This will probably be my final entry from England before I fly out to Peru on Wednesday. Peru! I can hardly believe it, even now. I've really enjoyed my time in England and honestly don't want to leave. There is still so much I want to see, and so many people I didn't get to catch up with. And I miss Jubilee Weekend! Gutted! I'm in London now, back at Dereck's flat. I had to vacate early today as the landlord was coming around to pick up the rent money, a...

I'm now back in Bournemouth after spending several days in London, followed by a few more in the Cotswolds and Somerset. (Apologies in advance for any spelling/grammar errors. It's 2.15am and I can't be bothered proof-reading it now!) COTSWOLDS I caught the train out to Stroud, Gloucestershire on Thursday (with a woman opposite me who had her gorgeous wee dog on board. Dogs seem to be much more welcome around this country than in NZ, and I don't mean guide ...

I'm four days into my stay in London and it's turned from being lovely and sunny on the weekend to cold and wet since yesterday. I'm getting a bit sick of all the bad weather to be honest. I try to bear in mind what my first Contiki guide told us way back in 2000 when I first arrived in the UK: "You're not Beroccas, you won't dissolve!" I guess the weather must have been a bit grim back then too! I do remember we took a diversion to go to Sherwood Forest (ou...

I've made it to London! On Friday it was a lovely sunny day, so I took myself off for a good walk around Bournemouth. Mels and I walked in together and she took care of some personal business while I walked to the station to book my ticket to London the following day. The station isn't far from my old flat, so I walked the route to there and checked out my old neighbourhood. I then walked the short distance to the cliff tops (at the end of my old street) and ...

It's been pretty grotty the past couple of days. Mels went to school today before I had woken up and I thought she had taken the keys with her and locked me in. There are worse things that could happen I suppose. TV isn't great here, but I've found a channel that plays an awful lot of Frasier, and I like that programme, so have been watching that mainly. So I did a lot of mooching about the house. Mels got back around 1.30pm or so, and I had a movie I wanted...