Sometimes the fancy takes us to get in the car and go. Sometimes we’re just in the neighbourhood. Either way, we’ve made a few trips around England in the past couple of years which have yielded stunning scenic views, underground venturing, revisiting old haunts and soaking up history as only…
It could be taken as a given with my ancestry and previous life spent in Oxford that I should be predisposed to scoffing at Cambridge. However, since I didn’t row in any regattas in Henley, I’m happy to say I loved it. The grand old buildings, wide spaces and festive…
Taking advantage of the great summer, we hopped over to Berlin for a long weekend taking in the views from aboard bicycles and atop double-decker buses.I love how living here means we can ‘hop over’ to Europe. Still a thrill for this antipodean 😉 We had each bought a Berlin…
Easter could have been spent in Riga, Latvia. But why go through the rigmarole of sourcing a visa for an Aussie when we could go to Exeter instead? The Georgian Lodge B&B housed our room up several flights of skinny terrace house stairs. Overlooking a public car park, I could…
Another trip around the sun was celebrated with a weekend in the gorgeous town of Bath – a stately collection of period homes in uniform beige colours, soaked in history and Roman bathwater. We can recommend the Albany Guest House B&B, nice rooms and a great breakfast, run by lovely…