It's our last night. The last night on Walney Island in Barrow. Not sure if I shared a funny quote with you before: "Barrow isn't the end of the world, but you can see it from there". When that was said to us we laughed, thinking, ha! maybe it is? After 11 months of living on Walney Island and traveling Europe, I can say that I would come back in a heartbeat and hope friends and family can one day experience the things we have. There are definitely more places we'd love to see and things we'd still love to do, but all in all I wouldn't have changed a thing. Cheers Walney Island, cheers Barrow and cheers to all the wonderful places and people we've met along the way. Continue living our experiences with us as we flip to the next chapter in our lives on Hawks Nest

The English Expereince

I walk to work just about every day. I often end up walking amongst the same people and see the same cars drive past - it's a nice routine. Believe it or not, it rains a lot here, so Erin drives me into work and strangely enough, the same people and the same cars keep up their routine while I seem to be the lone black sheep, scared of a little rain. As we drive by, we wonder if those rain walkers don't have cars or spouses that love them or if they just plain don't notice it's raining. Towards the end of my work day Erin will send me an email with a weather update and lets me know if she should pick me up or if I'm okay to walk home. The best days are those that she meets me and makes the walk home with me : ) Today I got an email saying she would do just that. A few sprinkles had turned into a steady rain by the time we got within a mile of the house. As we walked, drenched from head to toe, we found ourselves amongst the rain walkers and the people driving wondering if we didn't have a car or didn't realize it was raining.

Remember, Remember the 5th of November....

Kevin told me to give my ''watching fireworks face''...obviously we were watching different firework shows

If any of you have seen V for Vendetta then the above phrase might sound familiar. (and if you haven't you should...it's a really good movie!)

Turns out part of the movie was truth. The 5th of November marks the downfall of the gunpowder plot, in which conspirators attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliment in 1605. Ever since the UK celebrates what they have called Guy Fawkes night or Bon Fire night to celebrate people light bon fires and set off fireworks.

It was a regular ole 4th of July around these parts...there were fireworks going off all night & there are firework shows scheduled all weekend. We stepped out into the rain to watch some of the celebrations - but this was the best picture we could grab. I swear there is a firework going off in the distance in the one picture.