Yesterday firmly behind us, we set out to visit Canterbury. A pleasing second visit, where the pressure of “seeing all the sights” has been dealt with first time round.Having been held captive by a wide […]
2019 Day 13 – Not best pleased
There’s a little back story that will make much more sense of today. Once upon a time, we were proud owners of a magical device I shall call TomTom. Not just any old navigational device, […]
2019 Day 12 – Chartwell
Now all the National Trust places we’ve been to have been lovely, but occasionally we come across one that’s truly special. Such is the case today, when we visit Winston Churchill’s family home, Chartwell. Nestled […]
2019 Day 11 – British Museum
And thus the birthday week of Chris concludes, with….his actual birthday. Still celebrating, albeit at a much more sedate pace, we train back into London for a day of yum cha and culture: our afternoon […]
2019 Day 10 – Greenwich
Miraculously, we both wake without effect from the celebrations of yesterday. I did wonder, after that second martini, if there’d be a price to pay. Today zips along at a very different pace, visiting the […]
2019 Day 9 – Birthday celebrations in London
Right! We’re up! And on a plan London bound! A short train ride later we’re there. Always extraordinary, the difference between city and country. Upheld by centuries of history, London stands majestically before us. And […]
2019 Day 8 – Squirrelly heaven in Abbey Wood
It’s a bit of a lost day. Himself is keen to settle in Abbey Wood and explore how we get to London the following day. I would have been happy spending the morning reaquainting ourselves […]
2019 Day 7 – Stourhead and Bunnies on Thames
It’s an utterly perfect morn, blue skies abound and we’re touched by the lightest of summer’s early kiss.Having missed out on Stourhead the day before, we rectify that this morning with a walk around the […]
2019 Day 6 – Farewell Truro, hello Devon?
The time has come, as it does each journey, to start the long trek towards the ferry crossing to France. Not before a birthday celebration for Himself, of course. With a lunch reservation at Spring […]
2019 Days 4 & 5 – Ankles & Glendurgan
Day 4 Another day, another task or two ticked off the list. This morning a very nice man pops in to steam clean our carpets. And what a glorious job he does of it. They […]
