Dockray: 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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleCambridge
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....
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