Canada – May, 2025

Canada – May, 2025

2 weeks in Canada in May has meant 2 springs as the British spring is much earlier than the Canadian one.  This is great for me because it is my favourite season of the year.  This trip was a good chance to catch up with friends and family although the main objective...
Cornwall – March, 2025

Cornwall – March, 2025

We celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary with a week away in Cornwall.  It was rather wonderful – the highlights being a great place to stay, amazing weather and great walking. We based ourself in Port Isaac at Seacroft with its spectacular views of the sea...
Devon & Wiltshire – April 2023

Devon & Wiltshire – April 2023

Annalie came to visit England from New Zealand in April – her first visit post COVID and her first visit in 5 years.  She travelled with her son Erik and they stayed at her parents house in Ivybridge near to Plymouth in Devon.  We’d arranged that I would...
Settle & Giggleswick – February 2023

Settle & Giggleswick – February 2023

Paul’s birthday weekend away this year was to Sunnybeck Cottage in Giggleswick, Yorkshire… I’d booked it ages ago and the booking ended up falling during COVID and got cancelled… I rebooked and kept my fingers crossed and thankfully we made it...
Fremington, North Yorkshire – November, 2022

Fremington, North Yorkshire – November, 2022

What was supposed to be a long weekend away in Yorkshire for Paul’s birthday this year turned out to be almost a week away in November instead.  The rescheduling was due to Dad’s triple bypass and my journey across the Atlantic in February so it was...