The quiet of our final morning in Holland felt quite a contrast from the festival scenes of the day before! The day started and finished with a short hike and a train ride. One train ride provided a spacious, comfortable, silent transfer for the price of a couple of coffees, while the other was sweaty,… Read more

As has often been the case on many of our travels, we have chances upon all sorts of festivals, live bands or parades. Today we found all three! After a delightfully slow breakfast at the apartment, we strolled into the city centre to find ourselves in the middle of the Pride Parade! The empty streets… Read more

“Glass of Prosecco with you breakfast Sir”? Well, I don’t mind if I do! Although Clare had to stay focused for her days work, I was able to fully indulge in all the perks of the fine establishment, including multiple visits to the well stocked pastry bar!  Having got things off to an agreeable start,… Read more

Purely by chance, we found ourselves staying the night in a delightful little place called Upton upon Severn. It was the perfect place to spend a relaxing day down by the river and going slowly in and out of the quirky independent shops. To my delight, we parked up right outside a shop called ‘The… Read more

On arrival back in the UK, Clare found herself embroiled in the Heathrow Airport chaos due to the passport technology failing. Her next flight to Manchester was subsequently cancelled, but thankfully she negotiated the queues and angry mobs and escaped, exhausted and having lost her voice, but otherwise relatively unscathed to a Hotel, where I… Read more

After just over four hours sleep, I was back up and out into the brightness of The Cottage gardens around 9am. Ideally, I’d have stayed slumbering for the remainder of the morning, but there was much to be done, and little in the way of available time. Some toast and coffee got things started along… Read more