A short break in Guernsey, enjoyed it as much if not more than the first time, despite the slightly inclement weather. And then a long weekend in York, accompanied by dawn to dusk sunshine…
Travel
Northumberland Break
Excellent few days in Northumberland and North Yorkshire. Good to revisit Corbridge, Hexham etc. after many, many years away. Also got to the very picturesque village of Blanchland, which I never managed to visit when living in Sunderland all those years ago. Lovely Abbey, and the famous Lord Crewe Arms, visited by W. H. Auden Philip Larkin, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears amongst others. It …
Three Days In London
Excellent break in London, good hotel at great rate (always a plus for a Yorkshireman), theatre, exhibitions and “attractions”! Very successful combination….
Galapagos Islands
Amazing wildlife, beautiful scenery, interesting natural/geologic history, unique. That’s what we were promised…and we weren’t disappointed. You read up about a trip like this (it was a long time in the planning) and you hope at least 50% of what you learn proves to be true.
Air Travel
I must endeavour to find out more about the psychology of travel, particularly flying. I genuinely want to understand this almost pathological desire to be up out of the seats as soon as we’ve touched down, crowding the gangways so no-one else can move unless you’re one of the ‘early adopters’.
Always Fancied A Trip Round Britain…
So we did one! Odd to be going round our own island instead of unknown foreign shores but it made for an interesting and different perspective. And we got a pleasant detour to Norway as we visited Edinburgh, Invergordon, Lerwick, Alesund, Geiranger, Belfast, Anglessey (Beaumaris), Dublin, Isle of Man, Cobh and, finally, our old favourite Fowey, Cornwall.
Med and Adriatic
Not long back from a break around the Med and Adriatic, stating with a couple of days in Rome. Managed to get “inside” a few of the places we have missed on previous visits…
London Break
Just back from three days in London – good theatre, excellent meals and finally got to see Greenwich after promising to go for many a year……and the weather was excellent.
Thumbs Up Bruges, Thumbs Down Eurostar
Lovely long weekend in Bruges with friends, not even spoilt by Eurostar’s atrocious customer service when it all went a bit awry with both the French and Belgian strikes hitting the return journey…
The Grand Tour!!
Just back from a visit to Europe that included Barcelona, Venice, Dubrovnik, Split, and Lucca……very pleasant indeed. Of course, 200 odd years and more ago, I’d have had “father’s money” and my servants accompanying me on the journey but you can’t have everything!
Guernsey For A Few Days
Great weather, lovely island and a trip to Herm. Who said that Guernsey was only for old folk? Well, me probably, which is a sad irony, as the years drift by….
Scottish Highlands
Three railway journeys, excellent scenery and it didn’t rain (well, not much anyway). Pretty good way to get a taste of the area for the first time….