Isle of Wight Last weekend (30/31 March), we caught a car ferry to the Isle of Wight, where mum and I had been to a family wedding last year. It was great to go back and actually be able to see the island this time, as last year our 24 hours there was pretty hectic (and full of Budweiser's! For me that is, not for mum!). We managed to drive around a fair whack of the island in a couple of days where we saw some pretty cool coastline, lovely green countryside, ...

Visit to Bath After working my butt off for 4 nights and 1 afternoon over Easter, we decided to get away for a night to Bath, about an hour and a half's drive from home. I'd been there once with my mum but I thought that Nige really needed to see it. Bath is an amazingly beautiful old city, with the majority of the Georgian buildings made out of Bath stone (a form of limestone). The whole city is actually a World Heritage Site! If you look over central Bath fro...

Easter The Easter weekend not only saw me start work behind a bar, but it also brought a couple of outings and a visitor to town. On Easter Friday (after arriving home at about 1am in the morning courtesy of my first bar shift), we woke up and decided a day trip was in order. After scouring the map and googling Dorset tourist sites, we decided to head to a little place called Cerne Abbas, home of the Cerne Abbas Giant! In order to reach Cerne Abbas, we had to dr...

Local Travels On the Tuesday before Easter, we decided to explore the town in which we live - Christchurch. Christchurch has a pretty impressive looking priory (big church!) that dates back to 800 AD. Many churches in England like to have a claim to fame, and the priory is no different - at 311 feet long, it is reputed to be the longest 'parish' church in England. In addition to the priory, there are a couple of ruins to explore - the Constable's House and a C...

Tuesday 4th MarchI've had a cold for the last few days but unfortunately I think it's getting worse. Why does sickness come along when people stop for a holiday!? Nige and I moved into our new lodgings last night and today we went car shopping. Last time I went car shopping, I had to take out a loan and the girls know just how long it took me to pluck up the courage to borrow money!! This time, however, there was no 3 year old Ford Focus on offer, just Nige's i...