#12

Go to a random place in Europe... 

So, this year I guess I've been to lots of different places. Like; Liverpool, London, Leeds, York, Hull, Sheffield, Manchester, Wales, Nottingham and Belfast. 

So you could argue that I actually haven't been very far, but to me they are all technically random places in Europe. But, the one I want to talk about is... Belfast, this is the one I had to take a flight for. Yeah, that's right, I flew to Belfast....

So, there were four YSA who decided it would be a good adventure to go to the Belfast YSA conference. And off we went. James, Dan, Vanya, and Me. 

Whilst there, we did some random exploring of Belfast City Centre. We found a castle, and I kinda thought it was a lot similar to Liverpool. (Sorry peeps!)

So this weekend was very random, and these are just a few pictures to sum that up. Windows, funny money, buses, straw hats, pubs, views, UV Lights, poppies, brown sauce/ Movember, and Gangnam Style.

Belfast is great, lets go back some day!!

#10

So, the next time I make goals, I'm gonna try and make them more achievable, like seriously, number ten was to go on the London Eye. I didn't even research how much this bad boy was going to cost!! But, when we went to London, we had a look, and decided that we wouldn't be doing that!

However, we did take a pictures with it in the background, check it out!!

Since we didn't get to experience the London Eye itself, James and I decided we would go on a fairground ride. Yup. We got to see the whole of London, well kinda, whilst spinning around. It was good fun, such a cool view. 

Maybe one day in the future, I will experience the London Eye again. From my past experience, I would suggest it to anyone. :)

#7

Number Seven was simple: Go Camping...

So, at the beginning of the year, when Sarah and I made these goals, we wanted to go camping. We had picked a date and everything. But, we never got around to it.

Looking forward to the end of the year, it doesn't seem like we're going to have time to either. Like who would go camping in December in England or Wales? That's like asking to be killed. You would probably die of frostbite or something.

Anyway, enough of the rambling... I looked back on the year, and looked at the opportunities we have had to go camping, and I guess there were many. BUT. I can think of one time when we might as well have camped.

It all goes back to that London trip.

So, we were supposed to be getting the coach back to Liverpool around 6:30pm I think, I actually can't remember the time. But that's irrelevant anyway. So before we were gonna get the coach, we decided that we would get some dinner. I mean it had been a long day in London, a long trip there, and it was gonna be a long trip back home. So, the four of us, Sarah, Bekki, James and myself had decided we would go to a Little Frankies, get some food, and make it back to the coach station on time for the coaches.

We checked with the waiter if we would have time to eat, and get to the station on time, and he was pretty confident that we would. So all was a go, we ordered food, ate it, then looked at the time. LOL! Panic, we were getting pretty close to the coach having to go. But, we thought we could make it.

We thought wrong... Imagine this. Four people running through London, with about ten minuted before the coach was due to leave, people everywhere, traffic all over the place, and none of us really too sure where we were, or where we were going. We kept running past people, kinda excusing ourselves for knocking them a little. When, we looked at the time, and decided to kinda give up... We tried our best to get there on time, and we did. Kind of. Like James and I watched the coach drive away, I kinda thought it was funny, something that Frenchy and I would do.

Luckily James was getting on another coach to Leeds, so he was okay. And Bekki lives there, so she was sorted. But what would me and Sarah do?...

Well, we managed to convince a lady on the desk that we had missed our coach, and she kindly changed us on to another one, at a small cost. Sorted, we could get home. Only thing was, now we had extra time to chill out in London. Score. Until it rained. Like really rained, a lot...

Sarah and I had got absolutely soaked in London on a bike, it was getting dark, it was cold, and if I remember rightly, we had about two hours to wait for he coach... So we decided we would head to the toilets in the station, and use the hand dryers to try and dry ourselves off with.

Man, it was cold! However, I think this added to the adventure. Here's some pictures to sum it all up :)

So we look a little down hearted, and sorry for ourselves. But we now look back on this awesome adventure. And remember the time when we tried to sleep on the coach, freezing, soaking wet, and tired. But, we also remember the time we got a hot chocolate for 100p, and ran around London.

This would be our adventure in London, but also our camping trip on the coach. We got home around 6am. Dude, crazy!

#9

Number nine was to visit the Palace. And well the Summer of 2012 was full of adventures. Guess what we did? We went to the Palace!!

So this was a bit of a random trip, which started around 5am, when Sarah and I went to get a coach from Liverpool, to London. Where we would meet James, who had got the coach from Leeds to London. and Bekki, who is casually chilling in London, by that I mean, she lives there. 

Anyway, we had a really awesome time in London, we got to see some really cool things, chill in the City, and ride bikes around, it was awesome!

But, the main point of this post is to tell you about the Palace. The Palace was actually really awesome, such a beautiful place, the Queen is a lucky woman...

I think to tell this story, we need to do it in pictures. So here goes...

So I don't think any of these pictures need explaining, in fact, I think by leaving you to make your own conclusions about what happened outside the Palace would be best....

You should know though, that this visit to London was EPIC! It was full of random adventures, that will never be forgotten, with wonderful friends!

London, we will be back!!

#6

So it's been way to long since I actually bothered to update my blog, and well, I'm kinda running out of time to do all 50 things I set myself a goal to do. However, I have decided I will finish them, just maybe not in the way in which you would expect.

Anyway, number six was to Climb a Mountain...

Anyone who knows me well enough will know that I am probably one of THE least fit and healthy people EVER. So me climbing a mountain is a big joke in itself. However, I did get the chance to kinda do this...

Just before I went back to University, a friend asked me if I'd like to hang out with her, and her family for the day, they were going on a walk, and then to the pub. This would be an ace day, so why wouldn't I?

So the story goes, I went, we walked, we climbed what felt like a mountain in Wales. It was ACE! Oh, and we finished the day off at the pub, with a lemonade, and a cooked English breakfast. (See I told you I was REALLY unhealthy)...

We went to Moel Famau, which is the highest hill within the Clwydian Range on the border between Denbighshire and Flintshire in Wales.

So it wasn't quite a mountain, but it was a massive hill. So I'm gonna tick goal six off!

Here's some pictures of our day: