Wimereux, Cap Gris Nez & Wissant – it sounds like we’ve travelled miles today, doesn’t it? In reality it’s a series of short hops along the Opal Coast, a mere 24 km in total.
Tag: England
2026 Days 44 to 47 – Exeter and that appointment
Well it’s finally here. The eleusive workshop appointment. Once more, our fate is in other’s hands.
2026 Day 43 – Highclere Castle
Very, very excited! We’re off to see Highclere Castle! Affectionately reimagined as Downton Abbey to those of us who’ve faithfully followed the comings and goings of the the Crawley family as they and their staunchly faithful family retainers navigate their way through the changes of the early 21st century.
2026 Days 39 to 42 – Cirencester
That slower pace we enjoyed at Ferry Meadows? We liked it so much much, we’re doing again at Cirencester, an historic market town in Gloucestershire, frequently referred to as the ‘Capital of the Cotswolds’.
2026 Day 34 – Peckover House
Our journey takes us to Peckover House, a Georgian townhouse built in 1722, home to the Peckover family for 150 years.
2026 Day 33 – Oxburgh Estate
It’s fantasticly old world, a grand, 500 year old red brick manor house sat atop a moat.
2026 Day 32 – Sandringham
We might have burned a stack of miles to get here, but there’s an absolute treat in northeast England – the royal family’s private winter retreat, Sandringham.
2026 Day 31 – Norwich
Norwich, a cathedral town that began as the Anglo Saxon settlement ‘Northwic’ in the 5th – 7th centuries, growing to England’s second largest and wealthiest city driven by a booming wool and textile trade. Today Norwich has the distinction of being the most complete medieval city in the UK.
2026 Days 29 & 30 – Colchester and Bury St Edmunds
We’re in Bury St Edmunds and there’s a garden! And for once it’s not burnt to a sad brown! I could weep in gratitude.
2026 Day 28 – Paycockes House
We’ve gone from the grandeur of titled estates to the more modest pace of successful merchant life. We’re visiting Paycockes House, home to Thomas Paycockes, a 16th century Tudor merchant in Coggeshall, Essex.
