Oct 20
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 …
Oct 13
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 …
Oct 07
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!
Oct 07
Well who new that if you book a ‘Log Cabin’ (shed) in Cornwall, it comes with its own free range woodlice. However the scenery was lovely and it was cosy. We had fish and chips in a storm on the beach, visited Newquay for some surfing, climbed the Bedruthan steps (wow that was quite the …
Oct 07
Well it is time for another rugby tour! We have not had enough coaches, singing, mud and forfeits for a while so off to Bude we go! Again we were staying in the lovely Devonshire countryside, the games were great, the company was fab and the scenery was beautiful, again not restful but a good …
Oct 07
In an attempt to revisit my childhood and torture my children with confined spaces with nothing to do, i booked us a week in a canal boat. Needless to say they were thrilled with being stuck in a long tin can, nowhere near civilisation with no wifi, TV on even a shower big enough for …
Oct 07
As we had already climbed Ben Nevis we thought we would undertake the arduous task of the 3 peaks challenge. (yes I know you are supposed to do it in 24 hours, but 2 years apart is not too bad). We stayed on a lovely camp site nestled in a valley, next to a beautiful …
Oct 07
So to ensure we had the most restful bank holiday we could, we took the offer to accompany the rugby team on tour. After a long journey to Devon we set up at what was actually a very lovely spot over looking the bay. Then came the coach journeys, the muddy boys, the BBQ and …
Oct 07
We decided that it was about time to widen our horizons and took a trip that meant we actually needed passports. So off to Rome was went. After getting stopped at the airport because Josh had taken apart his roller blades (after he was told not to take them) and hid them in his luggage. …
Aug 19
We were off to Land’s End, by bus from the campsite which was nice as they were tight rows there were great views of the sea Land’s End was a bit of an anti climax it was essentially a signpost however, we can say we have done it, There was an interesting old Cornish …