Category Archives: United Kingdom

Now that i am the airport, I should summarise some of my observations about travelling around the UK as an Australian: 1. The countryside is very green – I understand that this May was the wettest May month since 1982 … Continue reading →

I’m now at the British Airways Club at Heathrowe Airport and waiting for our flight to Oslo. Yesterday, we drove from Stratford to Blenheim Palace (the home of the Duke of Marlbourough) and spent a few hours exploring this magnificant … Continue reading →

We left Edinburgh, which we really enjoyed, on Monday 29th and drove south to Jedburgh which was a very scenic town on the Scottish border. Apart from having a history of being raided by the English on many occassions, it … Continue reading →

On Friday we drove to the little town of Drymen near Loch Lomond. We started by having a good look at the shops in Hawkshead – the shopping capital for outdoor gear in England. They had some excellent gear including … Continue reading →

it seemed that the cities of Manchester, Blackpool and Liverpool didn’t have much to offer other than traffic congestion and frustration so we bypassed these noteworthy places and drove straight to the Lake District. So, the Beatles and Cilla Black … Continue reading →

We left Bath early on Monday morning (May 22) and headed for the Cotswolds which we understood to be very scenic. The hedgerows had to some degree been replaced by stone fences in this area, although not completely. The countryside … Continue reading →

We left our hotel in Plymouth yesterday morning and had a quick look at the old area of the town known as the Barbican. This was one area that wasn’t bombed by the Germans in WW II and seems to … Continue reading →