Archive | February, 2007

Do you know that scene in Bridget Jones, the first one, where Bridget loses her scarf in the wind on the way to her mini-break with Daniel Cleaver, and she walks into the hotel with her hair looking like a bird’s nest? Well, that’s along the lines of what I currently look like, after a [...]

Well, I have hit the jackpot as my hostel in Oxford has free unlimited Internet. So I’ve put some photos up of the last week or so. I’ll try to add the rest to Facebook tomorrow. I left Liverpool early this morning after feasting on my roast chicken and veggies last night. I ate it [...]

Much happier now. Didn’t really like Glasgow at all but happy to say that I’m not sworn off all leading cities in the Industrial Revolution, as I loved Manchester! I couldn’t get out of Glasgow fast enough, and I even spent half my time there in the library. Did enjoy the museum though, which explored [...]

After two weeks of hostels its nice to have my own room and be sitting here with a high-speed Internet connection. I’m staying with my friend Tregan who I’ve known for years from school who lives here in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the most far away place in the world. I thought it was cold in London, but [...]

OK now I’ve run out of songs with the word ‘London’ in them. It’s been a couple of days since I’ve updated this and I’m bushwhacked! It has been absolutely freezing here (except today, really) and the rain has only just stopped. We’ve altered our itinerary slightly but have been able to see most of [...]

I know that it’s not a very original title but I couldn’t resist. Arrived in London yesterday after a very long subway ride to Narita, yucky flight with British Airways, followed by a tube ride to my hostel in Swiss Cottage (my ’boutique’ hostel, now there’s an oxymoron). I calculated that I had been up [...]