Well I must say that was the best night's sleep I have had in a long time - I just don't know whether it was because of the amount of alcohol consumed or the fact that there is absolutely no noise - maybe the hoot of an owl but that is it - bliss!!! The morning started with a drive to Blenheim Palace - the residence of the Duke of Marlborough and where Winston Churchill was born. The level of wealth and luxury is just overwhelming. 24 carat gilded roof and the la...

Well the day has arrived to farewell wisbech and say hello to badby. Well the weather has gone to s*** and is pouring with rain unfortunately the English do not know the meaning of driving to the conditions!!! We arrived in badby a quaint little parish - population roughly 650. Our host for the next 5 days is Yvonne, a lady Sean's mum met in Sri Lanka. This woman is an energizer bunny, a retired professor in sociology she now works a couple of days a week in a co...

Well the day after the wedding and we awoke in fairly good condition so what to do today??? We decided to do a day trip to Cambridge!! After driving to the park and ride we caught the bus into Cambridge so we managed to see a fair bit of Cambridge - the park'n'ride is a brilliant idea £2.50 return ticket. After a wander around Cambridge we decided it would be a good time to have a punt down the Cam river. Our chauffeur was James who we found out lived in Brisba...

Today is the day of Kirsty and Jonny's wedding - not really sure what to expect!! The day started off well, we arrived in March at the St Wenderas church to be met by the Petersboro Pipe band. Their oldest member is 91 years of age and still piping away!! Kirsty arrived looking gorgeous and she arrived 5 minutes early and here I was told not to be early last week!!! The service was great, the minister extremely funny - after the service family photos were taken I...

Well our stay in London has finally come to an end :( it's now time to venture into the countryside!! After picking up our car from hertz and using all my energy not to punch the rude hertz man we were off and racing!! All I can say is thank god for the gps!!! After making our way out of London we were out on the open road - what scenery I did enjoy was rudely interrupted by the torrential downpour. Our intentions were to stop at Cambridge and have a look around ...