Blogs from Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 8

Geo: 53.2349, -0.538436Charne and I did a day trip to visit the famous Christmas Markets.... read more

Gibraltar to Cairo The Long Way Round As I am now less than a week from the beginning of what is one of the ultimate overland trips, I thought it was about time I looked into setting up some form of travelblog, so people can track me across Africa. I am not promising the beginnings of a best seller or anything to the high standards set by Ray or Michelle. So almost 8 years since the end of my last overland trip, the current state of the economy has finally given me the push into beginning another one. This time at least there is a bit more of an itinerary, last time all I had when I set off was a start point of Singapore and a finish point of Bolton. A week today I ... read more

In the past nine months I have had the craziest whirlwind of fun and adventure, resulting in me having my best summer ever! This time last year, I had just begun my degree at the University of Lincoln and was planning on doing a summer camp programme the next summer. It wasn't until the next January, however, when I eventually took a deep breath and applied to be on BUNAC's Summer Camp USA programme. I had begun to apply with another well-known company, but I soon discovered that BUNAC was a lot cheaper. At first glance, the application form looked quite daunting- large white boxes that I had to fill with the right words- but on closer inspection, I discovered that I had the right words with which to fill those boxes, and my application grew ... read more

The basic criteria for a blog entry from my angle will be loosely dubbed an escape route from home, which involves at least an overnight stay in some shape or form, thus allowing a 2-night camping trip to a British seaside town to nestle alongside higher-budget and further-flung trips. With my trusty piece of canvas barely having been put to any use beforehand, pitching a tent at a campsite at the town of Burgh-Le-Marsh, on the outskirts of the more prominent British seaside town of Skegness, the drama unfolded. This trip was actually a 'family gathering' of sorts, and involved an 'indoor' version of what was to be intended as an outdoor barbeque (blame the weather!), followed by a trip the following morning into the oh-so-bracing seaside resort town of Skegness. While amusement complexes line the ... read more

Leaving Grimsby we continued up the east coast headed for Whitby we stopped in the town of Scarborough and visited Scarborough Castle. This ruin was started in 900 AD. There was evidence of settlements in 500 BC from archeological digs and there are remains of a Roman signal station. Scarborugh is also a great shopping town with huge pedestrian malls. Did a little shopping for the grandkids. On up the coast we stopped at Whitby our and our next hotel but before dinner we were to visit the Whitby Abbey. Also a ruin (obviously) it was constructed in 657 AD but fell into ruin when Henry 8th took over all religious properties and gave them to his buddies. Dinner was at the Estbek House in Sands End 5 minutes down the road. Elke made this reservation ... read more