5 sleeps... wooowhoooo

So 5 sleeps out its time for a recap....

Yes we may be flying cattle class for 23hours straight and be hit by jet lag at the other end...but it is much more civilised then our ancestors who took months on ships to travel here.

Everyone has said to us..."oh you can't just go for 2 weeks!"  Oh but we are.. it is better then nothing and the reason for the trip is to meet family and see for ourselves the land from which our family came. To see any sights of England will be a bonus..

Itinerary

Thursday 10^th March 2011 Fly to London, collect hire car (very thankful they drive on the same side as us) and spend 7 nights at Godington in self contained cottage.

While here will spend time exploring what England has on offer.

·         Buckinghamshire (this is the family history region)

·         London

·         Cornwall/Devon

·         The Cotswolds

·         The Slaughters

·         Bath

Godington itself is significant in our past, so being able to stay so close to our history is amazing. While here we will meet Ron & Shirley. Ron has done significant family history research and is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the Currell family. He will show us all the sights of Buckinghamshire of where our ancestors once lived.

Friday 18^th March Depart Godington on route to Calver for 3 nights.

We spend this day driving through Wales, with the chance of visiting Llangollen, Snowdonia National Park, Snowdon Mountain railway, Hafod Eryri, and Chester just to name a few.

Calver is situated in the Hope Valley of the Peak District and it is here that we will meet our second cousin Peter and spend time with him and his family. Peter is through our Grandmother Maud’s family. We know very little about Maud and have no idea what brought her out to Australia in 1913, but one thing is for sure her dreams were not fulfilled.

Monday 21^st March depart Calver and bid farewell to Peter & Lorna as we head north up into Scotland.  We will spend 2 nights in a semi-detached fishermen’s cottage which lies in the pretty village of St Abbs with its picturesque harbour.

On our way north we will visit York, North Moors National Park, Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby, Newcastle Upon Tyne just to mention a few.

Tuesday we will explore Scotland, visiting Perthshire, Pitlochry, Glenshee & Loch Rannoch. We do hope that Beth will have the chance to see snow for the first time, so weather gods please be on our side that day.

Wednesday 23^rd March we leave the UK to fly to Paris.

Well, what can I say about what we will get up to here, who cares we will be in PARIS J

·         Champs-Elysee

·         Eiffel Tower

·         Arc de Triomphe

·         Notre Dame

·         cruise down the Seine River

·         Laduree

·         shopping

The list could go on forever but one thing is for sure, I will eat myself silly here, Personally I just want to absorb the Paris atmosphere walk where Carrie did.... etc...

So on Friday 25^th March our trip will come to an end L as we leave Paris to head home to Sydney. Arriving in Sydney Sunday morning 27th.. So no voting for us...

So I do hope you follow our journey, it will be lovely to have a mum and her 3 daughters together for such a once in a life time experience.

I know for a fact their will be lots of laughs and tears throughout the trip, but most of all their will be memories made that no one can take away from u....