15th September 2011, Noon @ Land's End, Cornwall First my apologies: I know it's been a long time since you last heard from me. So many things happened and I was well busy taking notes so as not to forget anything; and in the heat of it all I forgot to actually upload it here! I'm at Land's End, sitting on a lonely bench at the very tip of England, with the wind whistling and the waves crashing onto the rocks below. As I look out to the west it is almost as if ...

6th September 2011 9:18am, @ Plymouth Bus Station I'm at the station café having my morning coffee. It's not very busy at the moment, might be due to the weather. It's pouring down so hard it could well be the Deluge out there! Two Asian girls just came in, ordered two hot chocolates, paid, got their drinks and then rushed out to catch their coach, leaving the hot chocolates untouched. The fat bus driver at the corner table commented this with: "Ah, bloody sham...

2nd September 2011 6:30pm, Paignton In Paignton you can go visit the zoological gardens, as I did, but of course Paignton has a lot more to offer. Having stayed in Paignton before, some 10 odd years ago, I had to go back to the 'Leisure 2000' one of the largest amusements in town. Of course, I would've never exchanged money, a 2 pound coin say, to play one of the slot machines, or coin dozers (why should I; I can play that for free on the iPhone). But, frugal as...

31st August 2011 8pm, Paignton The weather today was perfect. Although it was overcast, I can say it was perfect. Perfect weather to go to the zoo. I like zoos... I have been to a fair share of zoos and so I know that they are very popular and usually pretty crowded. That is why I decided to go very early in the morning, right when the gate opens, so as to avoid the masses that will eventually come pouring in later in the day. I was very proud of my clever idea...

Exeter 24th August 2011 9:00pm, @Carluccio's I won't lie about the weather. It ain't good. I know, I've already started another entry with a reference to the weather but since I'm in England I find it quite an appropriate subject to write about. In fact, I would like to point out another particularity about the British weather (or possibly HM Weather, since everything somehow seems to belong to Her). With a certain frequency a very peculiar phenomenon can be obs...