Blogs from England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2257

Well, after being away almost 6 months it was nice to get some visitors from home. First it was my sister and her husband Paul. They were taking long service leave and doing the grand European tour, with London being one of their destinations. They got to see what a London pad was like after I crammed them into my single bedroom in Hammersmith and slept in the lounge. My housemates didn't mind. Day 1 and we went to the Ship on the river in Hammersmith.....where I introduced them to Snakebites......consequences.....well the next day's siteseeing was a little slower paced. We walked around London (given it was a fine day) and went to the London Eye, walked along Westminster bridge, up and down the Southbank and generally had a pretty relaxing day. I think they were ... read more

So I guess after Germany, a huge house party a week later, another full on weekend in Madrid a quiet weekend is in order.........well not quite. The Madrid weekend was followed up by the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System Festival in Northhampton (about 3 hrs Nth of London).......we managed to get a group of around 25 together and headed to an all nite rave........great fun, but totally exhausted afterwards........no photo's though (am sorry about that), but it really wasn't a visual thing. Just when you thought the month couldn't get any bigger, we we ended it with a going away party for friends of our heading away on a van tour or Europe (lucky sods). Brad, Gendy, Aeneas and Frith departed England's cloudy shores in early July, but that wasn't before we gave them a huge send ... read more

I still haven't left. But I'm having a great time in Norfolk - bar the many injections. I've decided to visit South America on my travels. It sounds fantastic - cheap, and breath-taking. The downside is that I have to be injected against just about everything - I need a yellow fever certificate just to get in, rabis, hepatitus B, TB, tetanus, polio etc etc are all recommended - I'm mid way through the course of injections. Hey at least I'll be around for the world cup. I've been visiting friends around Norfolk - some that I haven't seen for 5 years or more, wierd the way with some people you can just pick up right where you left off - just with more stuff to talk about. Here are some photo's of Norfolk - I ... read more

I think I'm up to Update Number 4 or 5 which is not too bad considering I've been away about 4 months. Time has flown as it does when u r having a ball. The subject of this update is the inaugural Australia v New Zealand cricket game A couple of weeks ago (18 May 02) two groups of 11 players played out an all mighty battle for cricket supremacy at the Fulham Park Cricket Ground (in London's SW). The game was aimed at righting a wrong perpetrated on International cricket many years ago, and whilst Brain Mechechnie and Trevor Chappel were invited to attend it was left to a motley bunch of proud Aussies and Kiwi's to attempt to salvage some pride. For the Aussies it was a case of having heard those whinging Kiwi's ... read more

I left Norfolk when I was 18 to go to Uni and apart from the long summer breaks whilst a student I haven't been back for more than a week at any one time. It's a bit strange being back. Hempstead is a small village very near Holt, six miles south of Sheringham. It has the grand total of 72 houses, 1 post box, 1 church, 1 public telephone box and fortunately 1 pub. It's a complete contrast to London - time seems to have slowed right down - I've been back about a week but it feels like a month. The event of the week has been the birth of a foal across the road - the photos here are when it was only about 12 hrs old. Already brave - after I had stood ... read more