Blogs from Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 7

Hi it is Ruth blogging today - probably because we had a day of shopping or rest as I like to call it! Wandered around Leamington Spa today beautiful town and had a nice lunch in the park then headed out to Warwick again to go for a lovely walk through the wheat fields. Stumbled accross a little cottage in need of some DIY but you can check it out in the pics. Had dinner at the Cricketers Arms just around the corner and have decided it is currently ranked number one pub of the trip, great food, great atmosphere oh and Andrew says great ales. Also Lucy is modelling some new items that perhaps we may have found when checking out the historical shop fronts in town :-) Rxx... read more

hey WAZZAUP! its will here in warick today we are going to warick castle (ill write about it later) but yesterday geuss where i went no you cant I went to SHAKESPEARS BIRTHPLACE AND HOME!! in stratford upon avon i also went to the most haunted house in ENGLAND ohhhh it was called the sherives house on sheep street it was this house but it had a thing inside it was like about the tudors there were models of people and things it also said who the people were and a about them it was a tour of the house through all the rooms were things about stuff like ''monarchs''''transport'' and ''sailors'' we also went to the place where shakespear was buried in a church built in the 1100S!! almost a thousand years ago outside was ... read more

Ok. Today's the day for packing the bags, stripping down and securely bubble wrapping the bike ready for its flight to Lithuania in the morning. Remember the saying; Tickets, Passport, Wallet. We all say it and check about 12 times that we've got everything. I'm trying to remember how I felt this time last year. Nervous, definitely, but this year I think I am extra nervous remembering how tough it was last time and this year were riding even further in less time. Oh well I will feel better when we've arrived and the bike is re-assembled. See you soon.... read more

Yet another rainy night. They seem never ending. The rain dripping onto the van roof does however have a cathartic effect. Welcoming, warm inside with the heating running and soothing. However, despite enjoying the pitter patter of the rainfall it does dampen enthusiasm for sightseeing. Everywhere looks so much cleaner, tidier and brighter in the sunshine. We seem though to be having none of that lately. After breakfast we set off for the Park and Ride on the outskirts of Stratford. It had recently opened and provided a clean and modern site with ample parking for cars and a specialised area for motorhomes. We had hoped it would be as good as the older sites of Chester and Shrewsbury and it seemed better. The Warwickshire blurb on line told us that the buses ran frequently to ... read more

For a couple of days we pondered - should we go or should we stay? What was putting us off - well one or two things. Firstly the weather which was changeable to say the least. March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out like like a lamb. However, the wind did not arrive, instead we had heavy torrential rain, sleet and even a covering of snow which blanketed the ground and made the country look as if it had fallen into the depths of Winter again. This was followed by glorious sunshine which out did the weather in the south of France. The second thing that put us off was the impending petrol tanker drivers strike which could have left us without petrol for our first trip in the van to ... read more