indeed! www.altontowers.com the UK’s version of the theme park…and what a hoot. Daughter was well chuffed spending the two days upside down, round about, squealing, shrieking, and stopping for a breather occasionally. Not only that, we were staying in the “chocolate express” room, which lived up to its name; decked out like a railway train [...]

Hyde Park Hop On, Hop Off bus Hamleys High St shopping Harrods and Harvey Nichols Hard Rock café…. this list of “H’s” pretty much sums up our London campaign, this time around. To explain… Hyde Park… We are staying @ the Mitre House Hotel in Sussex Gardens, spitting distance to Hyde Park; which is also [...]

Our 6-leg journey back to Melbourne went something like this: 1. Carpool – Alton Towers (near Birmingham) to Stratford London (3 hrs) 2. Train – Stratford London to Paddington London (30 mins) 3. Mini cab – Paddington London to Heathrow London (45 mins) 4. QF10 flight – London to Singapore (13 hrs + 2 hr [...]