Chikken invades England (pics)

[Syrup Beaver]

A small selection of pictures from our trip to England...

We got there on saturday morning, spent 2 hours in line at customs, got our rental car and headed out

to Salisbury. The next day visited Stonehendge, Bath, Cheddar, and the southwestern coast.

Monday we headed to Brighton, and spent 4 hours in lovely traffic then wandered the beach and

pier, went on the roller coaster, and visited the Royal Pavillion.

Tuesday we went to Dover and did the whole Dover castle / underground tunnels bit.

Wednesday, headed back to London and on the way visited Canterbury Cathedral and had oysters in

Whit-something or other


Chikken rubbing the stones

Some cool shadows from the stones

The whole enchilada (sorta)

 

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I love this sign, and I should've taken one

Goats!

The Cheddar Gorge, what a fun road to drive on

They sell some lovely cheese here

A bar sign, needless to say - I didn't drink at this place

 

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The REAL reason I went to England

The Brighton Pier

Me in my scuba outfit on the pier

The Helter Skelter, supposedly the inspiration for the Beatles song

 

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Our rental car, the gorgeous Seat Toledo

Yep, a diesel

Those seats were pretty comfy.

What's this? Chikken rented an automatic in England? *gasp*

Not so, it was a DSG model I want to import one of these suckers now. 550+ miles per tank of

fuel, considering it was $7 a gallon or so over there - that's pretty damn sweet. I only had to put

in 4 gallons to make it back to the rental place.

 

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Our room at the Dorchester in London, when we pulled up to this place there was a Maybach out front,

two Bentley's, an Aston Martin, a couple AMG Mercedes', a BMW 7 series (how pedestrian), and our

lovely Seat - boy I felt silly

The all important in-room liquor cabinet, though I was dismayed at the crappy selection ( Though the

hotel bar had St. Magdeline 24 ), the cognac in the upper left was 92 pounds!

The all-marble bathroom, and the only one I stayed at in England that had consistent water pressure

and single faucets

And finally, some dude dressed up like a statue

 

[fly]

hahahaha

pics

 

[Sarcasmo]

No pics of Bath? I love that city. Did you guys hit the Cotswolds? Some of the most beautiful countryside on the planet.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

I think all my eruo-pics are still on the camera

 

[Fat Burger]

Excellent
I love England

 

[Sarcasmo]

I think all my eruo-pics are still on the camera

Do European mugshots look like American ones?

 

[smileynev]

See any dragons?

 

[Syrup Beaver]

No pics of Bath? I love that city. Did you guys hit the Cotswolds? Some of the most beautiful countryside on the planet.

I've got some pics of Bath, mainly of the Roman Bath - I can try and dig some out later

Nah, didn't have enough time to make it to the land of many sheep missed quite a lot of stuff actually, my wife's limited vacation days kinda screwed us there.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

I didnt think they let people right up to stonehenge like that
I was under the impression it was fenced of or some shit

 

[Syrup Beaver]

I didnt think they let people right up to stonehenge like that
I was under the impression it was fenced of or some shit

They don't, and it uh, is fenced.

 

[Desslock]

Ladyboys

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

They don't, and it uh, is fenced.

you scalywag!

 

[Syrup Beaver]

See any dragons?

Just one, but it was teeny and I ate it.

 

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you scalywag!

Actually, you can book a 'private' tour in advance and you can wander around and touch the stones 'n stuff.

 

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LOL that statue dude reminds me of Euro trip and the robot.

Looks like you had a blast, I'd love to see those pile of rocks one day. wiggle

 

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BTW that is the girliest hotel room ever.