Flashback Friday Travel 32 – Three Choirs Vineyard
A few years ago as a birthday present I was given a vine to adopt, at the Three Choirs Vineyard in the UK between Gloucester and the Forest of Dean. We all know how I love a vineyard visit as part of a holiday so this was an inspired present from my friends! A little…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel 31 – Anniversary in Cumbria
It has been a while since I have done a flashback-friday, so where better to re-launch it than from the beautiful Lake District! We had a lovely long spring weekend here for our first wedding anniversary in 2011 – Mr P had dragged me along Striding Edge for ‘girlfriend tests’ many years before…
View PostStourhead blooms and views
The bank holiday weekend was at risk of passing us by without much excitement! I had just met a big sign off deadline at work (6pm on the Friday before the long weekend thank goodness) and Mr P had had a busy old time of it, so we were pottering and relaxing our…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel 29 – North Norfolk
I could talk happily about the north coast of Norfolk for hours given the chance – or Chelsea on Sea as many term it. It is just gorgeous and I was lucky enough to spend many a summer there growing up, doing little more than sailing every day on the high tide and reading a…
View PostPicturesque Cornish tin mines
The mining history of Cornwall doesn’t sound like it should be beautiful – but over the years some of our favourite days out and loveliest photographs have been from our trips to see mining history! My Mum hails from Redruth which was once the world capital of mining, so I’ve spent many a…
View PostThe beautiful Lost Gardens of Heligan
I hadn’t heard of The Lost Gardens of Heligan until recently and so I enquired of my Mum why it was that we hadn’t been there when I was little… That’s when she explained – she hasn’t been there either… and she grew up in Cornwall. Intriguing – how could this be…
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 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 PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 19 – Dorset “I do”!
This is one of my favourite photos (and days)! Given the camera we had at the time – it is even more amazing! Mr P was in the process of changing jobs but had some time on his hands – so he’d done a bit of ‘shopping’! Before the new job started, off…
View PostStaycation favourites – Cornwall, Norfolk and Cumbria
The staycation, I was delighted when I saw that this was the link up theme with Rebecca, Kelly, Emma and Mandy. I like nothing better than an exotic trip away, but at the same time – I also know what I like and like what I know and a UK staycation can’t fail to…
View PostWhat makes a trip tick – home and away
Anyone that has read what I’ve written on ALTB or triptease will know that I like the finer things, but to be honest, some of the most memorable trips haven’t been in 5* hotels – there is so much more to having an awesome break than spending $$$. That said, we’ve just booked…
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