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Amber and I went to the United Kingdom for a couple of days. We took Badsworth
handbags n Glad rags to her new home in Rochdale with Paula, it was a long
journey there and back total of 1, 250 miles by car with two ferry crossings...
The journey to Calais easy we
left home at 4am and got to Calais at 8:30 am..... we managed to catch the 9:45
ferry. to the Uk landing 75 minutes later but one hour behind.... we set off for
Lancashire... and that's where it all went wrong... 3 crashes on the M 6
Motorway made it one
of the worst journeys ever arriving in Rochdale at 20:30....grrr
We
stayed with good Friends Vicky and Karl and their children Chris and Travis...
enjoyed some good old English food.... which I am not used to anymore so didn't
eat no where near as much as I usually can
Friday Night Karl and Vicky
took us out for a wonderful carvery meal where I had my first roast beef and
Yorkshire pudding dinner I have eaten in nearly 3 years . plus a full
cooked breakfast for us on the Friday morning... nothing else for me then until
the Chinese at night but amber still had loads of room. for a cheese and ham
toasty with salad.... and of course loads of English tea with Milk!!!
They took us to Tescos... where
we filled our car with goodies like Brown Sauce... Self raising flour and
Cadbury's chocolate and not forgetting English teabags.....
We left Karl and Vicky's at
10:30 pm arriving in Calais MORE ROADWORKS!!!! at 5:45 arriving home in Germany
at 13:30..... 2 pm after feeding the cats I went to bed... woke up this morning
Sunday.... at 9am.... after over 19 hours sleep...... I feel a little better....
Had a great time.... but next
time I will defiantly catch the overnight ferry!!!
The
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly
known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain,is a sovereign
island country located off the northwestern coast of continental
Europe. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the
northeast part of the island of Ireland and many small islands.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border,
sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land
border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North
Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The largest island,
Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.
The United Kingdom is
a union of four constituent countries: England, Northern
Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom is governed by a
parliamentary system with its seat of government in London, the
capital, and is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth
II as the head of state. The Crown Dependencies of the Channel
Islands and the Isle of Man, formally possessions of the Crown,
are not part of the UK but form a federacy with it The UK has
fourteen overseas territories,all remnants of the British
Empire, which at its height encompassed almost a quarter of the
world's land surface, making it the largest empire in history.
As a result of the empire, British influence can be observed in
the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former
colonies such as Canada, Australia, India, and the United
States. Queen Elizabeth II remains the head of the Commonwealth
of Nations and head of state of each of the Commonwealth realms.
The UK is a developed
country, with the fifth (nominal GDP) or sixth (PPP) largest
economy in the world. It was the world's foremost power during
the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the economic cost of two
world wars and the decline of its empire in the latter half of
the 20th century diminished its leading role in global affairs.
The UK nevertheless retains strong economic, cultural, military
and political influence and is a nuclear power, with the second
or third (depending on method of calculation) highest defence
spending in the world. It is a member state of the European
Union, holds a permanent seat on the United Nations Security
Council, and is a member of the G8, NATO, WTO and the
Commonwealth of Nations.
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