Yesterday we were thinking of going on a day trip but in the end we decided not to. Why did we not go? Because we had worn ourselves out the day before on another day trip. We had decided to go shopping. We wanted a mower lift, a coiled hose that stretches to 100 feet [...]
Browsing Posts tagged Castles
The Good, the Bad and the Ugley
20 May 2014 at 8:26 pm 1 comment
Lynn – Day 4
24 July 2013 at 4:09 pm 2 comments
Today we wake to a cloudy sky. This does not come as a surprise as it was forecast and we still decide to stop off in Thetford on the way home as neither of us knows much about it. We finish breakfast, pack and set off. We parked near the 18th century Nuns' Bridges which [...]
Lynn – Day 3
23 July 2013 at 4:22 pm No comments
Another day, another sunny morning. Today we are going further north to the coast at Hunstanton known colloquially as 'Sunny Hunny'. It's about 40 years since I was there last and we are going once again to look at the cliffs. It was a straightforward, uneventful journey and we reached the old lighthouse in about [...]
A high speed trip.
17 June 2013 at 8:56 am 2 comments
The high speed railway route from St. Pancras Station in London runs down through Ashford in Kent, under the English Channel, and thence to foreign climes. On its way it also passes through Stratford International Station in Greater London and, as I have mentioned before, the rail route from our local station goes through Stratford [...]
Two big buildings and a steep hill
6 July 2011 at 4:32 pm 16 comments
The Prologue. Just back from a five day trip to here: Any ideas? No ideas eh? You've now seen one of the big buildings so here's the second big building: Any more wonderful ideas like the previous ones (0)? You've now had both big buildings so now for the third clue – the Steep Hill: [...]
Taking the bull by the horns.
19 May 2010 at 1:10 pm 2 comments
Yesterday, Tuesday, we had to go to Rayleigh, Essex and, as it was a sunny day, decided to include a little sightseeing and the obvious place to start was Rayleigh itself. The town was nothing special but it does have one of these: A rather nice brick built tower mill with an interesting [...]
A Capital Trip – Tower Hill
14 April 2010 at 10:49 am 3 comments
Back again on the DLR our train was headed for Bank but we wanted Tower Gateway so we had to change at Shadwell. This meant that we got off the train on to the platform to wait for a train to Tower Gateway which happened to be the next one along and we must have [...]
Down South – Day 4 – Sunday 27th Sept.
1 October 2009 at 1:49 pm 1 comment
We go home today but have decided to call in to Scotney Castle, in Kent, on the way but before any of you castle fanatics get overexcited, especially those of you who’s names begin with ‘M’, let me explain that there is very little castle but a lot of garden. By the time we’d had [...]
Hip, Hip, Hoo Rye
6 April 2008 at 11:26 am 3 comments
Tomorrow we leave for Rye and the day after that we meet, for the first time, our forum friend from the U.S.A. – Marie. After that anything could happen. I am hoping that when the hotel says it has Internet access it actually works. We shall see. If it does work I'm hoping to update [...]
Back again
24 July 2006 at 4:35 pm No comments
We returned yesterday from our latest trip having been to Brecon and the Brecon Beacons, Carreg Cennen Castle, the City of St. David’s, the Pembrokshire coast and finally Marlborough in Wiltshire which included the Avebury Stone Circle. I took about 400 photographs in all but not all of these will appear on the site. Here [...]
