Blogs from Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 18

After a recent complaint of telling things in real time I'm going to try and keep this one brief. I came up to Preston from London on the train which was about half an hour late to set off and then had no seat reservations. This was despite having to fork out about £65 for a one-way ticket which was more than my flight to Budapest and another couple of quid to reserve a seat. It then took about 4 and a half hours for the journey, door to door, which was more than leaving my flat and being in the hotel in Barcelona. The distance between London and Barcelona? 707 miles. The distance between London and Preston? 190 miles. I'm hoping the rail system in Eastern Europe runs a bit smoother otherwise I'll end up ... read more

Geo: 51.3044, 1.22566 Kim and I went to the Preston Steam Rally. This is a rally in the small town of Preston where the main attraction is antique steam powered equipment. Never had we seen such a collection of steam powered machines. There was every kind of steam powered equipment you can imagine including a steam powered marry-go-round, tractors, trains, even a steam powered fan. In addition to steam powered machine there were carnival rides, beer and food tents, antique petrol powered engines, Dutch street organs, fair organs and military equipment. The people who put on this event have a steam powered museum. http://www.thesteammuseum.org/ This was a fascinating event. To see all these old machines in great working order was a thrill. The whistle of the steam and the smell of burning coal reminded you that ... read more

Hi everyone!! Two weeks to go and I'm just setting this up to start my communications although I'm still in boring old Lancashire. I hope you'll visit this page now and again in the next four months to see where and what I'm up to and leave me some messages. You can either leave a "comment" which will be public or send me a "message" which will be private. I don't know if I will have mobile phone signal so you can also send me emails at: chocchipcookie@hotmail.com Going to miss you all! Becci xx... read more

Hello, This is going to be the start of my blog from Caton to India, China, Russia & Mongolia. I'm going to Delhi first for a couple of days.. then seeing the rest of India. .Its not very exciting at the moment but ill get some pictures of Delhi as soon as I get there. By kind to write some comments (Not you Bowker especially about me marrying a Russian internet bride). Well now I have the cards you never know. Only joking Anyhow after realising the extreme temperatures that might come to me (+35 in Goa at the moment just freezing Russia I'm looking forward to it). As well as looking forward to me first currie & lassie in India. Paul ... read more

We were up early again today and all packed before breakfast. We are going to spend the morning doing some washing before going on the 2 hour aqueduct canal tour. We finished the washing a bit earlier, the machines were better than in Hythe, so we went for a walk around the local market. Mark bought a tin of "anti-freeze" for the windscreen. I thought a plastic scraper like everyone else has, but Mr Tech wasn't going to go for the "old fashioned way".... LOL We'll see what it's like in the morning. We had a great time on the aquaduct. It took us 2 hours to go 8 miles, but I could easily live on one and cruise up and down the country. We went across the Pontcysllte Aquaduct which is the United Kingdom's tallest ... read more