Archive for the ‘Hampshire’ Category

The Ticks of New Forest

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Before leaving Canada, I had heard and read about this beautiful place in the South bit of England called the New Forest. Sadly, I didn’t think that I would make it there as I saw it as out of reach, as well as I never ended up getting a tent to come along with me.

Funny how things work out however, as my friend Annemarie was kind enough to drive me out into the forest, as well as take me to pick up a cheap 2-man tent. When I say cheap, I mean it. This is the cheapest tent that I’ve seen.. ah.. ever. It’s not great, and is a bit bulky and heavy, but it does the job on my budget. (more…)

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From London to Brighton; Sequel Turns to Trilogy

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

This entry is about my third trip to Brighton, and to get things started, let me reference a quote from my journal. “The weekend was definitely not anything I would have expected or even imagined.”

Why back to Brighton with so many other places to go? The reason is a friend of a friend from Waterloo. An Englishman from Brighton (originally Reading) who went to the University of Waterloo. Oddly, I never met him while he was in Canada, but he hung out with and got to know many of my friends. Me without a telephone and he temporarily without Internet meant that we didn’t meet up during my last visit. I was interested in meeting him, as well as looking forward to seeing what all this raved about Brighton nightlife was like. (more…)

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Brighton & Beyond

Friday, June 9th, 2006
Brighton Beach Rocks

I had been in London for quite awhile. Too long in fact. There are many things about the city that I love, however it is a massive city where everyone is in a hurry to get wherever. Without going into detail about the stresses of metropolitan cities, it was time for me to leave, and NOW!

I hit an Internet café and made a list of places that I’d like to hit. From there, I went through the list and searched for accommodation in each place. It was Friday night however, and people were coming to town to party. My results were less than encouraging. At this point it was nearly 7:00pm, and I had yet to figure out where I was going, or where I was staying. The place I had been staying near Piccadilly (where my packed and ready to go bag was stored) was booked as well. I started looking elsewhere in London, admitting defeat in that I would not be leaving London after all. (more…)

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