Blogs from West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Chikyu no Arukikata (Japanese Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook) shows a beautiful photo of Coventry Cathedral. Looking at the photo closely, it looks as though two buildings had been merged – the ruined one on the left and the modern one on the right – these two contrast buildings made me interest in visiting Coventry. We had heard that Virgin train, high speed train, would take us to Coventry; we paid quite a lot of money for its journey. The high speed train was punctual and offered us comfortable journey, and brought us to the destination just after the lunch time on 18 July. The spire of Coventry Cathedral was visible from the station. Following signs, we walked towards the cathedral. As a picture shown Chikyu no Arukitaka, cobbled streets and all the buildings around the Cathedral looked ... read more

Woolly says – We are quickly approaching our sixth year with travelblog, time seems to have raced by in many ways and yet been reluctant to move at other points. Throughout our time here we have loved being part of the family and community that not only runs the site but travels and blogs as well. Each day has provided me with fascinating blogs to absorb as well as for filling my role as a moderator in the total removal of spam, I look forward to doing this for many more years to come. Jo and I have been working on a new website, it is still very much a work in progress so please bear with Jo on this, as I have completed the basics of setting it up, I think it only fair that ... read more

Woolly says – Burpdays seem to be coming around quickly this year which means mine is now on the horizon and there is only Zoe’s left to celebrate before the most important one of the years arrives. The proceeding week had been one of discussion on what the weekend would hold and having discounted bingo and the cinema I thought that my suggestion was the best, well what’s not to like about chocolate! Hmmmm sticky paws and over indulgence of my small furry friend spring to mind! Woolly says – As if! It’s hard to believe that one of the world’s most famous chocolate manufacturers in a mere stones throw away and yet I have never visited the site, Jo and Zoe have both been previously one as a school visit and the other ... read more

Woolly says – It was a glorious day, not a cloud in the sky and the sun was already warming my fur as we headed towards the city, I sat contentedly munching on the remans of breakfast and wondering what to have as my first snack of the day. Following my disappointment from being able to get a round of golf in I had researched fully to ensure that our destination would not only be there but would be open Not that the females gave me any credit for my preplanning and just sat moaning about the need to play, my cunning plan involved chocolate cake so I felt assured that I would soon win them over. We weren’t actually moaning about the golf but about how cold the nights are now getting and ... read more

Woolly says – It’s always good to find somewhere you haven’t been even though you’ve lived in an area for many years, I’d been doing my research and as long as I could keep the women out of the shops I’d found a good place of interest. Having told Jo to take us to the nearest train station I kept the rest of my cards close to my tusks, the tricky part came at the ticket office where I tried to ask for the tickets without being overheard, the man behind the glass merely shook his head. I asked for our destination again and again he shook his head, I raised my voice and tried a third attempt to be met with the same response, I kicked his Perspex window and waited for Jo to intercede, ... read more