Flickr online photo gallery updates

Going to update the Flickr photo gallery today with photos from September - December 2006

http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyshield/

Been to so many amazing places in 2006. 25 counties covered and hundreds of places visited. Going to do a sad but informative blog for our fav places. More travels in 2007

Happy New Year 2007!

Happy New Year 2007. Hope you had a superb Christmas and an even better 2007.
xx

You Tube and Barrow in Furness

Life in Barrow in Furness... and here is the proof....

You Tube Comfyft

Look out for the Vicky Pollard lookalike playing with fruit and the ill timed karaoke attempt from a transvestite!

Thanks to Trev and Fi for the links.

Merry Christmas!!!

Incase I don't get to the laptop again this week, have an amazing Christmas and a happy 2007. xx

Caravan Site number 10 - Knaresborough, Yorkshire

We have made it! Our 10th caravan site in 2006. It will be our last until January, we are visiting family for Christmas which will be great. What an adventure it's been... must type up some of the highlights.... Knaresborough site is superb, like the other Caravan Club sites, nice staff and a nice place for a week visit before Christmas really starts.

Peterborough Cathedral Visit - 13th Dec

Weve been in Peterborough for the last week and have to say what a superb city it is. Great shops, friendly people and lovely small villages around which really add character to the area. We will be back!

The Cathedral is superb, one of the nicest we have visited this year. It was made even more interesting for the grave of Henry VIIIs 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon, and the fact that it was the initial burial place of Mary, Queen of Scots, before she was moved to Westminster Abbey. The display reminded me that Mary once landed at Workington, Cumbria (where I was born) before been taken to Carlisle Castle... and a board even mentions this.

A superb visit to a very interesting piece of British history. Worth a visit.

Christmas films watched 2006:

I LOVE Christmas films and these are some of my favourites with a sad rating out of 5!

1 = Naff, 5 - Unmissable

Title, star rating and date watched - God, how sad is this lol ;-)

Holiday Inn (1942) - ***** (8th Dec)
Carry on Christmas 1969 - *** (10th Dec)
Carry on Christmas 1972 - *** (11th Dec)
Scrooge - Alistair Sim version - ***** (12th Dec)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) - ***** (13th Dec)

Will update as we approach my favourite time of year, No not Easter!

OK so i forgot to update it but we did watch more...... still aint watched my all time fav though - 'It's a wonderful life'.

Caravan site number 9 - Ferry Meadows, Peterborough

After three superb weeks in the lovely county of Buckinghamshire we set off from Denham to Peterborough. The journey got off to a scary start after a downpour of torrential rain and hailstones, around the same time as the tornado was about to hit London. We managed to get through that unscathed, got onto the M25 and got onto the A1M with no problems other than lots of spray from the roads. The A1/A1M journey was superb, in bright sunshine and a warm winter morning. It only took us 2 hours to get the 100 miles from Denham to Ferry Meadows caravan site - our 10th so far! - The site is as usual amazing and the member of staff we saw when we got here was very helpful and friendly.

What a week!!!

What a week! Not only did we have the car searched by Surrey Police but I had a phone call to say someone had been ringing a credit firm using my details. There are some evil sods around. Why do they always pick on the innocent?! Fingers crossed my newest mobile phone upgrade won’t be a waste of space… we shall see.

Carry on film locations....

Carry on….

Staying in the Denham area we just had to check out some of the many film locations used for the Carry on films. We drove passed the impressive front gates of Pinewood Studios, drove up the street used in Carry on Camping, cabby, sergeant at Pinewood Green; the church used in Carry on don’t lose your head at Denham and the road used in Carry on cabby where Jim Dale was trying to hail a taxi. We also saw the Helping Hands agency in Windsor’s Sheet Street and the hotel opposite Windsor Castle used in Carry on Loving. Not forgetting the Long Walk in the Great Park used in Carry on Henry. Just want to see Maidenhead Town Hall now, used in the hospital carry on’s. Amazing to see these places for real after watching the films and being a fan for so many years. J This year off work just gets better and better.