. All in all I plan to be away for a year. Can't wait!! ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire » Harpenden August 29th 2006

Well, it's a week til I'm off and I'm just testing to see how this works! Hopefully I'll work out how to put photos on so that this becomes an interesting blog to read!!! I think you will be updated when I write things on here....I won't be offended if you don't have time to read them!!! ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire August 27th 2006

Got up mid-morning, and cooked scrambled eggs for myself and Laura - she was quite impressed - but was struggling to find an appetite from a combination of pre-flight nerves and stress of last night. So, to cheer me up, we went to the cinema and saw "You, Me & Dupree" - very good by the way, if haven't seen it, do so - and then Laura took me shopping for underwear (for her, not me). You see, she "needed a man's opinion". Although what use I was I don't know, she just kept asking if I thought she'd look good in bras and panties, and I went all shy, as I do :) Actually I quite enjoyed it, took my mind off everything, although she refused point blank to actually model any of the items ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire August 24th 2006

We have just bought our rucksacks and they are really cool. Here is a photo of david getting his fitted, if we can manage our first photo download! We will keep everyone updated as much as we can but the next time we will be writing this we will probably be in India!... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire August 17th 2006

We have just had the last of our jabs. Less than two weeks until we set off. We are organising our leaving party and getting the rest of our equipment together. David now has less than three days left at work. ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire » Welwyn August 12th 2006

Ok, so it's 12.30 am and I've almost finished packing. Just 4 and a half hours before I have to leave for Heathrow, earlier than I would normally because of the current situation. Packing without hand luggage is proving difficult. I'm not looking forward to about 12 hours flying time without my books or ipod. Hopefully I'll get the chance to update this when I reach Shanghai, once I've had some sleep of course!... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire » Welwyn August 12th 2006

Dear all, If you didnt already know i'm off again, this time to OZ for 6 months. I've quite my job here working for the police and i'm off to sydney to work as an assistant engineer for sony music in their studios. Hopfully going to do everything along the way, maxing on everything I can get my hands on including photography and record lable stuff. I'm going to try my best to keep this blog up-to-date as much as possible so that everyone can see how i'm getting on, and if your lucky lucky, you'll even get photos! Please Email me when you have 5min, a wanna know everything thats happening back home, not just spout about i'm doing here, Mobile will be the same number but i think you'll end up with a big ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire » Saint Albans July 9th 2006

Just over a week has past and everything has already become routine, for instance waking up in the bushes alongside the road in a large city. This morning is strangely peaceful because I have slept to 8am. A rare luxury on this kind of journey. It is my intention to reach London by night and a flat tire is my only current hinderance. I retrieve my bike and once again buy a single tire tube, having the utmost faith that surely this one will not go flat. The simplest route appears to once again be the A5 and I take it despite the fact that it is impossible to bike. After a few hours of struggling to make headway I give up with it and this 2 lane highway catches my eye. Why not take ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire June 22nd 2006

Left the flat finally and set off on my Long Walk Home! Had to do quite a bit of map reading on the first day and had to go a longer way round than I had planned since couldn't find one of the footpaths. Beautiful day and not too hot for walking. Finally got to the canal on the southside of Hemel Hempstead and discovered I can walk faster than most canal boats especially if they have to go through locks! Other things I have learnt today: - Hemel Hemstead looks very nice from the canal which was surprising - The owners of canal boats paint thier names on the side of the boat... e.g. Joe and Sue Wilkes from Durham - My right foot is bigger than my left foot. I deduced this fact since ... read more
View of St Albans
Narrow Path
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Hertfordshire June 18th 2006

Hi Everyone! At the moment I am busy trying to pack up my flat into storage, get some training walks in, and pack my rucksack. Also I have realised that someone should have been there to stop me saying I would do something as stupid as walk 230 miles. I didn't realise it might actually hurt and given my experiences during my training walks I think it will hurt a lot! But I've gone and done it now... no backing out... drat... why did I tell everyone I would do it... ahhhhhhhhhhh! The map link above right on this page shows my planned day by day route with rest days at Aylesbury, Worcester and maybe Beeston, but this is subject to change depending on the number of blisters I get! The map shows straight lines ... read more
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