Well, we’re back in the UK, spinning our wheels until Monday, until the motorhome workshop appointment. It’s taking a moment to recalibrate. Himself is keeping up a steady chant of “keep to the left” while […]
Well, we’re back in the UK, spinning our wheels until Monday, until the motorhome workshop appointment. It’s taking a moment to recalibrate. Himself is keeping up a steady chant of “keep to the left” while […]
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to France we go: the start of the European leg of this year’s adventure. We’re catching the ferry from Dover to Calais, not our usual crossing, but it is […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]