Royd Moor

There are many places you can visit in UK. The Cotswold, Lake areas , country site but the route to Don house at Royd Moor is also very beautiful. We were lucky to be there.



Bird eye view plan showing where Don house is located


On the way back to Manchester


How to walk out of this place other the road


HOrse riding


Xing Yi and I at the highest point of Royd Moor.



Top of Royd Moor and its literature . Look at the stone wall






The Windmill turbine


Approaching Don's house and his house










The way to Meadowhall from York

York's pictures

Train museum





The train with the Royal Crest







A small world: Xing Yi meeting his school teacher and friend in York, UK



The tea house


Don and I

Being a traveler.

Simplicity of a student traveler.

Being worry for not taking such a long journey before and traveling to a country of having summer temperature of 20 degree like Genting Highland in Malaysia which I considered very hot by the local and my son. I decided to ask my son all the doubtful questions before taking this trip.

Dad :Why so few things to take back to UK?

XY: Dad, I have a lot of things to take back to Penang.

Dad: Will you be very cold in the airport or later when we arrive in UK

XY: Who say that it is very cold in the airport? To me it is just nice and comfortable and UK is very hot now, average of 20 degree!!!!!.. Oop, I have forgot to book our hotel in London with aircon

Dad: I see but better to take a Jacket with me in case. Old people like me.

XY: Yes Dad, you better , in fact I have one jacket for you when you arrive there. Do not take extra clothing over there. Just make sure you bring enough underwears and one extra jean for traveling. In case you cannot wear my clothing, which I have then just go into Primark and buy them. Only 1 pound per T shirt. We can throw them away after our journey in case they are bad

Dad: Ok then UK here I come


In KLIA airport, lining up at immigration check point. . he has only one laptop in his bag and a rechargeable plug point and that is the most important during this travel.

XY : Hopefully Etihad airline provide us a more advance plane during this journey. During my trip back, I could charge my computer in the plane during the journey ( 7 hours flight for first half.) The only problem I have was trying to find a power point in Abu Dhabi especially when there was delay of extra 5 hours. My total flight ende up to be 21 hours.

Dad: I see, but do they have a power point in the plane? Yet to see.
When I was on board, I saw it, behind each seat. On checking with the Stewardess, this is Boeing 777 flight.



On our way to Paris.. We always carried an empty bottle so that we can refilled water from dispenser in the boarding area for we will be very thirsty during journey.

Meals in Manchester

Cooking at home

Well, how to save when the normal average cost per meal is 5 pound even in Macdonald, it is 4 + pound. Like all oversea student, cooking at home will cut this cost.
During this trip, we cooked our dinner and balance will be transferred to the following morning for lunch or breakfast depending on the time we woke up. If not left over, then cooking some dishes will still help the cost.



All the dished for steam boat during dinner.



The following morning, XY will cook this dish for lunch?? for he woke up around 10.00am. For me, bread and peanut butter is my favorite.

Well, we cannot pack our meals along when traveling except taking water in our bag pack. So we took the rest of the meals in restaurants for over here in UK , we could not find any hawker store like in Penang. The price was fixed as per menu....4 to 5 pound!!!!! We are lucky to be born in Asia for we could take our meal in a cheaper meal shop like, Kopitiam", the old outlet store without aircon.

The Trip to York

9th July 2010, Don, one of our closed friend drove us up to York


Don with Xing Yi and me


We parked our car at the outskirt and the local bus took us inside York


The first location and Don buying Ice Cream for us ,First ice cream taken in UK,9th July 2010





The King Manor

Liverpool Football Club, LFC

The guided Tour in LFC



XY and me inside the LFC's field


Xing Yi at the entrance of Liverpool Football club


The position of each player in the changing room


The way leading to the Anfield


The press conference location


Anfield and me enjoying to the song played