April Hanks
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Oct 13
Malvern Hills
So on the way to our narrow boat break in northern Wales, we stopped for a few nights in the Malvern Hills. Unfortunately the weather was rather wet, so the view was so misty we were unable to see the hills or the valleys. We did pop into Great Malvern which was very pretty and …
Sep 26
Way out West – September 2023
Now all the pesky kids have gone back to school we can take Hildegard for her first proper adventure! We decided to head West! So Friday night we stopped off in Ocknell, New Forest to break up the journey and spent a lovely night with the horses and cows. We started the day in Lyndhurst …
Oct 07
Milton Keynes February 2020
We know how to holiday! Where else would you go than Milton Keynes! Not much happened but Toby went to Adrenalin Alley for a good scoot!
Jul 15
Thank you for the hard work!
As our lovely neighbours especialy Colin put in so much hard work to polish and spray Hildergard to help her look fabulous, we treated them to a night away in Yeovil. I know what you are thinking, ‘Yeovil, that is not much of a treat’, but you are forgetting it is near the Fleet Air …
May 15
Mauritius old and new
Flic en Flac old and new Gris Gris old and new Botanical gardens old and new Botanical gardens Buildings old and new (yes the one on the end is s new one!)
May 15
Mauritius Sept 2022
Well where to start? After a 48 year wait I finally returned to my birth place taking my lovely with me! I had booked the trip in a bit of a strop early hours of New Years Day, this meant that I didn’t really read the details of what I was organising. This left us …
May 15
Fuerteventura July 2022
After the stress of the past few months and GCSE’s etc, we decided to make the most of Toby breaking up early and jetted off for a few days in the Canary Islands. What they fail to tell you is that Fuerteventura is situated in a wind tunnel which mad things like playing tennis really …
May 15
Old Man Shepherds Hut Nov 2021
As my man is wonderful, I decided to whisk him away to a shepherds hut in the middle of the Devon countryside. We stayed in a lovely stone shepherds hut complete with hot tub, which was a bit tricky as it was November. On the way we stopped off to visit Salisbury cathedral and had …
Oct 07
Milton Keynes mark 2 September 2021
Now i know we have gone mad, because our lovely cruise round the Med was cancelled we went to Milton Keynes! Bit of shopping on the way, some Adrenalin Alley scooting for Tobes and a fantastic trip to Woburn Safari Park. Who needs the Med when you can pay to be charged by Rhinos and …
Oct 07
New Forest September 2020
After being lockdown for many months, we ventured into the woods to see what we could find. We had a lovely river trip in Christchurch a bit of paddle boarding in Poole some deep meaningful donkey chats and evening by the fire or in the hot tub. All covid free!