On the Road Again - Finally Traveling Again!

After a whirl wind couple of days of cleaning and packing and being busy, I am finally in England! Can’t believe this is my first time here!

On Tuesday morning, I left this:

One very annoyed and pissed off dog.

For this:

What was initially an amazing welcome to London, got a little tense for a bit.  I woke up to the sunrise over the clouds and then a gorgeous view of the Thames and all of London.  Then we landed in Heathrow and I feel lucky to have gotten this far after the fiasco that was immigration.  Apparently I look dodgy. Or they were annoyed because I didn’t have Paul’s address to put on my tourist card.  Or maybe they were annoyed that my passport expires in October.  Either or, I was given the fifth degree.  I think they thought I was trying to illegally immigrate.  Let’s just say after that conversation, I was more than happy to be heading out for a pint!  Let’s just hope they are nicer about on my further adventures.  There’s talk of a day trip to France. Dang this passport is going out with a bang!

The drive to Bournemouth was very pretty - such a different landscape than I am used to! After my last trip to Montana it was a very different view of wheat fields.  I still love me some Big Sky though!  And of course, driving on the wrong side (well riding actually) was bizarre!  I was very glad I wasn't behind the wheel!!!

We had a lovely walk on the beach (oh how I have missed the ocean!!!). 

Saw some special forces parachuting into the ocean – which Paul explained they (being nutters) do to practice getting picked up by submarines.  We enjoyed some sun, then got rained on (shocking, I know). 

Bournemouth is lovely and it was good to have a nice walk and stretch my legs!

Oh and it wasn’t too shabby to have an awesome fry-up either. 

And a cool refreshing pint of Carlsberg (yes Engle, it is better here!).  And I knicked loads of packets of HP sauce – who knew you could get HP sauce in packets.

This afternoon we went for a drive and saw loads of crazy kite surfers.  It was beautiful and sunny and if I had my camera, I would have taken more pictures.  After a quick stop at Tesco – where I may or may not have purchased some dark chocolate covered Hob Nobs, we headed back to Paul’s for a break – which turned into me finally crashing.  Who knew that a pint and a full English breakfast could contribute to sleepiness!

I pretty much dozed off and on this afternoon, then woke up and did some yoga and had a delicious dinner.  And maybe a cider.  And some proper tea.  Oh and a couple of Hob Nobs.  Mmmm.

No idea what we are doing yet tomorrow because I think there are too many variables to make any decisions but FRIDAY we head to Nottingham for the Windridge reunion!  It’s going to be a blast!

And that’s all for now! I’m sure I’m forgetting stuff but I’m a little bit slap happy tired right now.

 

Rach x