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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Shropshire » Shifnal January 28th 2012

And now to something different . We had visited a few castles and felt like something with a twist to it. "How about a Spitfire or a Vulcan or a Hurricane?" Himself said. The biggest problem was distance as we didnt want to go too far and needed a day trip to satisfy our desire for airplanes. Google came to the rescue and we found what we were looking for at the RAF Museum at Cosford in Shropshire. Not to far to travel we set off setting our sat nav to one of the two postcodes given.The first postcode TF denoted the Telford area and the other one WV Wolverhampton. Arriving at the TF postcode we found ourselves in a cul de sac on a local estate without any sign of the airfield nor the museum ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Shropshire » Shifnal December 10th 2009

Well, I see Sheffield isn't listed on Travelblog.org! 20 days to go til my trip with Jade to Northern India, preparations are well in hand. We have our train, plane tickets booked, rucksacks, sleeping bags aired, visas should be back with us tomorrow or the day after and we have a bottle of de-ododrent to share (how the hell do you spell that anti-smell word?). There is something big missing out of my life at the moment but hopefully the experiences of India, who we meet, what we see and where we go will put some perspective back in my life, I can but hope? We are starting in Dehli - New Years Eve no less! Bottoms up, vodka down and return us to the youth hostel at the end of the night! We are then ... read more




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