PAUL and LISA We unintentionally began an exploration of Bath the night of our arrival due to poor directions and a dodgy map, which eventuated in us finding our hostel above a downtown pub. We did, however, manage to get some nice pictures of the Cathedral lit up at night as a consolation. Our first stop the next morning was the Roman Bath's. After hearing the Cathedral Bells declare it 9am, we ventured into the historic site. Being some of the first people th...

PAUL and LISA Our journey from London to Salisbury in the South West of England, began at Waterloo train station early on Saturday morning to the Abba tune "Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to…" Having arrived in Salisbury, we hiked through the town centre and up a hill to our YHA accommodation in a 200 year old house, testing out the built in rain coat for our packs along the way. With our packs left behind, we were free to explore the beau...

PAUL Our second day in London was all about great British institutions. Our first stop for the day was Buckingham Palace to watch the changing of the guard. Amazing sight no. 1: the number of people who decided to join us to watch despite the horribly typical English weather and the fact that it was on every second day at that time of year. The pictures and videos will probably give you a better picture of it all than I could so I won't try to describe the who...

PAUL Our tour around the south of England began on the Tuesday before Easter, with the nation's capital, London. After a slightly frantic morning of hair cuts put off until the last minute (Paul) and cooking up the remaining contents of our fridge to then freeze so as not to let it go to waste (mostly Lisa's doing), we managed to get ourselves into the Leeds city centre to catch our bus to London. Funnily enough, it cost us more to get from home to the city (&...

LISA First of all, you'll notice this blog entry is about a month late…yes, sorry about that, (tripping around the world and all :p), haven't had a chance to write it before now. So, long ago, on Saturday 15th March we set off on another adventure, this time to the city of Manchester, previously only seen from a plane window at 5am. We arrived at the same place as hundreds of visitors to the city since 1844 - Victoria Station. This experience of hi...