Seeing Windsor Castle Marching Band Parade We arrive in Windsor and are pretty happy that our GPS has a car park right off the center. We struggle to find a park, but we manage to score one and feed the meter and grab our printed ticket for a few hours. We wander up the high […]
Taking a bath in Bath Our road trip continues, and we journey on towards Bath. As we draw closer we turn off the Motorway, and onto a road leading in. We decide to stop at a bakery for a toilet break, and as we do we spy the hotel we have booked for the night […]
Studley Castle Stratford on Avon We are thankful for our GPS. As we wander down country lanes, the scenery is green and pretty and we pass many small country pubs with thatched roof and crooked wood panels. We spent the first 10 minutes just walking around and enjoying the surrounding beauty. Explorason was so thankful […]
Staying in a castle – Castle Craig Y Nos Brecon Wales We have decided to stay as a treat at a castle. And so we selected Craig Y Nos as it was in the National Park of Wales – away from the hustle and bustle, and time to relax and unwind from our busy touring […]
Country Wales It has been a great day as we wind around the country back roads of Wales. We stop for a cup of coffee and Explorason is asleep so we have to park the car where we can watch him. To date, it is the best coffee yet, even though it is in a […]
Ruthin Wales – stepping back in time Take a good look at this first photo. Windows – upon windows – upon windows…. in the famous Welsh building in ‘Ruthin’. “The Myddelton Arms, of Dutch design and dating from the mid-16th century, has a remarkable roof with an unusual arrangement of windows known locally as the ‘eyes […]
Chester England is just gorgeous! We have had a fast day travel. We sadly left our friends behind – this seems to be happening way too often and is the saddest and hardest part of travel….the good-byes. But we do hope to see our friends at the end of our time in Europe. We had […]
Lakes District via Lancaster to Preston UK We wake up to the aroma of bacon, eggs, and Welsh home cooking. Our lovely hostess Cath at Brook House BnB in Windermere is making us a great breakfast, and has made me special vegetarian sausages – oh they are fantastic! We then head to Lancaster. I grew […]
Manchester England for a day Our lovely friends in Preston are having Explorason for a sleepover. So Explorafriend and I head to Manchester. First off is High Tea at Cloud 23 at the Hilton Hotel. It is a bleak and rainy day and the view is grey, but we love the skyline. To us, it […]
Edinburgh Scotland for a day Today is our official first day on the road. We have bought a car (I will blog on that separately) and drove from Newcastle to Edinburgh along the coast. We had a few stops along the way, but due to the heavy rain, we didn’t get to see as much […]
Camera Obscura – Fun in Edinburgh \We enter Camera Obscura – my nine-year-old is gone. What? I look around and find him. He has RACED into the exhibition area and is jumping up and down with excitement. We are told we have a show in 10 minutes and to head to the roof. This is […]
House sitting in the UK House-sitting in the UK is very different. Different from Ireland. Different from Brazil. Different from Fiji. And the list goes on. In fact, each house-sit is unique, has its strengths and its challenges. This house-sit saw us in Newcastle in a small upstairs – downstairs miners home from last century. […]
