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…
We started our day with a visit to Shrewsbury, the County town of Shropshire. Its history goes way back to Roman times and there are many beautiful Georgian houses lining the streets but for me the highlight are the half-timbered Tudor buildings . They are just so charming with their…
We have really enjoyed our stay at our little house in Llandeilo but we need to move on so we set our this morning heading Northeast across the top of the Brecon Becons National Park. It wasn’t until we reached the more easterly part that we could see the mountains…
Our accommodation is lovely and quiet and we were both pretty tired when we went to bed, so I’d hoped we might get a bit of a “lie in” this morning. However, that early morning light still defeats us, we were awake before 7!At least we could take our time…
Our parking slot at the Waitrose was due to expire at 9am so we had told Erin we’d head ack to the car park at 8.45. Neil and I ate breakfast early and had a little time up our sleeves, so I went for a little walk over to the…
