Oh...my... God...

[martinlivings]

I've just booked our hotels for the first of our three little two-week holiday-ettes we'll be taking from November onwards. Our basic plan for these holidays is:

• 2 weeks travelling around England, and also going back to Edinburgh
  
• 2 week travelling around Europe
  
• Another 2 weeks travelling around Europe
  
• 1.5 weeks travelling around Ireland and Wales

So, the first of these is almost entirely organised. All I need to do is buy the two week National Express BritExplorer buss pass, so we can get from city to city in the first place, and plan an approximate bus timetable (some trips need an exact time, others we can pick and choose!). It seems to be the cheapest and most efficient way of doing it.

Our plan is basically thus:

• 2 nights in Newquay
  
• 2 nights in Bristol
  
• 2 nights in Birmingham, including a day trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon
  
• 3 nights in Manchester, including day trips to Liverpool and Blackpool
  
• 2 nights in Edinburgh (our favourite city of all time, now we can finally explore it properly!)
  
• 1 night in Newcastle
  
• 1 night in York
  
• Back to London via Nottingham

So, 13 nights and 14 days away, covering a goodly chunk of this beautiful land. I have no idea if where we're going will actually be any good, but at least we can say we've done it. And please don't say "oh, you should have done such-and-such instead", because it's too damn late, I've booked the hotels. We'll just have to stick to the plan now! :)

And yes, I haven't posted a "Skinsongs Progress" report from yesterday. There's a reason for that. If you don't see one today either, there'll be a reason for that too. But hopefully I'll knuckle down later today. Maybe.

Comments

[splanky.livejournal.com]

Oooo, any chance you could get me a souvenir from Edinburgh? A t-shirt I could't find in my size when I was there. I'd pay postage for you to send it to me.

[martinlivings.livejournal.com]

We can always try... just send me details, we'll be buying souvenirs outselves this time around after missing out on the last trip. :)

[splanky.livejournal.com]

It's a t-shirt. It's one of a series of cute little cartoon designs - just a small pic on the chest of the shirt. It's of Nessie (with Nessie printed underneath the picture). Others in the series are of things like bagpipes and hairy cows. The one I want is in purple. I think the Nessie pic was blue and green. It's a Fruit of the Loom t-shirt, and I need a medium. I saw it in a small, but not a medium. It's one of the ones folded in a square and covered in plastic. I saw these kind of shirts in a few shops in the Royal Mile, including the tartan factory one near the Castle.

Thanks hon!

[valeskah1.livejournal.com]

I am -so- jealous.

You'd better not *sigh* too deeply about not being here from now on, boyo! ;)

Postcards!