Some 10 years ago now I had the most incredible experience of visiting Antarctica. It is somewhere I had dreamt of for many years, having…
Recently I posted about my visit to Issac Newtons birthplace. In the same weekend I managed to visit the beautiful Belton House, which is also in…
An early weekend wander this week because my weekend is starting somewhat early. As I write this I have just come back from a few…
Windsor Castle has been very much in the headlines recently. If you haven’t noticed, it is about to host a rather royal wedding. On Saturday…
Regular readers will know I am a keen member of the National Trust and love nothing more than an amble around a large country house…
The Tour du Mont Blanc, 3 countries, 11 days walking, and some of the most spectacular views of the French, Swiss and Italian Alps imaginable.…
I recently wrote about our weekend winter break in Florence and said at the time that I would share with you where we stayed. It…
I first visited Florence as an enthusiastic, but hard up student as part of a whistle stop inter-railinging tour of Europe. My then boyfriend (now…
