I was so happy to see the sun come out this morning as we ate breakfast! We had time for a short stroll around the tiny harbour in Padstow before we hitched our ride back up to the car and then collected Erin it took about 45 minutes to drive…
As expected we woke to grey skies this morning but at first the rain held off. However,by the time we collected Erin and set out on our drive the rain started to fall. The traffic heading out of Falmouth was just as bad as it had been heading in so…
We’d planned a loop drive around the “tip” of Cornwall today, to see some of the highlights of the area. Our weather continued to be glorious sunshine, we’ve been so lucky so far! Erin walked down to our hotel and we set out for St Ives. We were very glad…
For breakfast this morning we walked up the hill to the River Cottage Kitchen and Store. They open at 9 am and our breakfast here was included with our room. We had a little time to fill in before breakfast so we called my Mum and Dad for a video…
Breakfast was a lot quieter this morning, instead of hordes of families there were many tables of single people wearing lanyards, clearly here for a work event. We didn’t linger because we had an appointment – we were due to meet Erin at Slough station at 9am! As it turned…
June 8th Today was one of those “transit” days where the focus of the day was getting from one country to another without really any sightseeing. We slept well in Amiens and checked out around 9am, for the hour and a half drive back to Charles de Gaulle airport in…
We had one more full day in France and Neil was keen to revisit the Australian National Memorial at Villers – Brettoneaux. Since our last visit in 2011 they have build a large museum there! The John Monash Centre, and it receives excellent reviews. We enjoyed a tasty breakfast of…
Our alarms went off at 4 am, but I’d been awake for over an hour! We dressed quickly and hit the road by 4.20. Google said it would take us around 50 minutes to be at the Memorial at Utah Beach and we needed to be there well before dawn…
Our plans for today had been a bit fluid. The main thing we wanted to see was the parachute drop that was planned to happen at the Azeville Battery , but the timing of the drop had been moving around like a parachute on a windy day! In the original…
We were both glad to get to bed last night, we’re definitely feeling the effects of jet lag. The shutters in our apartment here are a little basic and don’t block the light so it felt a little odd going to sleep with the sky still a little light! We…
The Novotel at CDG airport was a good find. We slept well, ate a good breakfast and it was very easy to transfer in the monorail back to terminal 2f to collect our rental car for this part of the trip. The Europcar counter had an efficient registrations login PC…
This trip has crept up on me a bit, I suppose because we usually travel in September , not June. Neil’s been working lots of late nights to catch up on Tax lodgements before we go, he would never choose to travel in June normally but unfortunately the Allied leaders…
