I staggered 'home'  (although I don't actually live there anymore) to spend one  last night in Hendon.  We all went out for dinner and…

We made our way back to the East coast of Ireland and stayed in a little village called Rathdrum in County Wicklow.  This morning we zipped down…

From Doolin we started driving south-east through the Burren area (lots of bleak rocky landscape, so wild and beautiful) and eventually made it to …

After leaving Killadeas we headed to Belleek and took a tour of the pottery workshop there - it's quite famous, handmade fine china.  It was fas…

After Newgrange we drove northwards, crossed the border into Northern Ireland (though we only realised that when we saw that the road signs wer…

We stayed at the Dublin International Youth Hostel, which is an old nunnery/school/chapel.  The dining room is in the old chapel, so it'…

We left Chester early & drove across the border into Wales.  We stopped at Conwy Castle, which is a great big chunky looking castle, and …

Yet another day of pretty much driving all day, and my patience with just driving from one place to another and not really staying long enough to exp…

We drove down the length of Skye, which was quite pretty, and took the ferry across back to mainland Scotland.  There was more driving through h…

Today was the day that Mum decided it would be a good idea to drive right across Scotland (well she made the decision a while ago, and I have been co…

So apparently many of my ancestors lived around this area, which is why we are here.  Mum has been before & just couldn't wait to come back.…

We left Newcastle yesterday afternoon and took the drive north into Scotland (we had to stop so that Mum could pose next to the Scottish border).&nbs…

I was up & out early yesterday morning & jumped on an 8hr bus ride to Newcastle-upon-Tyne (not my idea of a party, but I managed to keep myse…

My last day as a resident in London is suddenly upon me - it does seem to have come around rather fast.  I managed to cram some last-minute sigh…

My day started with a bus ride through the narrow winding roads of the Lake District - slightly unnerving when the bus speeds round corners of the su…

So to continued my literary trail, I headed to the Lake District - the home of William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter and Arthur Ransome.  As the la…

It was time for another mini-break and although I was heading to the Lake District, I couldn't resist the chance to stop off in the Peak District for…

I couldn't come to England and not visit Bath, so to Bath I went.  I took the bus up yesterday morning (sadly much cheaper & much slower…

Yes it's amazing we're all still alive, really, what with our recent heatwave.  Oh, did you not hear about it?  It was all over the news he…

So our JA tour ended with us heading back to Cambridge & giving up our beloved little car.  We crashed out for a few hours doing washing &am…

Sadly, it had to be so.  After the stunning countryside of the Peak District & the Derbyshire Dales - thatch cottages, stone manors, rolli…

We started the day with a visit to Bakewell - a town well-known for its tarts & puddings.  We tried a famous "Bakewell Pudding" (although it…

This was our full-on BBC Pride & Prejudice day!  We started out from Gastard with a nice long drive north all the way up to Derbyshire (both…

Today was the day we set out on our tour.  We headed south from Cambridgeshire, skirted around London & landed in Chawton, which is where Ja…

Yes, the time is finally here, and Genna & I are about to set off on our Jane Austen road-trip!  Everyone at work kept laughing or looking s…

Well nothing much exciting has happened recently, but I thought it was time to check in.  London is slowly starting to get a little warmer &…

Yes I finally took one of those weekend mini-breaks that were the whole point of living in dreary London!  Cathy (my friend from work), her frie…

It's been a while since I updated & that really is because I haven't done much travelling.  I'm settled into my house & my job, and mo…

Oh my, it's 2007! I don't have much of an update really, but thought I should at least mark this momentous occasion.  The rest of my time in Ed…

Well my dreams of a white Christmas just didn't come true.  It was certainly very cold & it was kind of white outside... but it was just f…

Yes!  Christmas is almost here, I get to have a short day at work (well seriously, who does anything on a Friday before Christmas??)  I'm h…

...well the next morning I had the first real hangover of my life (and with any luck - or good sense - the last).  Plus I only got two hour…

I've been working hard all through December, so it was time to party!  We had our company Christmas party, which was a really fun night - they d…

...well I can't believe how fast time has flown!  Christmas is approaching rather alarmingly, and I haven't even thought about it (except to wis…

I've finally arrived in a land where sarcasm is understood, they spell "cheque" correctly, the money is easy to understand (yes, despite the wh…