Mr Messy
In and around Australia
Finally we haveleft Townsville. The last few weeks and then finally days really dragged. We have only made it to the "Sunshine Coast" where it hasn't stopped raining but at least we are on our way and it's really good to see Rhys and Kevina again.
What a win by the pies! Anybody know the Hawks Bulldogs score?
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On our way
Finally we are on our way. The last weeks and then days seemed to really drag. Only made it to the "Sunshine Coast" where it hasn't stopped raining... Continue reading »
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O/S at last
After a really long day we finally made it to Seoul about 6PM. Left Rhys and Kevinas place about 2AM.
Didn,t get to see much as plane delayed... Continue reading »
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U/K get ready were here
Got to Heathrow around 6pm absolutely buggered. 12 hour flight and had been up for about 7 hours prior. Flight was good but long, we have nev... Continue reading »
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London is great
London is fantastic, OLD and majestic. Traffic is mad people friendly and polite. Beer bad but I,m getting used to it. Loving it. More soon have to go... Continue reading » -
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onCountry England
Left London on the train and headed to Ipswich. Don't think we will use the trains outside London much as it cost £61 for both of us and would be n... Continue reading »
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London still
London was scary when we first arrived. Its huge loud and very busy as we expected but to finally get here it was a bit overwhelming. Travel on the... Continue reading »
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Bigger than we thought
Norwich is bigger than we thought as you may have guessed. When we arrived it was raining and dull. Some of the road signs over here like which lan... Continue reading »
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Day at the beach
We have had another nice drive through the county side. Once again it is very pretty, lush and green. Arrived at Cramer around lunch time so had fi... Continue reading »
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Cambridge / Shakespear
Had a really good couple of days at Kings Lynn where we met some of the locals and they put us onto a few nice spots around the area so stayed the... Continue reading »
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Moto gp
This will be a quick entry as my internet time is almost up. We have just had 3 GREAT days of racing. Go Casey. Weather was generally good except S... Continue reading »
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Shrewsbury
Did some more sight seeing around Stratford and went north through mostly rolling hills for a fair way stopping along the way at more old buildings... Continue reading »
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Donnington to Dublin
A bit more detail on the races for a start.
Went on Friday, it wasn't a bad day but fairly cold in the morning so I took heaps of extra cloth... Continue reading »
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Dublin still
We have been here for a couple of days now and have gained an impression of what its like. Love Guinness. It's nothing like the stuff in Oz.
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On the road again
Left Dublin after hiring a car and went south along the coast which was fantastic. It was really pretty and rugged. The weather is fairly cold and... Continue reading »
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Crystal City
Left Wexford early and as Waterford was only a short distance we decided to follow the coast again in the hope that it was as nice as the previous... Continue reading »
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As good as Guinees
From Waterford we again went the long way and at the end of the day found ourselves in Kilkenny.
We have deliberately stayed of the highways... Continue reading »
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It is a long way to Tipperary
Once again we went the long way to our destination. Kilkenny is only 50 odd KM from Tipperary but after heading north around the top of a huge lake... Continue reading »
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Ring of Kerry
We left Tipperrary and went to Cork. For once we managed to stay on the right road and were not lost once. The road was even on our map which has b... Continue reading »
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Wet in Tralee
We arrived in Tralee and had a lot of trouble finding Vaughn and Anne, our friends from Townsville for those that don't know them, at first so as is u... Continue reading » -
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Cliffs of Moher
We stayed in Limerick for a night. It's one of the places that while it is very nice and all the rest it didn't really jump out at us for some reason.... Continue reading » -
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More magic
Happy birthday Rhys. Hope you had a good day.
We had a look around the central area of Galway and as usual it was very nice. Lots of pedestri... Continue reading »
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Is it Londonderry or Derry
We thought we were going to Londonderry but the signs all said Derry.In the 1600s they brought Londoners to Derry to settle there and take control... Continue reading »
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Causeway Coast
The last couple of days we have spent on the causeway coastal route. What a fantastic drive.
There are some old ruins of castles and forts th... Continue reading »
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Belfast to Dublin
I think last entry we stayed the night outside Belfast and were planning to travel in by train which we did this morning. We left it a bit latter t... Continue reading »
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Glascow
As sad as we were to leave Ireland it is good to be in Scotland. Glasgow I had imagined to be a dirty and polluted industrial city ( I think I read so... Continue reading » -
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Edinburgh
We took the train from Glasgow to Edinburgh which only took about an hour but once again we could not see a lot as the track side was lined by tree... Continue reading »
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Road to Aberdeen
We are now true world travellers. In the last few days we have been to Perth, Dunkeld and the grampian mountains, ( for those up north Dunkeld and... Continue reading »
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Fort Augustus
Today has been great. First we went to Brodie Castle which is still lived in by the 25th brodie. He uses part of the castle and the rest is open to... Continue reading »
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Wick
Sorry it's taken awhile but have had trouble finding internet access lately.
Before leaving Port Augustus we looked around town for a bit and... Continue reading »
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Windy Orkney
We left Wick and drove to John O'Groats which is the most northerly town in Scotland according to the sign but when you look at the map it's not re... Continue reading »
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Magical Drumbeg and highlands
We continued west across the north coast if that makes sense. By now we are well and truly into the highlands but they haven't seemed to be that mo... Continue reading »
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Isle of Skye
We left Drumbeg after a great night with a few of the local lads. Aye it was great but had a headache next morning and lots more of that grea... Continue reading »
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Invergarry to Peebles
3/8/08
We left invergarry and drove down the highway to Fort William which is a lovely town even though it's a bit touristy for us. We had a... Continue reading »
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Carlisle
Yesterday we travelled to Melrose and visited an old Abbey. It's a ruin now as are most but enough remains to give you an impression of it's former... Continue reading »
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Carlisle to Hartington
8/8/08
This morning we were in dire need of a laundromat again. There is only so many ways to turn your undies around so we had a boring morn... Continue reading »
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Found Wales
Next morning the rain had eased but it was still cold and windy so once again we didn't spend much time walking around Hartington and headed to Wal... Continue reading »
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Any Porthcawl in a storm
12/8/08
This morning was wet and cold again. We left Barmouth and drove to King Arthurs Labyrinth where according to Welsh legend King Arthur... Continue reading »
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The drive to Lynmouth
We left Porthcawl yesterday after a look around town at about 11 and followed the Bristol channel towards Bristol strangely enough untill we reached t... Continue reading » -
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Lands End / Engagement
Good news everybody. Rhys and Kevina are engaged!!!!!!
Congratulations to both of you!!!!!!!!!
This morning we walked through the Lyn G... Continue reading »
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Battle of Hastings
We visited Stone Henge after a short drive from Mere. It isn't as big as I'd expected but still pretty impressive. Some of the rocks have fallen over... Continue reading » -
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The white cliffs of Dover
We drove from Battle and arrived in Dover not long after lunch. We dropped off the hire car after a lot of trouble finding where we had to leave it... Continue reading »
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Townsville
Sorry it has taken so long to do this last entry but our computer decided it didn't want us back and died as soon as we got home.
The flight... Continue reading »
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