We changed our plans for today. Originally I’d planned to visit Blenheim palace before heading back to our hotel at Heathrow Airport. However when we thought about our priorities for what we’d like to see on our last day on probably our last visit to England we decided we’d prefer…
We had a longer driving day ahead of us today as we were heading to “The South”. We were amused that on the motorways they really do have signs directing you to “The South” or “The North”, almost as if they were two seperate parts of the country . In…
We’d had such a tasty dinner last night we went down to breakfast this morning with a feeling of anticipation, hoping for something special for breakfast. Neil was catching up on a little work so I went down first at our allotted time of 8 am (several hotels had asked…
And so we head south! It was only a 30 minute drive to the city of Durham where I was keen to see the cathedral. I’ve read it described as the finest and largest example of Norman architecture in England and anyone I know who has seen it has said…
You know you’ve been in the UK for a while when you start to crave a change from the “Full English” for breakfast! The trouble is the standard alternatives of Eggs Benedict and omelets also seem like a bit too much……but I don’t have the willpower to stick to toast…
In 1930 a young man called Alfred Wainright visited the Lake District and fell in love with the area. He later moved to Kendal and devoted his life to mapping the area, writing seven guidebooks. His Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells are a unique mixture of beautiful pen-and-ink sketches,…
We went down for breakfast earlier this morning so we could avoid the rush and it paid off…although we heard several,other people saying the same thing! In any case we were on the road out of Liverpool before 9 o’clock and headed North. We had one detour out to the…
With the concert, We had a late night last night, after midnight before we got to bed. We were laughing that it’s the first time we’ve been out in the dark since we’ve been in the UK, the days are so long here. So we slept a little later this…
We had a long chat to the lady who has owned our B&B before we checked out. She had loved owning and running the place for the last 8 years but ill health has meant she needs to cut back on the 24/7 routine of running a B & B…
Our plans for today were to start with a visit to Bodnant Garden. This huge garden was established in the 1870s and after being cared for by 5 generations of one family was handed over to the National Trust in 1949. There are 22,000 plants and a huge variety of…
Well it’s been an interesting day! We woke to bright skies that grew progressively sunnier and clearer. We were delighted as today we were booked to catch the Heritage Steam Train to the summit of Mt Snowden. Mt Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in Britain,…
We set off bright and early this morning heading northwest and it took us less than an hour to find ourselves once again entering Wales. There no mistaking that you’re in Wales because suddenly all the signs are in two languages, Welsh first and English underneath. Our first stop was…
