Northumberland – Visiting Alnwick Castle
After our busy walking day at Hadrian’s Wall, we drove away through the farmlands of Northumberland all lined with their pilfered Hadrian’s Wall stone. We wound our way up to…
Northumberland – Walking Hadrian’s Wall
Rob is fascinated by Ancient Roman history. A magnificent society with an empire that sprawled across entire continents and then collapsed. Emperor Claudius ordered the first major Roman invasion of…
Yorkshire – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Sights
Scotland is a long drive from Cambridge – 9 hours without stopping. Yikes! To break the trip up we stopped in Yorkshire for 1 night on the way up and…
Scotland has Harry Potter Locations Too
An adventurous part of our trip to Scotland was seeing some Harry Potter movie locations. Yep, there are a few, but we only went to two. Firstly, we went to…
Scotland – Visiting Port Glasgow, My Grandmother’s Birthplace
My grandmother on my Dad’s side was called Williamina Moore Lynch Harte and she was born on the 7th December 1917 in a town called Port Glasgow. She’s since passed away, but…
Scotland – Tulloch Castle, where Davidsons Run Free
On our Scottish adventure we decided to see a bit of Davidson family history. So we headed north er, just past Inverness, to a town called Dingwall. Here, situated at…
Scotland – Visiting the Highlands and more
Recently, Rob and I took a week long roadtrip up to the Scottish Highlands and back again. I wanted to get out the city for a bit and get some…
Norfolk – A Seaside Jubilee Weekend
Because it was the Queen’s Jubilee this year (that is, she’d been the Monarch for 60 years), Britain got a 4 day weekend instead of the usual 3 for Queen’s…
London – 2012 Olympics
As most people know, there’s a big sporting competition going on – the London 2012 Olympics. One of the pre-Olympic activities that we’d been seeing on the news for weeks…
Italy – Kiwis in Bologna
After a lovely few days in Venice, we got the train to Bologna for my cousin’s (Rob’s cousin) wedding. After arriving at our hotel, we noticed that we could understand…
Italy – Sun and Sea in Venice
My family and I visited Venice in 2005 on a holiday and it was our favourite city of the trip. It was as beautiful as I remember, and I was…
Italy – Florence and the Medici Family
Lonely Planet called Florence an essential stop on everyone’s Italian itinerary. We completely agree. The Renaissance architecture, statues and art is wonderful and everywhere and overwhelming. We had a fantastic…
Italy – An Afternoon in Pisa
Because my (Rob’s) cousin Caroline was getting married in Italy, we decided that it was a great excuse to see some parts of the country that we haven’t seen before.…
London – The Harry Potter Studio Tour
As many of you know, I’m a Harry Potter fan (Liz, not Rob). I’ve read the books, I’ve seen the films, I even have a few collectables. So when I…
Wales – Conwy Castle, Walls and a Merchant House
On our last full day in Wales, we had to go see Conwy castle. Conwy is all about the castle – Lonely Planet said so and it was right. The…
Wales – Castles, castles and more castles
During our trip in north Wales, it’s hard not to see castles. They are everywhere and it was the main reason we were in Wales! In the 13th century, King…
Wales – Scenic Wanderings
During our first full day in Llandudno we decided that it would be nice to walk up Mount Snowden, the tallest mountain in Britain. So we packed all our gear and…
Wales – Driving Across the Country
For easter weekend, we decided to go for a roadtrip to North Wales. We had been told to expect castles, mountains and rain. We didn’t climb any mountains but weren’t…
Suffolk – an Abbey, a Brewery and a Medieval Village
A few weekends ago we decided to go for a road trip out to Suffolk to have a look around. Primarily to see Bury St Edmunds, the Greene King Brewery and a…
New Zealand – Was Wonderful to See You
We were in NZ for a month, all up. It was brilliant seeing all our friends and family. What was not brilliant was some of the worst Christmas/New Years weather…