April Hanks

We decided to visit the Cardigan Bay Area to see what it had to offer. We stayed in a cute little one room cottage in St Dogmael up a very steep hill. It was small but perfectly formed. cardigan is a lovely area with a good range of shops and lovely beach, river and countryside …

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As we had a cold and wet few days, in the van and on the boat, we decided to book ourselves into a nice hotel for a warm shower and a comfy bed. We stayed at the Beckford Inn in the Cotswolds. After getting warm, Jez was not very well, we wandered around Broadway, coming …

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We picked up the boat about 2.30pm and after transferring all our gear and a very quick lesson in boat management, we set off towards Llangollen. On our very first day we had to navigate a long tunnel, over the very high Pontcysyllte aqueduct. Beautiful views, if not a bit nerve wracking. After a chilly …

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After a stressful few days, we decided to pop off to a field for some R&R. A few sunny days in the forest with some wandering and chilling were just what was needed.

My lovely husband wished me away to a beautiful hotel to be spoilt and pampered for my birthday. Lovely view from the room, nice meal in the evening followed by a spa day and cream tea. The only issue was the couples ‘salt’ treatment, after rubbing salt on each other, a steam then cold shower …

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Nice stay at Abbey Wood, using the Elizabeth line to pop into town. Off to see the Tom Hanks Moon experience and the Monet show. We had a great weekend, Jez getting to see the moon landing and me some nice art. We also managed to visit the London library to see some very important …

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Having an issue with the fact the Christmas is around the corner and I have not done any autumn stuff yet, we decided to pop off to the New Forest for the weekend. Jez had just bought an electric bike so we thought we would have a go with that as well. The journey to …

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Quick London break to see the David Attenborough Earth Experience for Jez’s birthday. I had thought I had booked a lovely hotel, but this turned out to be a well decorated hole in the ground. We were in the basement, with work going on in the rooms around us, the bathroom was apparently an arctic …

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Short break to visit Gloucester, we were just going to visit the city, we had a treasure trail that took us through the town and along the canal, (which I was not expecting). It was all very lovely, we even ended up being able to visit the light show in the cathedral which was a …

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