Dereham, the town where I grew up and went to school, is in the middle of Norfolk. I still return to visit my family, and we headed over there back in August for my Mum's birthday.
This year, the celebrations were combined with Rowena's birthday. Surprisingly for an Aussie, she had never had a barbeque for her birthday because it was usually winter weather in Australia.
It was also an opportunity to say goodbye to Mike and Denise before they headed back down under. As usual, a few photos were taken and these can be seen by clicking here.
27 September 2009
Lisbon Holiday
We visited Lisbon for our summer holiday. Details can be found in the blog I wrote up afterwards: Lisbon Holiday 09.
Tuesday 23rd June: getting there
Wednesday 24th June: our first day wandering
Thursday 25th june: cultural chilling...
Friday 26th June: a day trip to Sintra
saturday 27th June: Parque das Nações
Sunday 28th June: tram and boat trips
Monday 29th June: butterflies and bus trip
Tuesday 30th June: heading home
Tuesday 23rd June: getting there
Wednesday 24th June: our first day wandering
Thursday 25th june: cultural chilling...
Friday 26th June: a day trip to Sintra
saturday 27th June: Parque das Nações
Sunday 28th June: tram and boat trips
Monday 29th June: butterflies and bus trip
Tuesday 30th June: heading home
Newcastle Big UK flickrmeet
19th April 2009 was the 4th Big UK Flickrmeet. This was held in Newcastle.
We stayed at the Premier Inn next door to the old Tyne Tees TV studios. It was nostalgic to walk past the entrance that featured each week on The Tube. Memories of student life in Leicester and getting ready for Friday night out on the town...anyway, back to the weekend's events.
We had Friday night to ourselves so we wandered the city centre before the main drinking hordes appeared and found a restaurant near the Tyne bridge that could fit us in. Beautiful local lamb washed down with local real ale. Wandered across the road to the Crown Hotel (I think) and had a pint or two in there while admiring the stained glass windows before a stroll along the riverside back to the hotel.
We met the the rest of the Flickrers at Newcastle railway station the next morning. While standing around, Sonia met her old friend Annie who now works in South Shields but she was on her way for a day out in York. Once the gang had gathered we headed off around the city taking photos of people and landmarks. The finished photos are available in my Newcastle Big UK Flickrmeet set.
I met back up with Sonia in the late afternoon as she had decided that watching me take photos was not that exciting when there was a whole city of shops and cafes to visit (and keep warm in). We had a meal in a restaurant near the hotel, overlooking the Millennium Bridge, which were washed down with cocktails. We slept well that night.
Sunday morning brought blue skies, so we visited The Sage before heading off to Haddon-on-the-Wall for a pub lunch on the way home.
We stayed at the Premier Inn next door to the old Tyne Tees TV studios. It was nostalgic to walk past the entrance that featured each week on The Tube. Memories of student life in Leicester and getting ready for Friday night out on the town...anyway, back to the weekend's events.
We had Friday night to ourselves so we wandered the city centre before the main drinking hordes appeared and found a restaurant near the Tyne bridge that could fit us in. Beautiful local lamb washed down with local real ale. Wandered across the road to the Crown Hotel (I think) and had a pint or two in there while admiring the stained glass windows before a stroll along the riverside back to the hotel.
We met the the rest of the Flickrers at Newcastle railway station the next morning. While standing around, Sonia met her old friend Annie who now works in South Shields but she was on her way for a day out in York. Once the gang had gathered we headed off around the city taking photos of people and landmarks. The finished photos are available in my Newcastle Big UK Flickrmeet set.
I met back up with Sonia in the late afternoon as she had decided that watching me take photos was not that exciting when there was a whole city of shops and cafes to visit (and keep warm in). We had a meal in a restaurant near the hotel, overlooking the Millennium Bridge, which were washed down with cocktails. We slept well that night.
Sunday morning brought blue skies, so we visited The Sage before heading off to Haddon-on-the-Wall for a pub lunch on the way home.
Bristol Valentine's weekend
Valentine's weekend was spent in the wonderful city of Bristol. We booked ourselves into a nice hotel overlooking the the Bristol Bridge and within easy walking distance of the shops, market and other attractions.
We also took the opportunity to meet up with Rowena for the second time and had a meal with her at the Mud Dock cafe on the night we arrived. As she had to work, we set about entertaining ourselves by visiting the SS Great Britain, seeing Romeo & Juliet after a charming meal, and taking various river trips on the water taxis. We also went ove the clifton suspension bridge a few times
I took quite a few photos that can be found in my Bristol Valentines Weekend set
Oh dear!
Well, so much for my good intentions back in February. I didn't manage to keep it up to date. In my defence I have been busy on Facebook and Flickr, as well as at work.
I've just added he ability to post photo from Flickr onto the blog so that might help me post more often (assuming anyone will bother to read it). So the next few posts will be playing with the linking tools...
I've just added he ability to post photo from Flickr onto the blog so that might help me post more often (assuming anyone will bother to read it). So the next few posts will be playing with the linking tools...
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