long way home

On Tuesday night we finished our Real Ale Trail cruise and got a t-shirt each, woo-hoo!
It all started because a guy that Dee works with is stranded in London thanks to volcanic ash — Ivan, from the Ukraine, who is here with his girlfriend Natalie. We met them after work at a nearby place called [...]

Six weeks and counting.
We’re getting into the “spirit of travel” now, I reckon – most of the house packing is done, so I can book the shipping company with some confidence that we’ll be ready for them and start concentrating on our backpacks and gear. In the meantime we’re trying to spend quality time in [...]

It seems the Norse god Eyjafjallajokull has brought the British aeronautical travel industry to its knees this weekend, erupting from deep within his glacial palace and spreading ashy vengeance upon the mortals who dare chase through the skies in chariots of aluminium, steel and beige plastic.
Anyway, I hope this doesn’t disrupt Dayna and Bruce when [...]

Tonight we walked home along the narrow path that follows the Thames, crossing via Tower Bridge rather than our usual route over busy London Bridge. With the evening sun still warm, we stopped at a rickety, ice-filled cart next to the Tower Of London and bought two plastic flutes of sparkling champagne and one freshly [...]

Hmm, not so successful as the first.
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