Second time around in London, and a chance to get a bit more of a feel for the city which is so closely intertwined with Australians and their sojourns OS. Im thinking it must be because the language barrier makes it an easy place to go... because I dont get it. The day after I arrived I went to the Notting Hill Carnival, which is this huge street fair through the streets of Notting Hill. It is a Carribean festival in essence, as Notting Hill is where a great ...

My time is Scotland is nearly up, leaving on a jet plane to Krakow in the morning, and onto the true travel test, the non english phase. Have enjoyed the break from sight seeing the past few days by playing some golf... some good, mostly average! First off was Inverness GC on Thursday, it was an average course, but enjoyed the company of David and Duncan who tried to give me the local knowledge. Friday I drove down to a great course called Boat of Garten (that...

All the tips I got about Isle of Skye were spot on, what a place! Best description I could give is raw, plenty of hiking was done. The first lot was up a steep trail to a landmark named the old man of storr which is a free standing monolith. Then around to another range of these glacial cut cliffs called the quiraing, im sure i just mispelt that. Generally going for walks in oz you have a nice guard rail, or at least most of the time in the blue mountains on t...

Well off in search of Nessie i went, she was everywhere to be seen, but nowhere to be found! Apart from the obvious marketing push, which to be fair wasnt actually all that strong, there were some lovely spots around the loch. Im of the opinion that my photos cant do any justice to the visuals up here though. Postcards are on every bend of the road. My advice thus far is stay out of the cities they are fairly bland. Stick to the villages and countryside, spend...

Well its been a fun couple of days for me and chuck. We are really getting to see a lot of the countryside, and the varying landscapes are at times breathtaking. Journeying north from Perth to Inverness you go through densly wooded mountains, it all looks a bit Canadian to me. There we went to Blair Castle, it was quite a good setup with lots of old furniture, weaponry and storyline. Today I continued up to Inverness which is through the Highlands, after the fo...