September 12, 2009 – 2:37 am
Lindsay and I got a lift from Mel to the train station at Harrogate. I waited with our bags while Lindsay went and found us some lunch. While sitting there I made new best friends with 2 ladies and a young boy who I believe was autistic and had a huge interest in trains. They [...]
By Julia Holmwood
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Posted in Backpacking
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Also tagged ace hotel, bridge, castle, church, ghost tour, hotel, nationalexpress, newcastle, newcastle upon tyne, ruins, shambles, train, uk, wall, york, york minster, york wall
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September 11, 2009 – 6:44 am
After having a rock and roll time in Liverpool it was time to head to Yorkshire to see my Uncle and Aunt, Peter and Mel and my lovely little cousins Charlie and Monty.
Mel picked us up from the train station and drove us into through the gorgeous Yorkshire country side to the farm where they [...]
By Julia Holmwood
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Posted in Backpacking
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Also tagged aunt, baby, barn conversion, children, cousins, drywall, family, farm, farm stay, juliaholmwood, lindsayholmwood, sheep, todlers, uk, uncle, walking, woods, yorkshire
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We managed to escape the craziness of the London Couchsurfing
and hopped on our train to Colchester. The trip took about 50 minutes. Our train pulled up at Colchester and we found…not much at all. A dingy station and a rack of pamphlets. We worked out that we needed to catch a bus to get the [...]
