SEPTEMBER
11 - THURSDAY
D & J fly out of Melbourne in evening
12 - FRIDAY
D & J arrive London in early morning
SJ & E fly out of Melbourne
13 - SATURDAY
SJ & E arrive London in morning
14 - SUNDAY
All: train to Goring
15 - MONDAY
Walk to Nuffield, all stay Nuffield
16 - TUESDAY
Walk to Chinnor, all stay Aston Rowant
17 - WEDNESDAY
Walk to Wendover, stay Weston Turville
18 - THURSDAY
Walk to Ivinghoe Beacon, stay Aldbury
19 - FRIDAY
SJ & E to Stratford
D & J to Norfolk with D's family
20 - SATURDAY
SJ & E in Stratford
D & J in Norfolk with D's family
21 - SUNDAY
SJ & E to Bath
D & J in Norfolk with D's family
22 - MONDAY
SJ & E in Bath
D & J to London with D's family
23 - TUESDAY
SJ & E in Bath
D & J in London
24 – WEDNESDAY
D & J in London
SJ & E to Paris?
25th - THURSDAY
D & J to travel to Hay-on-Wye; See friends in Oxford and/or Bristol on the way
SJ & E in Paris
26th - FRIDAY
D & J to spend day in Hay-on-Wye
SJ & E in Paris
27th - SATURDAY
D & J drive to Chester, stay with friends
SJ & E in Paris
28th - SUNDAY
D & J to spend day in Chester
SJ & E in Paris
29th - MONDAY
D & J return to London, via Warrington and possibly Birmingham to visit friend/s.
SJ & E in Paris
30 - TUESDAY
D & J to London
SJ & E in Paris
OCTOBER
1 - WEDNESDAY
D & J in London
SJ & E to London
2 - THURSDAY
All in London
3 - FRIDAY
All in London
4 – SATURDAY
All in London
SJ & E fly out of London in evening
5 - SUNDAY
D & J to Brighton
6 - MONDAY
D & J to London
7 - TUESDAY
D & J in London
8 - WEDNESDAY
D & J in London
9 - THURSDAY
D & J fly out of London in early evening
10 - FRIDAY
D & J arrive Melbourne
23 July 2008
22 July 2008
OUR ENORMOUS WALK!
On Sunday, SJ, DB and I did our longest walk together yet! (And it turned out to be only a few kms short of my longest day of walking ever). We met in the cool, overcast morning just after 9am at the Feddo tramstop. SJ, having arrived a few minutes early, had procured for herself a coffee. As we set off alongside the Yarra, we noted the time and the artwork.
A little further along the river we also noted the temperature on the Nylex sign (it was 13 degrees, forecast top of 14), and explored the underbelly of the roads and bridges. I had dreamt the previous night that we were walking along the path over the water when a flash flood threatened to wash us away. Luckily nothing so drastic happened.
In fact, the most shocking things that happened during the day was our discovery of the presumed-mythical University of Melbourne BURNLEY CAMPUS and also our discovery of and competition with our nemesises. The nemisisises were three walkers on the other side of the river, who we ‘outpaced’ (read: ‘had to walk a shorter distance than’) to Bridge Rd, at which point we reclined for our first luncheon in a pagoda and they passed us. That was the last we saw of them!
From there we continued up the river, rather foolishly at one point deciding to follow a map on a sign that claimed we could walk up the west side of the river when in fact we could not, and found ourselves rather confusedly walking west along Victoria St. It did give us an opportunity for some posing and stickybeaking in the back streets of the area, before we rejoined the river and soon found our way to the next scheduled stop – Abbotsford Convent.
We had a little look around the market, then had second lunch at Lentil as Anything (delicious curry!), and THEN we LOOKED AT GOATS at the Collingwood Children’s Farm. We could barely tear SJ away, but eventually we made it to Dights Falls, pausing for a very brief look at the meeting point of the Merri and the Yarra, before heading off up the Merri Creek towards the Green Grocer.
By the time we reached Rushall Station, we were quite weary. Nobody seemed too fussed about stopping in North Fitzroy, but I really wanted trifle! Unfortunately, trifle was not to be had, but we sat at the café for a little while, took refreshments and looked at the scruffy little dog. I took my boots off. That was awesome.
Starting up along the home stretch proved to be difficult, and I fear to think what we might have looked like, staggering through the streets of North Fitzroy. But we were determined to finish on foot rather than taking the tram – it’s the principle of the matter, you know!
And so, at about 4pm, we tumbled up the stairs to our apartment, invited E, L, A and E over for tea (they brought delicious cupcakes) and proceeded to be exhausted. I’m glad there wasn’t anyone recording the groans of ecstasy as we took off our boots. Dirty. We were so exhausted, in fact, that we forgot to take an ‘after’ picture.
However, SJ did make this map of where we walked, for those of you playing at home:
Wow! Over 22kms!!!
MORE PICS HERE!
A little further along the river we also noted the temperature on the Nylex sign (it was 13 degrees, forecast top of 14), and explored the underbelly of the roads and bridges. I had dreamt the previous night that we were walking along the path over the water when a flash flood threatened to wash us away. Luckily nothing so drastic happened.
In fact, the most shocking things that happened during the day was our discovery of the presumed-mythical University of Melbourne BURNLEY CAMPUS and also our discovery of and competition with our nemesises. The nemisisises were three walkers on the other side of the river, who we ‘outpaced’ (read: ‘had to walk a shorter distance than’) to Bridge Rd, at which point we reclined for our first luncheon in a pagoda and they passed us. That was the last we saw of them!
From there we continued up the river, rather foolishly at one point deciding to follow a map on a sign that claimed we could walk up the west side of the river when in fact we could not, and found ourselves rather confusedly walking west along Victoria St. It did give us an opportunity for some posing and stickybeaking in the back streets of the area, before we rejoined the river and soon found our way to the next scheduled stop – Abbotsford Convent.
We had a little look around the market, then had second lunch at Lentil as Anything (delicious curry!), and THEN we LOOKED AT GOATS at the Collingwood Children’s Farm. We could barely tear SJ away, but eventually we made it to Dights Falls, pausing for a very brief look at the meeting point of the Merri and the Yarra, before heading off up the Merri Creek towards the Green Grocer.
By the time we reached Rushall Station, we were quite weary. Nobody seemed too fussed about stopping in North Fitzroy, but I really wanted trifle! Unfortunately, trifle was not to be had, but we sat at the café for a little while, took refreshments and looked at the scruffy little dog. I took my boots off. That was awesome.
Starting up along the home stretch proved to be difficult, and I fear to think what we might have looked like, staggering through the streets of North Fitzroy. But we were determined to finish on foot rather than taking the tram – it’s the principle of the matter, you know!
And so, at about 4pm, we tumbled up the stairs to our apartment, invited E, L, A and E over for tea (they brought delicious cupcakes) and proceeded to be exhausted. I’m glad there wasn’t anyone recording the groans of ecstasy as we took off our boots. Dirty. We were so exhausted, in fact, that we forgot to take an ‘after’ picture.
However, SJ did make this map of where we walked, for those of you playing at home:
Wow! Over 22kms!!!
MORE PICS HERE!
7 July 2008
BOOKTOWN!
We have just booked to stay for two nights in Hay-On-Wye, Sovereign State (sort of) and the world's first official Book Town! (Hay is officially in Wales, although it has a Herefordshire post code). We shall of course take the opportunity to buy books to fill our brand new shelves (for which we have just paid our first deposit - we're slowly getting there...), and also to go walking (or maybe cycling) around the glorious Welsh countryside:
Disgusting, isn't it?
The plan is to drive from London to Hay on the 25th of September, stay for two nights, load the car with books, and then head of to Chester on Saturday the 27th to visit fabulous people, and then back to London on the 29th.
The place at which we are staying was ridiculously easy to book. It went a little something like this:
p.s. As an experiment, I am writing this blog entry from a Firefox plug-in called ScribeFire. It seems to work alright. Let's see what the final result looks like, shall we?
Disgusting, isn't it?
The plan is to drive from London to Hay on the 25th of September, stay for two nights, load the car with books, and then head of to Chester on Saturday the 27th to visit fabulous people, and then back to London on the 29th.
The place at which we are staying was ridiculously easy to book. It went a little something like this:
- last night and this morning: looking on the internet for places to stay in or around Hay-On-Wye;
- this afternoon: deciding on a place to try;
- this afternoon: e-mailing them to ask about availability;
- less than half an hour later: getting a reply e-mail with all the requested info;
- then: replying, requesting to book a room for two nights;
- less than half an hour later: getting a reply e-mail confirming our booking.
p.s. As an experiment, I am writing this blog entry from a Firefox plug-in called ScribeFire. It seems to work alright. Let's see what the final result looks like, shall we?
6 July 2008
THE COLOUR . . . OF MONEY
i hope you like the new colours on our blog. it's not particularly awesome, but i'm always so proud of myself when i manage to do some coding!
dan and i decided we would visit hay-on-wye in wales. it's a book town, with over 30 bookshops - one of the highest rates of bookshops per capita in the world, i believe! so, the plans are:
thursday 25th september: travel from london to hay-on-wye, via oxford to catch up with a friend. stay in a b&b or hotel.
friday 26th: spend the day exploring bookshops and doing some little walks around the area.
saturday 27th: drive up to chester, taking our time to have a look around on the way. meet up with the lovely f and her beau. stay overnight in chester.
sunday 28th: spend the day with the guys, maybe go for a little walk/picnic in the surrounding countryside. stay in chester.
monday 29th: go up to wallingford to meet a friend for lunch, then head back down to london in the afternoon.
i looked at the cost of using trains and buses to do this, and it amounted to about 300 pounds. if we hire a car, it will cost about 150 pounds (including the cost of an additional driver) plus petrol. in all, it will probably even out, but driving gives us a lot more flexibility. so that's probably what we'll do.
dan and i decided we would visit hay-on-wye in wales. it's a book town, with over 30 bookshops - one of the highest rates of bookshops per capita in the world, i believe! so, the plans are:
thursday 25th september: travel from london to hay-on-wye, via oxford to catch up with a friend. stay in a b&b or hotel.
friday 26th: spend the day exploring bookshops and doing some little walks around the area.
saturday 27th: drive up to chester, taking our time to have a look around on the way. meet up with the lovely f and her beau. stay overnight in chester.
sunday 28th: spend the day with the guys, maybe go for a little walk/picnic in the surrounding countryside. stay in chester.
monday 29th: go up to wallingford to meet a friend for lunch, then head back down to london in the afternoon.
i looked at the cost of using trains and buses to do this, and it amounted to about 300 pounds. if we hire a car, it will cost about 150 pounds (including the cost of an additional driver) plus petrol. in all, it will probably even out, but driving gives us a lot more flexibility. so that's probably what we'll do.
3 July 2008
I KEEP HAVING THESE TINY THRILLS OF EXCITEMENT
i can't wait for the uk... walking! travel with friends! seeing folks! staying in b&bs! countryside! prettiness! holidays! aeroplanes!
essie and i have decided that we can't start counting down the days until it's 2 months to go. 2 months is on the 11th of july. that's soon!
essie and i have decided that we can't start counting down the days until it's 2 months to go. 2 months is on the 11th of july. that's soon!
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