Flashback Friday 28 – Wedding Day Travel
As luck would have it, our 5th wedding anniversary is today and today is Friday – which means it’s a flashback day… So our wedding finally features! Now we didn’t ‘travel’ per se on our wedding day as we were busy getting married and having a downright marvellous time with friends and family……
View PostTravel guilty pleasures
This months travel link-up theme is guilty pleasures – once again the lovely ladies Rebecca, Emma, Kelly and guest host Polly have thought of an interesting theme!! I have a few pleasures in travel, but I can’t say I feel much guilt about them… Firstly enjoying champagne. There are many pictures of me with a…
View PostPlaces to visit again
Travel – it’s all about seeing somewhere new? Right or wrong? Well, I guess in some ways it is – it is fantastic to discover a new place and fall in love with it, and it is motivational to have a bucket list full of more amazing places still to visit. But there…
View Post#Take12Trips – the first 3 months!
Goodness knows where the time went, but here comes April and we’ve already had a weekend warm enough for shorts and tshirt (followed 2 days later by needing hat, scarf and gloves for my morning commute) – the last three months flew by and quite impressively (compared to last year) I have not been on a single plane…
View PostMy 10 blog reading favourites…
The wonderful world of travel blogging works because it is a community – there is a lot of support from across the blogging network, many people have helped me on my little journey and already I find myself helping newer newbies that me! Clearly bloggers spend a lot of time reading other blogs…
View PostCliveden House – a stately home staycation
Cliveden House is quite possibly one of the most beautiful places we have stayed in. It is very hard to know where to start when reviewing a hotel so wonderful! Is it enough to say that I would happily have moved in and needed encouragement to actually leave? Hopefully the general message and seal…
View PostBirthday weekend in Paris
I have quoted it many a time, but once more – ‘Paris is always a good idea’! We visited in 2009 in September when the city was sultry and busy and ever since we have both wanted to return for a slower mooch around, with less need to see the sites and so…
View PostFlashback Friday 27 – cycling weekends
We are lucky that we have the New Forest and the South Downs on our doorstep – many many bridleways and country roads for an enjoyable cycle and plenty of single track so Mr P tells me if you want a little more excitement! Our favourite routes tend to start either at Hatchet’s…
View PostA night in an EasyHotel!
And now for something completely different…. A night in an Easyhotel! And before you ask, it wasn’t me – Mr P stepped forward to take on this challenge! Whilst it doesn’t quite fit into the niche of my website, a hotel room for £40 in central London in the Christmas party season should…
View PostPenelope and Parker in February
February has flown by at a terrifying speed… click here for the full flipagram of the best bits (needs a little time to load – the…) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Parker (@annaeparker) Countless times this month I have thought spring was here, and then the next day we’ve…
View PostLost in translation – food allergy travels
Lost in translation – I have been wracking my brains for something for this months travel link up with Kelly, Rebecca, Emma and Sam and I just couldn’t think of anything. Normally if I am out of the UK I am either with colleagues that take the lead or worse still the locals…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 26 – Cotswolds Cycling and Camping
May is a great month for getting away for a long weekend as in the UK we have 2 bank holiday weekends in May, hot of the back of the 4-day Easter weekend! In 2010 with a group of friends we visited the Cotswolds – it was a great location as it is…
View PostThe Chedi Muscat
The Chedi Muscat had sat on my bucket list for a long time, well before this little blog and we treated ourselves to a visit a few years back! Happily the whole experience was as good, if not better, than the reviews said! It is an iconic hotel – not least this view. It is…
View PostExplore the Elements
One of the reasons I started my blog was to share my photos, because more than anything else it is the photos that tell the story and keep the memories alive! We have tens of thousands of photos and I love an afternoon looking through them! Thomas Cook have put purpose into this week’s…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 25 – Honeymoon in St Lucia
The final leg of our South African tour took us over to the east coast of the country, up near to the Mozambique border – to a small town call St Lucia. We had toyed with going on to the Maldives, but it felt like a bit of a cliché, so instead we…
View PostFantastic foodie night in Winchester – The Black Rat and The Black Bottle
So – last year for Mr P’s birthday we were lording it in 5* luxury in the middle of a desert. This year I had it all to do to try and match that treat – I needed to find a perfect birthday dinner as we didn’t have holiday planned this year to…
View PostPenelope and Parker in January
Where did January go? It’s the 7th February when I am writing this and we are already rattling towards March! Time does go quicker as we get older!! This is the first month in a year when I haven’t taken a photo every day of the month – oh what a release it…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 24 – Honeymoon Safari!
Our next honeymoon stop was a spot of safari! We had a few days at Isibindi Eco Reserve. Strangely some might think, I didn’t opt for big 5 safari, instead picking a small reserve where it was going to be more about the experience than what we saw. It was also en route…
View PostThe benefits of blogging
Another great travel link up from Kelly, Emma and Rebecca – as well as guest host Sara! The unexpected benefits of blogging! I’ve only been blogging for 18 months but have already stumbled across plenty of benefits that I certainly hadn’t thought about when I wrote my first musings! With any hobby or interest, it has…
View PostCountry weekend at The Crown Inn
#Take12Trips got off to a splendid start this weekend! We enjoyed a thoroughly relaxing time at The Crown Inn, in Elton, on the Cambridgeshire / Northamptonshire border. I hadn’t been able to arrange the Parker diary to visit in December as hoped so we had been looking forward to a wintery mini-break for a…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 23 – Honeymoon in Lesotho
Having already enjoyed Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the next stop on our mini-tour of South Africa was to the Drakensberg. I found us somewhere to stay that was so unique that I couldn’t believe it was as good as it was! I’ve already written a review for A Southern Gypsy which I won’t repeat…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 22 – Honeymoon in Cape Town
After a peaceful week relaxing and enjoying wine in Stellenbosch we joined our friends! Many would think it strange to share a honeymoon with others, but it was a great part of our trip! And there is no better way of seeing the best a city has to offer than with locals! Two…
View Post2015’s challenge – #take12trips
2014’s challenge was to take a photo a day for 365 days! It was a real challenge, good to look back on now, but at times really frustrating! An accountants life is not always the most exciting. Thankfully I only took pictures of my cups of tea on a few occasions! So for…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 21 – Honeymoon in Stellenbosch
As private garden spaces go, this verdant spot at a Boutique winery in Cape Town is pretty damn perfect! This was the garden outside our cottage at Camberley Wines. As you can see the cottage comes with a lovely labrador (the owner’s, but he seemed to like the sunny terrace and the view…
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