Cambridge
I lived in Cambridge in 2002 and coming back has been a trip down the proverbial memory lane. We haven’t actually been into town yet and I’m curious to discover how sharp my memories of the place are....
View ArticleCambridge Beer Festival.. this time with pictures!
After 2 days of loitering around and getting in for free, yesterday Luke and I finally got some work at the beer festival – and work we did. We started at about 2pm and worked through til nearly 10pm....
View ArticleHere Comes The Planet 29 – England 03
We meet up with friends Leigh, Nikki and Jen for fun times at the Cambridge beer and cider festival and a great afternoon punt down the river Cam. Andrew’s parents invite us over for lunch, and Ferris...
View ArticleHere Comes The Planet 35 – England 09
We meet up with our friend Justin in Saltburn-By-The-Sea, in my personal favourite episode of Here Comes The Planet thus far! Justin was the first Couchsurfer Amanda hosted, and whilst in Melbourne he...
View ArticleNottingham (again) and a Beer Festival (again).
For someone who can’t stand beer I spend a lot of time at beer festivals. Although if you take away the beer there’s nothing about beer festivals I don’t like. The people are great – they’re down to...
View ArticleCambridge: Gardens, Churches and the Beer Festival
I’ve made an effort to see a few things that I didn’t do when I lived in Cambridge. So before I get into the Beer Festival here’s a couple of things I did when I wasn’t taking advantage of Andrew’s...
View ArticleEltham Palace, a Medieval Festival and NEON!
I spent a rather varied day yesterday. I discovered a medieval tournament was going to happen not too far away so I caught a train, then light rail, then a bus, and arrived at Eltham (pronounced...
View ArticleMajestic Princess Day 10, Port Chalmers/Dunedin
A later docking in Port Chalmers today, which is just as well as Luke and I stayed up late watching Romancing the Stone, which I’m sure I saw at least five times when I was a kid but remembered almost...
View ArticleDockray: High Force and Watermillock Common
As my blister isn’t getting any better or worse, I thought I’d take it easy today and break the day into two small walks, one on either side of the village. In the morning I climbed halfway up...
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