http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad Nine weeks of adventure in the mother country... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:44:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes I'm home and I know I've seen quite a few of you but I thought I'd write one last blog to finish off. I arrived home last Thursday at around 7.00pm, although not technically in Australia I was 40000 or so feet above the ground when my nephew was ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/home.html The land of nooks and crannies. This post comes two weeks after my trip to the Orkney's. Again internet access has been a problem but I have also found myself strangely lost for words (a rare event). In the two weeks I've done a lot, traversed Scotland from the North to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/scotland-the-brave-and-beautiful-three.html Orkney Islands... Getting in touch with my inner Viking. Getting to the Orkney's is a pain in the bum. From Inverness it's a four hour train trip, then a thirty minute bus ride and then a 40 minute ferry and then another twenty-five minute bus. This will get you to Kirkwall ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/scotland-the-brave-and-beautiful-two.html Again, there has been a problem with internet access.... so here's a summary of the last weeks events. Glasgow. A city of contradictions. Ah Glasgow, what can you say about it? The city centre isn't pretty but the west end is. There isn't much tourist wise but it has one ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/scotland-the-brave-and-beautiful-one.html I've so forgotten what day I'm up too.... And because I've had so much trouble with getting internet access this is more of a summary of the last week. Northern England. When I left you last, I was in the Peak District but since then I moved onto the Yorkshire ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/this-is-england-four.html Day 12 Paradise Re-gained. Coming to Newquay was all about seeing the Eden Project. A environmental project created by someone with an excessive amount of money and tree-hugging love. It costs a staggering 17 pounds, including the bus pass (that's about 42 Aussie dollars) to get in. In there you get ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/this-is-england-three.html Wednesday - Day 6 "Kiss me Hardy" The title of today's adventure comes from a quote, spoken by Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson to Captain Thomas HARDY after the British fleet had won the battle of Trafalgar. Lord Nelson had been mortally wounded by a musket shot from the French and had ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/this-is-england-two.html Thursday - Day One London - Seeing Things From Another Point Of View As I was walking to the toliet on my first (early) morning in London, I heard church bells ringing to tell of some unknown time through an open window. The city was lit up and looked beautiful. There ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/this-is-england.html It's about 26 hours until I get on the plane and fly to England. I know that tomorrow will to go really slowly. It's always the way when you can't wait for something. I never thought I'd do the whole backpacker thing again. It's weird to think about sleeping ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/danabroad/getting-ready-to-fly.html