Trip: Merry old England
There are [16] stories from my trip: Merry old England
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 7 Jul 2010 | Views [564]
Of course it can't be all fun and games over here. Although this is a travel journal I do occasionally have to do some work to fund further trips. Luckily this short vet is able to pick and choose from quite a few jobs around the country as people are ... Read more >
Tags: beach, brighton, surf
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 7 Jul 2010 | Photo Gallery
Exploring Brighton in between emergency shifts at a night clinic.
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 2 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
Climbing to the top of England's highest peak
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 2 May 2010 | Views [557]
A bank holiday of four glorious days off could not be wasted so I booked a flight to Newcastle & met Sally, a friend from vet school who was prepared to show me the sights in the Lakes District in Cumbria. After a much needed lunch of a scrummy ... Read more >
Tags: hadrians wall, hiking, lakes district, scafell pike, tramping
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 11 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
Windsor castle & grounds
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 11 Apr 2010 | Views [494]
On a rare sunny day off I headed over to Windsor to check out the castle and walk the loop track through the grounds. The castle's pretty impressive (as it should be, being the oldest & largest occupied castle in the world) though I can't say much ... Read more >
Tags: walks, windsor castle
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 4 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
Exploring the village of Stow-on-the-Wold
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 4 Apr 2010 | Views [420]
A sunny(ish) day saw us jumping in the car and heading off to see the true chocolate-box English countryside of the Cotswolds. Unfortunately, just like in NZ, the weather couldn't make up it's mind and soon we were driving through miserable drizzle, ... Read more >
Tags: antiques, cotswolds, stow-on-the-wold
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 3 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
Longleat Safari Park
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UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 3 Apr 2010 | Views [435]
We foolishly braved the Easter crowds to visit Longleat Safari Park on a Saturday. Yes, we went to an English Safari Park, very different from the real thing! It was the first drive-through safari park set up in 1966 We were prepared to put our patient ... Read more >
Tags: deer, lions, longleat safari park, trafic jam
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 2 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
Heading to the home of Cheddar Cheese
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 2 Apr 2010 | Views [652]
It was Easter and time for a good break. I headed back over to Wiltshire to join my friend, Anna, for a long weekend of exploring the 'local' sites. We started with a trip to Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, the place where Cheddar Cheese was first matured ... Read more >
Tags: cheddar gorge, cheddar man, cheese, tramping, wine
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 5 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery
Where we look at some big rocks, roman baths & old buildings
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 5 Mar 2010 | Views [434]
3 days in the city was enough & I needed to get back into the country, so I headed out to Wiltshire to spend some time with an old friend from Uni. On our first afternoon we headed out to see some famous rocks arranged in a circle - that's right, ... Read more >
Tags: bath, lacock manor, roman baths
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery
City sites in London
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