Salisbury and Stonehenge – Old and Older
Wiltshire is a region just below Bath that has several ancient sights to see. The two we wanted to see were Salisbury Cathedral and, of course, Stonehenge. But the cathedral…
Bath – A Beautiful Georgian City
Before we visited Bath, we thought we were going to walk into a city with Roman ruins dotted around and normal modern buildings everywhere between. We were very very wrong.…
Peterborough – Another Stunning Cathedral
One of my last hockey games was an hour North of Cambridge in a wee city called Peterborough. Now, we had been told 2 different perspectives of Peterborough. One was…
North Norfolk – Visiting a Beautiful Coast
We still haven’t managed to leave Britain yet for any of our trips. Darn it! But still, there are many beautiful things still to see in the UK. We decided…
The London Underground
Mel just posted an awesome post about the London Underground – with pictures too! I never pulled out the camera while we were down in the stations or on the…
China – A Bosch Work Trip
So when I came back from my lovely Christmas / New Years holiday, I was whisked off to China for a week to enjoy the long flight time, airplane food,…
London – Hampton Court Palace
While we were in London over the Christmas break, we knew it was important to catchup with people and go to a bunch of social engagements, so of course we…
Edinburgh – New Year’s Weekend
For New Year’s Eve, we had heard rumours of Hogmanay in Edinburgh – a street party and concerts for 1000’s of people. We’d also heard how Edinburgh is freezing that…
Leeds Castle… Roadtrip continued…
From Dover we headed towards Leeds Castle ( and home ). It started off rather snowy. However when we got to the castle it was a beautiful day. Even though…
Dover…Roadtrip continued…
After we visited Canterbury we drove over to Dover where the plan was, we would stay a couple of nights and see the sights. The first night we saw the…
Canterbury in Kent
For at least the next year we’re in the UK, we’re hoping to have a long weekend away every month. In September we were setting up our new house and…
London – Catching up with Friends
Rob and I really really enjoyed the All Black tour to Europe. While we didn’t go to see any of the games, we watched every single one on TV. It…
A Weekend in Oxford – Part 2
Part 2 of our Oxford trip is definitely the more interesting part because we visited a couple of the famous colleges. In particular, we visited the Christ Church College and…
A Weekend in Oxford – Part 1
When we moved to Cambridge, we immediately started hearing about that ‘other’ university city. It was older than Cambridge. It was bigger than Cambridge. Apparently, it was better than Cambridge.…
Ely – A Market and an Amazing Cathedral
Ely is a town just a 15 minute train trip away from Cambridge. We’d heard it had a nice Saturday market and, from our tourist book, a magnificent cathedral. So,…
Visitors from Australia!
We had our first visitors last weekend gone. A couple of Rob’s friends from Melbourne, who were now living in London and settling too, came up for their first look…
Pubs – Riverside, Pig Pens and Garden Pubs
In keeping with our new plan to visit every pub in Cambridge, here’s our first three! Fort St George Our first pub we went to was a riverside one, Fort…
The Fitzwilliam Museum
On another of our weekends, we decided to check out one of the local museums. We decided to go to the general history one, the Fitzwilliam Museum (link). It’s FREE…
Getting To Know Cambridge
Our first few weeks in Cambridge have been relaxing as we’ve been settling into something of a routine. I was working for the first 3 weeks and then Rob started…
Edinburgh – Parades and Wanderings
Hope you’ve enjoyed having a wee nosy through all the previous posts that have been added to the site yesterday. There are quite a few photos in amongst those posts.…