Blogs from Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 12

Off to Lincoln again for a visit! Had the famous 24 hour cooked roast... amazing! Brilliant fire works!!... read more

So time marches on and we still haven't finished sorting out the house. I have been in the rapping mines (no not where they find the bip bop music) the wrapping mines and I have been wrapping the house. There is enough stuff to open a chain of shops - when I raised this with Carol it was apparently my fault - I can't remember the reason?!! Carol has spent most of the time re-packing her case to go away (wot -only one case!!!) and I see her from time to time when she asks me questions such as - "What does 20kg look like???" We have also spent a lot of time saying cheerio to friends and family who will miss enormously. However my liver will be able to take a well earned rest. Well ... read more

Well - it doesn't seem to have been a long time from making the decision to spend a year travelling the world to it being a week before we go. As I write this I can hear the early fireworks exploding outside. Carol has the whole of the travelling papers in front of her and I can just see the top of her head. I have now finished work for a year - many thanks to Xansa (or Steria as we are now) for allowing me to take a sabbatical - much appreciated. Carol and I will of course have to work until we are 109 in order pay for the year. Many thanks as well for the collection from work which I have used to buy my rucksack. Anyway in the interests of adventure (and ... read more

Well, that’s it! We’re back! Very tired, very skint and happy to be here, not! This morning we finished packing and had a last healthy breakfast. We then took a slow drive to the airport, which was only about 15 miles from our hotel. Fifteen days and nearly 2000 miles later I handed the car back to the rental company in one piece. There were a couple of times during the last 2 weeks when it could have been in more than one piece, particularly in Los Angeles, but luckily we came through unscathed. We had to remove shoes and belts to go through customs, and liquids and gels are still forbidden in large quantities, but we were processed quite quickly. Sam didn’t think that the large can of energy drink he was carrying in his ... read more

Lately we've been pretty chill. There has been alot of rain. Which makes for pretty miserable travelling/siteseeing conditions. Cold too--the weather keeps acting like April. I keep waiting for the summer to start and last night had the harsh realization that summer has started!! The weather just isn't cooperating. We have had major flooding the last couple of days. Tuesday was particularly bad. The river here in Scotter (we call it the duck pond) flooded. Some people in this region of the country are still flooded and homeless. Most of that is an hour SW of us. There is a damn that is about to burst too and there is still more rain in the forecast. We're still hoping for the best--the sun has to come out sometime! A couple of weeks ago another one ... read more