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

Last night out with mates ... read more

Hello intrepid readers! We're just getting the blog up and running today as we start to pack for our trip, through the blog you'll be able to follow our progress, view maps and pictures and leave us messages - and on our part we'll try to update it every few days although soberiety is not ensured at the time of writing. Any problems using the blog - ring Colin or Bev - one will be able to help, the other will be entertaining! While we're away Gizmo is handling our affairs so you know where to direct any questions. As there is little more to say at the moment we're leaving it at that! See you soon Love Emma and Mark xxxx ... read more

Sooo the journey begins... Arrived at the Gatwick airport at 7am on Sat, July 19...blahh didn't sleep much b/c too excited, but I was picked up by Melissa, buddy who lived down the hall from me in first year at UBC. My first awakening that I was in another country was when I went for the drivers side of the car to get in and Mel was like "what are ya doing?"...yeahhhhh you sit on the right side..oops But we drove out 3 hours to her hometown, Burton-upon-Trent....close to Nottingham!! Gorgeous country side just as you would imagine..WOW! Rolling hills of barley and crops with some random trees and hedges lining the two laned roads. Truly scenic! We were both exhausted when we finally got to her home--me from flying and her from waking up at ... read more

We collected half my family in the Venga Bus and headed to the Crewe Arms for just a quiet lunch with about 20 of my rellies - great to get them all together as only see them once every 3 years !! Rich was trying to work out the northern lingo but seemed to be keeping up quite well. Later on we watched the All Blacks play nicely with the Portugese and Rich became an All Black for one night only..... ... read more

Another weekend, another festival. This time Brigid and I headed to Staffordshire for V Festival. While not as muddy as Glastonbury, I was certainly happy to have my wellies with me. V was also a lot wetter than Glastonbury - it rained off and on on the Saturday and for most of the Sunday. It was all a bit much really. Another annoying thing was that they made you queue for beer vouchers and then queue again for beer - I didn't like that system at Livid in Sydney, and the English version did not impress either. On the plus side, the venue was a lot smaller, and it was easy to move from stage to stage. We checked out the Killers (crap sound - again - what is it with the Killers?), Kasabian, the Foo ... read more