After leaving Oxford , we traveled via Reading a large town on the Thames river to Henley -on-Thames. What a delightful area. Spent the afternoon walking around the small town of Henley and relaxing. Following day a 30 minute drive to see Windsor castle , the queens residence on most weekends and Charles favourite castle. … Continue reading Henley on Thames to London 17/4/18 – 22/4/18
Category: England 2018
Cambridge & Oxford 12/4/18 – 16/4/18
12/4/18 - 16/12/18 Our drive to Cambridge, and England again throws us its best weather. Fog and rain this time and the fog lasted all day making driving hazardous. Cambridge was our last two nights with Ivana and Tony, as they continue to the lakes region then Ireland etc. We went punting around the "backs" region, … Continue reading Cambridge & Oxford 12/4/18 – 16/4/18
South Wales to the Cotswolds
5/4/18 - 12/4/18 We finally woke up to a full day of sunshine and no rain, which had been a very rare event. We traveled through some very pretty south Wales country side on our way to Stratford Upon Avon, made famous by being William Shakespeare's home town. The Brecon Beacon National Park in … Continue reading South Wales to the Cotswolds
Bude to South Wales
After Bude we traveled north , up the rest of the Cornwall coast and into the top of Devon. Towns visited were Ilfracombe, a rugged landscape along the coast, then the coastal towns of Lynton and Lynmouth which are connected by a vertical cliff railway. A rainy afternoon as we headed to Minehead , our … Continue reading Bude to South Wales
Portsmouth to Bude
Lyme Regis 19th , 20th 21st march After leaving Portsmouth and its snow we headed to Lyme Regis, a little harbour town in Dorset but on the edge of county Devon. On arriving we found our hosts of our little cottage desperately shoveling snow so we could get down the driveway into our cottage. We … Continue reading Portsmouth to Bude




