Saturday 7th March 2020 Carlisle to Gretna and back. The main focus of this trip is to go to Scotland by bus pass, so today we do the last bit to Gretna outlet village
Friday 6th March 2020 Skipton to Carlisle Five buses through the Lake District, all on time. Most of the photos were taken through the bus window, whilst moving so may not be in focus.
Thursday 5th March 2020 Derby to Skipton via Leeds For buses, all on time, well the bus into Leeds was 2 minutes late, but we had plenty of time for the next bus. Loads
Wednesday 4th March 2020 Leicester and on to Derby After pleasant evening sampling some of Leicester's bars we had a leisurely breakfast in Wetherspoons then found the RICHARD III museum. This being the main
Coventry old and new Brian has wanted to visit Coventry cathedral for many years, so today we made the trip. The original was destroyed by heavy bombing in 1941. Over 500 people lost their
Tuesday 3rd March 2020 Tewkesbury to Leicester via Coventry First the flooding. Tewkesbury suffers from being at the join of the Severn and Avon and when there's a lot of rain it floods. We
Monday 2nd March 2020 Chandler's Ford to Tewkesbury So the journey begins. A dry start so we could walk the mile to catch the Bluestar 1 into Southampton. Having discovered we could get off
Wednesday 3rd July A later start to go for a boat trip along the river Dart, from Dartmouth to Totnes and back. First a plaque to commentate the sailing of the Mayflower and Speedwell on their journey to America. The Speedwell only managed as far as Plymouth.
Saturday 30th June The first stop on our next trip is the Old Inn, Kilmington, near Axminster. On the main road so a bit of traffic noise, but I'm sure that won't stop us sleeping! After watching the Kubb championships at Hursley we had a pleasant journey
Monday 22nd April 2019 Pendeen, a campsite behind a pub next to Geever Mine. Took a walk to Pendeen lighthouse then along the South Coast Path to Geever Mine. This holiday I have come across some wildflowers for the first time. Today we saw lots of Spring Squill
Thursday 18th April 2019 Falmouth, boats, hills, castle. Decided on Pendennis Castle rather than maritime museum
Friday 19th April 2019 Good Friday Walk to nature reserve, closed for tree work! But beautiful bluebells and hedgerow flowers, plus a long distance view of a tumulli
Sunday 21st April Easter Sunday a lovely sunny day and a walk to Kennall vale nature reserve. This was once a dynamite works but not used since 1910 so nature has taken over.
Saltram Just thought we'd pop into this National Trust property as it is fairly close to the campsite and on the way to town. The house guides were so helpful and
Train to Totnes A greyer colder day so we take the train to Totnes. A nice town, narrow steep streets like a larger Glastonbury. And of course a couple of breweries.
Plymouth history After a walk to the local Sainsbury's to stock upon necessities and niceities we took the bus into the city. Had a walk round some shops and then to the
Plymouth We have a campsite on the outskirts of Plymouth with a regular bus into town so we'll stay for a week. Also train fares are so cheap we can have
Sunshine on the Moor A welcome day off sunshine and we can book into Plymouth, so we'll stay for a bit longer. First to Drewsteignton to vist another heritage pub, and for bear to
A wet day on the train The landlord of the Portsmouth Arms gave us a lift to the station and we had a lovely trip to Topsham. I saw a hare, an Eget and a Heron
Warm Thursday in Portsmouth Well not the town, but a pub called the Portsmouth Arms and a nice warm log fire. The weather has again been cold and showery, but we had a nice walk round Barnstaple and found a couple of bargains. Today's photo taken at the
Wet Wednesday in Lynton Well it forecast snow, that didn't happen, but it was showery. We did some craft in the van after a late breakfast and decided to walk into town about 2. The weather stayed kind and it only rained whilst we were in the museum.
Lynton hill Went for a walk, only a couple of hours but up hill and down again through sunshine and hail. We started from the campsite and climbed 468ft up the hill behind us and then back down again. At least we will have done more
Lynton I have no signal here so post will be limited for the next few days. But we have a great pitch. We had a walk into Lynton, took the fanicular to Lynmouth and back then walked to the valley of rocks.
