August 24, 1999 UK’s weather is known to be unpredictable, but surprisingly, their weather forecasts were amazingly accurate. I found myself turning to the BBC most of the mornings for the latest local forecast, and adjust my plan for the day accordingly. It was then that I appreciate why the weather is always the Brits’ [...]
September 3, 1999 Some guidebooks called York Minster a medieval cathedral, some called it Gothic. It got me confused because architecturally, it’s largely Gothic. I asked a staff member from the English Heritage and she explained that both are quite correct: York Minster is built during the medieval times in Gothic style. York Minster, from [...]
September 2, 1999 York was quite a rude shock after a few days in the countryside. Well, to be fair, York is a very nice city but my introduction was near the railway station, where traffic is never known to be pleasant. York’s railway station is extraordinarily long. According to Paul, the station was an [...]
September 2, 1999 Despite the desire to go to one of those peaks in Lake District, we had to sensibly decide against it when the clouds stayed low and threatened to rain on the third day. So, it was farewell to Lake District. On that morning, we walked to the bank of Derwentwater and had [...]
August 31, 1999 Elterwater I grabbed a sandwich from Ambleside as a late lunch and we drove to Elterwater (a village) for a walk in Langdale. It’s a lower level walk, about 3 hours. Paul found a good value B&B at Keswick and we would be staying there for the next few days. What to [...]
August 30, 1999 Golitah Falls We went to Golitah Falls on the way back from Polperro. It looks too pathetic to be called a waterfall, rapids are more like it. Understand that it used to be more dramatic but it was blasted to improve the flow of the water. Anyway, it’s an idyllic place for [...]
August 28, 1999 Polperro, a quiet morning Polperro is a small, quaint, fishing village in Cornwall. A perfect weekend getaway and one of my favourite places during this trip. It was a long weekend in UK (Summer Bank Holiday). We (Val, Laurent and his French friend, Marc, plus me) drove for 4 hours from Bracknell [...]
August 25, 1999 The beauty of travelling alone is that it is easier for people to strike a conservation with you. For almost the whole journey from the Cotswolds to London (about 2 hours plus), I had an interesting conversation with Dawn, a 37yo working mother with a 16-mth baby boy named Brandon. She was [...]
August 23, 1999 Houses at Broadway Originally, I wanted to explore the Cotswolds by bike. Bob adjusted and lent me his. I cycled to the High Street of Broadway (about half mile away) in the morning. It’s a handsome street with many pretty houses in honey-coloured Cotswolds stones. When I was returning to the cottage, [...]
August 22, 1999 Before I proceed, I need to introduce an internet friend – Bob – that I met through BootsnAll. He’s 39, living in Broadway of Cotswolds with his girlfriend, Jo, no commitment. They’re going off to their 35 countries overland world tour this November. They will start from Athens, then Turkey etc., all [...]
