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A Day Out in Birmingham

So from Worcester the nearest major city would be Birmingham (home of Aston Villa and Birmingham City for the football fans amongst you). It’s about a 40 minute train journey and to start ourselves off for a long day out…of course we must have the Full English Breakfast! This is for you HB! Then off […]

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My Arrival in the UK – KLIA – Dubai – BHX

I chose to fly Emirates back to UK as it’s the only airline that flies to Birmingham International Airport (BHX). The rest fly to Manchester or London, London is a real hassle to get out of (and expensive). Manchester isn’t too bad but it’s still a couple of hours drive up the M6. BHX is […]

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Coming to an end..

So my trip is almost coming to an end, 3 weeks seems like an awfully short time when you are having fun! I thought it’d seem like a longgggg break, I guess life in KL is too hectic sometimes – it’s a good feeling to have nothing to do, to be away from the Internet […]

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Food, Trains & a Wet Trip to London

Ah the great English weather is back…I’m stuck in the house again. Had a light dinner after so much heavy eating, some parma ham draped over a melon, some pork pie and carrot/cucumber with houmous and taramasalata. Topped off with a beautiful meringue pudding, fresh cream and oodles of strawberries. (more…)

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A Trip to The Garden Center – If You Like Flowers Look Here

I went to see my decrepid old gran, who’s reaching 100 soon.. We took her to the Garden center for lunch, it’s quite nice there. English weather still get’s me though, if you sit in the shade, and there’s a breeze you need to put a jacket on..but if you move out into the sun […]

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I Love Gammon Steak!

We headed up to Birmingham again the following day to take my nan out for lunch, she’s older than God’s dog, yeah she looks something like Yoda! “Shaolin my grandson, that he is, strong be the force in this blogger”. She was born in 1911, work that out.. We headed to another pub, near my […]

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