In words & pictures
Friday 23rd We often have an overnight stay near the airport the day before departure, but this time it was straight to the destination. An early evening flight meant we had plenty of time for travel. We arrived at Manchester with time to kill, enjoying a few beers and a nice Italian meal before setting off. The down side of this, …
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This was our second river cruise. We had enjoyed our previous journey along the Rhine & Moselle so much, that we booked another one with the same company. This time we were joined by friend Pete & Donna. There was an extensive blog about this holiday, which I wrote copiously each day during lulls in exploration. It went into an …
Read moreWe found ourselves a rather nice ‘Air B&B’ just off Gargrave Road for a few days. It came with a parking spot. The problem was, I had to reverse uphill along a very narrow cobbled cul-de-sac for over 80 metres to get to it. My door mirrors were only just missing the wall on one side, and the mirrors of …
Read moreI’d driven past Burghley House on a number of occasions during my weekly commute from Hull to Bedford. It was on one of the many different routes I used in order to break up the boredom of the journey. This time however, Jill and I were in the area as we had been to visit her son Michael’s new house in …
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We were making one of our regular trips to London for the weekend and had two main events planned. The first was to finally see The Mousetrap at St Martin’s Theatre. We had talked about it for quite a while, although it had never been on my to do list, Jill has always been an Agatha Christie fan so I …
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Thursday 23rd It was dark when we began our journey to Lisbon. 05:30 on a cold January morning. That’s one of the reasons we had chosen to do this, to escape the long winter misery that is January in the north of England. For once our journey was smooth and uninterrupted. Well, apart from a bit of unscheduled turbulence. Owing …
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York is one of my favourite cities, a place I’ve visited many times. As a treat for my birthday, Jill booked us a night at a Travelodge. We made use of the current bus subsidy which meant it only cost us £2 each to get there. I thought the fairly lengthy journey might be a bit tedious, but despite the …
Read moreRetirement! So that’s it then. I’ve finally gone and done it. After thinking about it for over a year, I’ve actually plucked up the courage to jump a sinking ship and set sail on my own! I’ve heard other people say that when they retire they don’t seem to have any spare time, and so far that’s been pretty much …
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We had long thought about going on a river cruise, but the cost had been putting us off. That and the thought of being shepherded around on the daily excursions which most of them seemed to include. Then Jill stumbled across this one with Tui. A river cruise of the Moselle and Rhine valleys, at a reasonably affordable price and …
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We had talked about going to Italy for a while, and finally got around to it at the beginning of spring. We had hoped to escape the incessant rain and enjoy a bit of sunshine. Friday 22nd An early start meant that we landed in Pisa late afternoon, with plenty of time to enjoy our first evening in Italy. A …
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