Blogs from Europe - page 11923

Note: Now I know I've been slack in the blog dept but we have now settled into a new place and have the internet again so look out they'll be coming in hard and fast again (I know I've said that before). I'll be up to date before you know it, so check 'em out, even if you just look at the pics. Cheers guys! Monday 7th May Up early again to try and cram as much in as we could. After breaky in the classy Manor dining room we packed and headed westward towards the Welsh border to partake in some Go Ape action. Go Ape run a high wire forest adventure course of rope bridges, Tarzan Swings and zip slides up to 40 feet up in the trees in the Forest of the Dean. ... read more

Walked all around central London in the drizzly, cold weather. We had what proved to be an interesting bus ride to Victoria station where the bus driver had a fight with another driver over a supposed "collision" (we never even felt the impact), walked to Buckingham Palace, past St James Park, visited the National Gallery, had a brief lunch and marvelled at the overweight pigeons, went on to the British Museum which was beyond huge, then walked all around various places. ... read more

Woke up feeling refreshed to perfect blue skies and sunshine. Crawled out of the tent to see where we had actually ended up. Pretty awesome. We'd ended up next to a little cove surrounded by rolling lush green and clear sparkling blue ocean! After eating just a bit of dried fruit for breakfast (instant energy), we packed up the tents and decided to cycle south back towards Castlebay, where the ferry had dropped us off the previous night. There we got some string to try and fix my pannier rack (which managed to snap on the very first night ). We then cycled further south to the island of Vatersay, now connected to Barra by a short causeway. It was here that I encountered the first climb, 12.5%. being brand new to my new shoes and ... read more

Today, another competition was held. It was the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition. There over 20 competitors and they all were just amazing. Before the competition started, we met a girl, who helped us find out what was going on. When we saw her she was bringing food into a school nearby and later on in the day, we saw her perform. She reminded us of the manciple who was good in what he did and what a person who brought food to those in monestaries or schools. Another person that we met that was performing was the guy that reminded us of the squire. He was in the competition and looked like such a whore. I think he just wanted to get attention, to get all the girls there, to look at him. He wasn'even ... read more

I would love to learn to ride a bike! Oh to be a biker dog!!... read more