Arsenal,South Bank & English Food! – Day 5
Today was to be the grandest day of our trip, a day I had been waiting for years – Today we were going to…
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Portsmouth, Isle of Wight – Picturesque Picnic – Day 4
Our plan for the day was to leave the house around 9 am & take a ferry to and from the Isle of Wight,…
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Shopping as if there is no tomorrow (Hornchurch) – Day 3
Mausa & Mausi were at home today, Mausa had planned to take my dad for an eye check-up. My dad was quite interested in…
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Canada Waters, Plaistow & East Ham – Communication ‘No Problem’ – Day 2
Finally, the fateful day had arrived – 11th June – the start of the World Cup 2010, South Africa. I was very excited as…
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LHR – London Heathrow Roti Daal – Day 1
Hi! I am Shubham Sarcar, a student of class 7, DPS -R K Puram. Some people may know me from before from another travelogue…
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A Weekend Getaway to Durham City
It has almost been a month since I arrived at Newcastle, UK for studies and I am planning to make the best of whatever…
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Beachy Head – A walk to remember
I was a bit scared. It took me days to settle in the city life of England. A trip all alone to the countryside…
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Horse Trams
We have all heard about the tok tok ghoda gadi. But how many of us have actually heard about a horse tram ? Yup…
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Roundhay Park Leeds UK – Treat to watch Meerkat
Constructed by soldiers who had returned from the Napoleonic wars and thus named after the Battle of Waterloo They were unemployed, so Thomas Nicholson provided work and income to landscape a former quarry. It took two years to build, has an average depth of 60 feet (18 m) deep and covers 33 acres (0.13 km2). It was originally used for boating, and for a period there were trips around it in a steamboat called the Maid of Athens (which was sunk in the lake at the end of its useful life).
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Whiffing past London
What better time than this to take you to London, that it is currently inaccessible by air otherwise. And disclaimer holds, lest I miss…
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Actually Landing at London and Luggage-less Evenings at Newcastle
Disclaimer Again: The story in this post has nothing to with any real persons, places, procedures and events and any resemblance thereto is purely…
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England Called: बहुत कठिन थी डगर, मगर…
All other things were to be arranged locally, except for those at number 1 above. I had kept all my originals in safety of my Home in Lucknow. Fortunately parents were scheduled to visit on 16th December. I immediately cabled them requesting to pre-pone their visit and come charging ASAP. Poor souls were here on 14th . On 15th, I made a sort of record, by getting the big bunch of documents along with the filled up passport form ready, for which my colleagues at HR are to be thanked. I even got my photographs for UK visa (minding the 4.5×3.5 size, light background and locations and proportions) done.
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