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50. see a real english castle

Thursday, 21 Apr 2011 | Views [185]

skipton castle. YAY it was very old with losts of winding stair cases and was really easy to get lost in. privately owned, imagine owning a massive castle. it had a dungeon and a watch tower, a new kitchen and an old kitchen. it was a big castle. it even ... Read more >


6. take a roadtrip

Thursday, 21 Apr 2011 | Views [231]

ROAD TRIP. so exciting. so timmy came on wednesday, stayed wednesday night and thursday we headed off. bright and early (8am OMG) we went from Leeds to Skipton Skipton then through West Craven to Rheged for a quick stop Rheged to Stainton to Castlerigg ... Read more >


92. learn to play poker

Saturday, 25 Dec 2010 | Views [231]

christmas day at walkabout was spent with some indoor cricket, drinking and lots and lots of poker :) we got the jist of the game but certainly didnt do any good. it was all good fun though and we can say we know how to play, the tricky part is remembering ... Read more >


83. send a home made christmas card

Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Views [179]

ellen was the lucky receiver of the home made christmas card and might i add, michelle and i made the BEST home made christmas card ever, just wish we had of taken a picture of it before it was sent but i'm sure ellen will have kept it :D


70. contribute at least 30 books to 'the library'

Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Views [257]

1. One 5th Avenue by Candace Bushnell - bought at the Athens Airport 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson bought at Heathrow Airport, London 3. The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson bought online, Amazon 4. The Girl ... Read more >


93. write 5 letters to friends or family and post

Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 | Views [180]

christmas cards count if you write more than just merry christmas in them. besides, everyone loves to receive snail mail, even cards


97. visit as many london metros as possible

Tuesday, 16 Nov 2010 | Views [182]

looking at a london tube map we havent done very well on this one. it doesnt count if you sit on the tube and go straight through. you actually have to get on or off at that station for it to count. on that front we've been to maybe 1/4 of the stations.... Read more >


4. save some money

Monday, 15 Nov 2010 | Views [186]

and save money we did. we certainly managed to save alot more in elstead than what we did in leeds. we saved enough to fly to egypt for two weeks so if that doesnt count as saving then i dont know what is. go us :)


96. design a tattoo

Tuesday, 2 Nov 2010 | Views [220]

nothing extravagant. just a simple flower design for the rib cage... but a much more interesting story on this front would be "michelles tattoo parlour" open for a limited time only in bedroom 4 of the leeds staff house. specialising in ... Read more >


68. stay in a real english home

Thursday, 21 Oct 2010 | Views [204]

oh my goodness, spur of the moment, michelle and i had two days off from work at the mill, and we didnt like our room mate so we went to guildford to escape. we didnt want to go back so we found the information office and found a cheap b&b, bought ... Read more >


56. read pride and prejudice by jane austin

Saturday, 2 Oct 2010 | Views [164]

wouldn't have been able to read the book had i not seen the movie. it was quite odd, after reading it i found the way i spoke was different, slightly more old school lol, and i was reading it when we went to munich so i had it on the bus, wasnt sure if ... Read more >


76. find duff beer

Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Views [209]

I was stupid enough not to have bought a bottle the last time I saw it in Italy, which would have had to have been around Rome. I enlisted Stevey Steve's help to see if he could find one on the rest of his travels through europe with no luck. In the ... Read more >


5. invent a new meal

Saturday, 18 Sep 2010 | Views [143]

oh my goodness, we're so cleaver its called chocolate soup ingredients chocolate milk marshmellows chocolate raisons chocolate buttons any other chocolatey product you fancy cooking directions place all ingredients in microwave safe bowl and ... Read more >


85. join a gym

Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 | Views [135]

and join the gym we did. the gym group 24hr in Guildford, the only trouble is that we could only get there with Daniela and Micheal (people we worked with) and they didnt go all that often so nor did we :( but it was good when we did you.


53. taste real english sausage and mash

Friday, 10 Sep 2010 | Views [160]

the mill at elstead serves the yummiest sausage and mash on earth. thanks to roger, the columbian chef that we live and worked with, or richard, the manager, or robert the funny polish head chef or valdik, the apprentice chef, any one of them could have ... Read more >


Photos: Contiki Trip London to Athens

Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

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24. take a ride in a double decker bus

Monday, 19 Jul 2010 | Views [161]

okkk so it was an open top sight seeing bus of london but it was still double decker so it counts! no argument


16. see buckingham palace

Sunday, 18 Jul 2010 | Views [178]

Yes yes we did complete this task. Tea and scones at Buckingham palace with the queen one morning we did.OK maybe we didn't quite get that friendly with her majesty but we did see the palace


99. see trafalgar square

Sunday, 18 Jul 2010 | Views [108]

despite what michelle may think we have actually been to trafalgar square in london. and i'm tipping that she has probably been there more than once. with me and then again with her family! yes michelle, you have been there and done this!!!


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