I have spent the last few days in the Cornwall region, staying in an 'interesting' backpackers in the seaside town of Newquay. The hostel was clean enough, but there were some seriously protruding springs in the beds and the manager of the place was not the most cognisant or organised of people to say the least. He was one of those old surfer dudes who clearly did more drinking than surfing in their youth. Anyway it was an amusing experience and we had a dorm roo...

Hi everyone! I have now been back in England for about a week and am now staying in Sevenoaks, which is in the 'greenbelt' area just outside London. Since I have been here we have explored an old heritage building (as seen in the photo), made a couple of trips into London to drink beers in the sunshine (yes, that's right, sunshine in London) and have seen some interesting exhibitions at the Tate Modern gallery. We have also done a couple of day trips....

Today we spent the day at the fabulous Windsor Castle. It was amazing to think that there are still people who live in these massive places with all their servants etc. And it was even more amazing to think of all those who have previously lived within those massive walls. Where the moat used to be there are now the most beautiful gardens (a sign of how much times have changed). Other amazing sites were the Queen's doll house (the thing to get someone who h...

Today we were shouted a Hop-on/Hop-off tour of London by Will's lovely godmother Heather. It covered all the major sites, such as: The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Trafalga Square, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, St James Park, London Bridge (and the many other bridges!), St Paul's Cathedral...I could go on but you should all be jealous enough by now ;) We also had a few amusing moments today. First of all, during the very traditional changing of the guard, th...

We arrived at London Heathrow at the lovely time of 5:45am - not that it mattered much to us as it was a completely different time zone anyway... Will and I were quite delirious upon arrival (especially me as sleeping on transport is something I am yet to master!). Thankfully Will's sister and godmother were there to whisk us away into the English country side. Ok so I am romanticising it a little ;) Windsor (or Winkfield more specifically) was the ideal pl...