Trip: English Adventures
There are [34] stories from my trip: English Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 4 Sep 2011 | Views [755]
100 THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH ON OUR TRIP 1. conquer europe 2. live and work in england 3. get crafty for a day 4. save some money 5. invent a new meal 6. take a roadtrip 7. learn a new language 1/2 completed. points for trying 8. ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 3 Sep 2011 | Views [390]
After much debate with Miss Farr we have came to an agreement on no 1 on the list. We did not conquer europe, but we gave it one hell of a crack ;)Consider this crack to be continued
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 3 Sep 2011 | Views [356]
FAILLLL!! decided to start this challenge after we had done a bit of travelling hence i missed out on a bottle from spain. managed to visit the other countries again (not purley to collect a bottle, not that extreme) but it just means I'll have to head ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 3 Sep 2011 | Views [277]
obviously this is an easy one to mark off as we are did this. lived and worked in england. lived in elstead and lived in leeds. worked at the mill and at the walkabout. "live and work in england" check :)
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 2 Sep 2011 | Views [249]
not sure if this really has earnt the 100th place in a list of 100 but seeing as it feels like thats how many scarves were shipped home then i guess in a way it has earnt the title. many many scraves, all colours, from lots of countries now dress the ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 1 Aug 2011 | Views [249]
another fail on this one. there are a bazillion j20 flavours. okay, maybe not that many but there are alot! we tried maybe 5 or 6 of them. nothing like leaving it to the last minute. we tried one at the airport about to fly to greece. whoops.
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 28 Jul 2011 | Views [600]
no black pudding, i know, poor effort. i will rectify this when i return to england or ireland
One after work staff meeting turned into an all night drinking sesh, which led to miles, Aiden, Lauren and i to be still awake and h-u-n-g-r-y so we ventured ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011 | Views [438]
otley run, what a day (we have now survived twice) although not sure you can count michelles second account 100% successful. Deciding to go and "find the other half of the group" she leaves the pub she's in and starts to wander. failing to ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 26 Jul 2011 | Views [258]
so we may have been hung over to all high hell but we dragged ourselves out of bed and to the train station to visit york on the very last free day that we had in england (not leaving it to the last minute or anything) we were hoping to do some op shopping ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 | Views [271]
oh my goodness, I admit to having read 5 of 7 books with the intentions of reading the last 2, they're good, i enjoyed them, i did however think that the movies were a bit dorky. that is until walkabout staff had a 3 day harry potter marathon in build ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 | Views [273]
so we may not be experts at creating cocktails but we sure are at drinking them. cruising through greece proved the most lemon, banana and strawberry daquaris consumption known to man (an al inclusive drinks package helped) before leaving leeds Massey's ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 18 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 17 May 2011 | Views [350]
yay, craft time so, rachel and mc are doing the massive 'otley run' pub crawl for their leaving do and the requirement is that everyone must wear hats. instead of buying a hat or wearing a normal hat we decided making them would be much more fun. maddy ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 16 May 2011 | Views [187]
and bake we did, in the dodgy dirty kitchen in walkabout leeds staff accommodation. it was actually pretty clean though, when we started :) michelle made a delicious banana cake and cheese cakes and i made hedgehog slice and cupcakes. yum yum yum. pity ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 9 May 2011 | Views [144]
this one is debatable. there was the afternoon in england where the sun was out. shock and horror. we bought snacks and magazines and played in the park. this one may count.
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 9 May 2011 | Views [161]
so it has been decided. against my wishes, that my party trick is infact the YMCA. where my Y and my M go in the same direction due to some wacky elbows. will demonstrate on request
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 5 May 2011 | Views [233]
the circus came to leeds, and we got free tickets. AMAZING mads, eddy, shell, gavin and i went out for a nice dinner at jamies italian (where eddy happens to work and got 50% off for us) double yay then we went to the circus set up opposite hyde park.... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 3 May 2011 | Views [269]
language of choice, french, because we already had the basics. first we tried online lessons, but lost interest pretty quickly, then when we were road tripping to the lake district with tim he got us on to recordings by michel thomas, number one language ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 25 Dec 2010 | Views [255]
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 >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Views [203]
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
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Views [285]
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 >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 | Views [206]
christmas cards count if you write more than just merry christmas in them. besides, everyone loves to receive snail mail, even cards
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 16 Nov 2010 | Views [212]
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 >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 15 Nov 2010 | Views [212]
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 :)
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 2 Nov 2010 | Views [244]
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 >
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