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From Edinburgh to Oban

October 24th, 2005 Barmy Army

I was suddenly woke up by a bloke puking is guts out… It was 7:00 am, I’ve decided to go to the kitchen to have breakfast. Another thing about the life in a hostel the kitchen world! There is some strict rules : Mel Gibson, Rob Roy and my new best friend Hamish!! – Put  Read More »

Chester History: The Roman Amphitheatre

February 8th, 2007 Laureng85

The Chester Amphitheatre was originally made of timbers but was replaced with stone. The dating of the amphitheatre is generally believed to be around the 70s AD.  It measures 193 feet by 164 feet and could hold an amazing 7,000 people. You have to imagine back then there wasn’t as many people as there are now  Read More »

Capital of the Highlands

October 6th, 2007 REDFISHMAN

Our initial intent was only to spend a day or so in Inverness.  However, we ended up spending 3 nights in town. Visiting the Culloden Battlefield, Fort George and spending a day salmon fishing on the Ness River.  Plus to be honest rest and recuperation for our colds. Like nearly every town we visited Inverness has  Read More »

The Smallest and the Biggest house!

January 2nd, 2005 Barmy Army

3:35 am, it’s time to go! My bag is packed since last night… It’s another great day in Nottingham, rain, rain! And I’m going to Wales, all my welsh friends told me that it’s always raining in Wales, expecially in the northern part! Ah who cares, I love rain! When it’s not to strong! I  Read More »

A massacre and a gaelic island!

October 26th, 2005 Barmy Army

On our way to Skye! Ciamar a tha sibh? Oh man! After all that boozing last night…I nearly forgot that I was actually King of Scotland there was no need for that half past seven wake up call by Chris. He was so excited by the day’s travel that he forgot to brew is tea!  Read More »

Day trip to Edinburgh

May 8th, 2007 Adam & Meaghan

We woke up early because we knew there was a lot to see in 1 day in Edinburgh. Tony, Blair, Adriane, Meaghan, and I piled into our car and began our 1 hour drive from Dumbarton. It is all motorway there so its not too bad. Our first destination in Edinburgh was of course, the  Read More »

Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire

June 10th, 2007 Kerry Taylor

Well it didn’t look all that promising this morning. It was grey and overcast but warm, so ideal really for a walk. My brother had decided to head off to the Yorkshire Dales, a beautiful part of the county made famous by television programmes like All Creatures Great and Small and Last of the Summer  Read More »

Stonehenge

November 24th, 2006 Amanda meets World

(Wales Road Trip Day: 1) We (my parents, sister Rachel, Uncle Dennis and myself) set out on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, 25 November, to see the legendary Stonehenge. It was a typical late Autumn day for Southern England—absolutely freezing, windy, with rain falling sideways. These were probably not the best conditions for viewing outdoor historical sites but  Read More »

We didn’t get lost once!

June 2nd, 2006 MilesToGo

Practical Information: We picked up a car in Bath and drove into the Cotswolds, our B&B was about 1.5 hours away.  The B&B is in the little village of Draycott which has 20ish houses, a church, a post box and a phone booth.  The nearest “big” town is Moreton-in Marsh which is a 15-20 minute drive.  Read More »

Arrived at Hotel

January 1st, 2007 localkineguy

Yvette and I arrived in London at 6:30 AM. We were supposed to meet Yvette’s friends who were going to take us to Notting Hill where the Butler office was located. However, at the arrival terminal we could not find her friends despite waiting 45 minutes and paging them over the intercom. We decided to see what Butler  Read More »