Hard to beat a start to a day with a morning brew with a view like this! A little planning and a slice of good luck meant that an early start gave us some stunning paddleboarding conditions at the lake. We’d agreed to meet our friend Beth, who is visiting the area, nice and early… Read more

We’ve had some incredible monsoon style rains here at The Cottage in North Wales, with 48mm falling in just one day! I think that could be a record. Eventually things brightened up with the promise of better weather in the sunset skies. It was still dull and damp in the morning when we got up,… Read more

Given the fact that it’s August and the UK roads are generally already too busy, we opted to try and avoid any traffic chaos and leave Somerset under cover of darkness and get back up to The Cottage before things got busy. A 4:45am alarm ensured that we were on the drove at 5am and… Read more

A fabulous few days exploring a bit of Somerset with various family residents. The weather has been splendidly warm, so rather than drive to the south coast (we’ve spent too much time in the car recently), we researched what nearby rivers might offer a good place for a cool down. A short (20mins from where… Read more

A two day dash through Devon and Cornwall to sample some of the delights of British summer time at the beach! Ha ha! Arrived on the south Cornish coast hoping for breakfast on the beach… After a rather wet drive, at least it was only drizzle by the time we got there… Wally look us… Read more

A final drive north along the French toll roads got us to Calais in time to catch our ferry. The weather was pretty rough, but luckily we got across the channel before the worst of the summer storms arrived. It was a wet and bumpy crossing, but over soon enough. Driving out into Dover, we… Read more