Margate is a town on the southeast coast of England. It is known for its sandy beach where millions of shells decorate the underground passages of Shell Grotto. Near the stone pier of Harbor Arm, the modern Turner Contemporary art gallery has travelling exhibitions and in the old town, the Margate Museum hosts local history exhibitions. Where to stay We […]
Broadway is a large village and civil parish in the Cotswolds. It is in the far southeast of Worcestershire, close to the Gloucestershire border, and it is sometimes referred to as the “Jewel of the Cotswolds“. Broadway is nestled at the foot of the rolling Cotswold hills. As its name suggests, Broadway is dominated by a wide tree-lined street packed […]
Upper and Lower Slaughter – the slightly macabre name that comes from the Old English for ‘muddy place’ – are linked by the tiny River Eye, a slow-moving stream crossed by two footbridges, a tributary to the River Windrush. First, we went to Lower Slaughter which hasn’t changed for more than a century, with no building work taking place here […]
Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval market town in England’s West Midlands, is the 16th-century birthplace of William Shakespeare. Possibly the most famous writer in the English language. We went to walk with Ben’s mum and her husband John along the Avon River, where we saw the Holy Trinity Church known as Shakespeare’s Church, due to its fame as the place of baptism, […]
Coughton Court is an English Tudor country house, situated between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire and it has been home to the Throckmorton family for 600 years, one of the UK’s oldest catholic families. It stands on 25 acres of grounds containing some of the most beautiful gardens in the country. Coughton Court was gifted to the National Trust in […]
Last Saturday we said goodbye to Janet (Ben’s mum) and John and we went to Harwich where we will take the ferry to Holland. On the way, we stopped in a pub called The Bull just outside of London to meet our friend Erica to catch up, have lunch and see our motorhome. Ben and I had our last pie […]
We went with Mathew, Ben’s brother, and the dogs, Asha and Humphry to the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival. The main feature of the festival is the reenactment of the Battle of Tewkesbury, which was fought in 1471. Located on parts of the ground where the original battle was fought, the festival also features a medieval camp, in which traders ply their […]
Finally, we went to visit Oxford, which was amazing! Oxford is the only city in Oxfordshire and revolves around its prestigious university, established in the 12th century. The architecture of its 38 colleges in the city’s medieval centre is fantastic. University College and Magdalen College are off the High Street, which runs from Carfax Tower to the Botanic garden on […]
Friday morning when we were preparing to go to Glasgow and the concert we received an email telling us that the concert has been rescheduled due to an illness. We were totally disappointed! They played 2 days before in London and I think they were partying and now they couldn’t play in Glasgow. We asked for our money back as […]
From Glencoe, we went to a town called Balloch in the south-west shores of Loch Lomond. On the way we stopped many times as the scenery was terrific, with islands in the middle of the loch and mountains in the background. We decided to go to see Balloch Castle Country Park before going to our camping. The castle is located […]
