Blogs from Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

Hi Everyone We left Gent on the train and as we were coming into Brussels,some hooligans were on rail track holding us up for quite a while, We got off at the wrong stop for the Eurostar,so hopped on another train to catch Eurostar,we missed our connection,and 2hours later we were on our way. We are now safely in Kent,we met the family that owns the propetry and they were busy getting ready for there holiday to Spain. Sharon and Anthony have 3 grown children of there own,and 4 foster young people,they are amazing people,they have done fostering for 18yrs!!wow take my hat off to them. Re sports car,there insurance co wouldn’t let them put Kevin’s name on the insurance as He is from Australia!!thTs English rules for you.!!!! Anthony felt really bad about it,so He ... read more

Well arrived at Heathrow eventually.....never with Qatar again...rocked up to Tullamarine 8.00pm for our 1030pm flight to be told it will not be leaving until 1.00a.m. Anyway staked out a new bar and had a few beers whilst waiting...nearly 14hrs to Doha and then another 7 1/2 to Heathrow, collected our hire car a little Jazz and off to Faversham. Very tired but thought the 1hr 20 min drive would be OK but as soon as we hit the freeway...stop start stop start....2hr15min later arrived in Faversham, a very cute English town where Eloise and Dean live with their littly Dylan, also Bob Geldof. Booked into our AirBNB which is a lovely old home walking distance to El and Dean's....El had a beautiful home cooked meal ready for us and it was great to catch up ... read more

D Day minus 15 Every day brings us closer to departure day. With each day that passes the butterflies turn to elephants in my stomach as I realise I have much to do and I feel I won’t get them done before we leave the UK for the last holiday of the year. The heating is coming on in the morning showing us that Autumn has well and truly arrived. Strangely this holiday is less organised than normal. Yes I have been for some feet pampering, I have had my hair cut in readiness to go on holiday but I feel that much has been neglected . I swear we were more organised the first year we went away in Suzy than we are today. 14 days and work , 13 days the Duvalays are washed, ... read more

Hi Travel followers. We have been very slack in regard to our Travel Blog (where does the time go) and hence have decided to join a few together in an attempt to catch up to where we are at the moment. So much has been happening it is hard to fit it all in. From Cradley we moved on to our 5th house sit at Wellington, but on the way we stopped in at Bath to check out some of the sights. We must also say our house sit at Tracebridge was absolutely beautiful and was first built in the 10th century as a Roman "barn" but has had a number of renovations every few hundred years to a saw mill and then to a house around the 1700's. The pets/animals we are also caring for ... read more

The new chapter on our adventure starts with a pleasant breakfast. We stayed in this hotel two years ago and found it a great starting point for our journey to the Euro Tunnel terminal about thirty minutes drive away. We have plenty of time. Already we are thirty minutes ahead of schedule. Once in the United Kingdom we plan to visit Canterbury Cathedral and then drive on to our accommodation near Maidstone. All sounds rather simple and well planned. But how plans can change. After leaving the hotel Jane takes us through the local village towards the motorway entrance. Today is Bastille Day and it is too early for the celebrations to begin. Perhaps everyone is still in bed after last night’s carnival outing. We decide to use the toll road because it is cheap, quick, ... read more