England

I’m going to add pics of family, friends, and selfies / pics we’ve taken of us… I’ve started here: and here: I’ll add more as I go, and will try to put some captions on some to indicate who is who…

Well this was one of the highlights for me 🙂 I had originally wanted to go to Didcot, where the Great Western Society are, but they are not open until summer. So this was second choice – but turned into a great visit. We have both been impressed by the interactive nature of the exhibitions … [Read more…]

From Cheddar Gorge it was time to head to Bath. Again, somewhere I’ve never been before. Our first accommodation was an airbnb room in central Bath. On the way there we had a call from airbnb saying the host had cancelled the booking! This was followed by a call later to say that it was … [Read more…]

After we left Cornwall, given the weather was ok, we took the scenic route across Dartmoor. Bleak in places, but breathtaking too. The weather held up so well for us, we have been very fortunate. After crossing Dartmoor we headed up to Cheddar Gorge. I’d never been there before – driving up the gorge the … [Read more…]

Rough Tor (pronounced Row-tor), see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Tor, is a small Hill in Cornwall with views across Northern Cornwall. I climbed it on a family trip many years ago, but it was great to do it again. There are various stone formations that date back to iron age times, and a memorial for the 43rd Wessex. We … [Read more…]

Wow, what an amazing place Tintagel Castle is… a thousand years of history in a location that takes your breath away, and not just because of the cold wind! We again had brilliant sunshine, but the wind was COLD. Not too cold to stop a lunatic Frenchwoman from having a swim in the Cornish sea. … [Read more…]

On Friday 15th April we caught the First Great Western 11:06 from Paddington to Plymouth (an old HST Class 43 train for those that care! But very much renovated since the 1980s when I last travelled on one!) The train heads down along the coast at one point, at Dawlich and Teignmouth. For those that … [Read more…]

Yes, it’s been a few days since the last update! We have been SO busy running around seeing things that I have just not had a chance to get online and post. On Wednesday last week we went to Hampton Court Palace, the home of King Henry VIII. We spent the morning there – amazing … [Read more…]

Huge day yesterday… after catching the train in to London Victoria station we walked over to Buckingham Palace. There were lots of people waiting for the changing of the guard, but we went down St James Park and saw them preparing at their barracks. From there we walked down the park to the Horse Guards … [Read more…]

Well, we made it….  Arrived at London’s Heathrow airport about 30 minutes late, but were through Customs and baggage collection in 30 minutes. Aunty Margaret and my cousin Andrew were waiting in the terminal, and we set off on the drive to Croydon along a wet and fortunately not busy M25. Falling into bed at … [Read more…]