Starting out from my home in Torquay, my friend Karen (who had come over from Hastings to help celebrate my birthday) and I headed north to Tiverton to check off yet another item on my bucket list – a journey on one of England’s last horse-drawn canal boats. …these archways were once used to burn …
Goodwood Revival There are a handful of experiences one has that are so wonderful, there are simply not enough superlatives to describe them – the Goodwood Revival was such an experience! This was one of the best days I have ever had – ever! So, what is the Goodwood Revival? Read below… When I left …
There are worse places to sit and work for the day than on the dock of an historic hotel, beside the River Thames… Fluffy river companion… (I do miss having a fluffy companion – one of the drawbacks of this amazing lifestyle…) Sitting here, working away – the river provided a constant source of vibrancy …
No sooner did I pick up the keys to my beautiful apartment, I dropped my luggage, repacked, and was off across the country… First stop after an overnight rest-break part-way, was collecting the car I just bought – a black Volvo C70 convertible, with black leather interior and wood trim – he’s just lovely and …
That’s what I say every time I fly these days… “Never again!” …and then the time comes to get from A to B and I think, “it must be better this time…” OK, let me backtrack on this particular journey… While my apartment in Sligo on the Irish west coast was in a fabulous location …
While for many, the thought of being surrounded by seaweed is something straight out of a horror movie, for me, having one of Ireland’s famous ‘seaweed baths’ has been on my bucket list for some time. Seaweed baths are popular in Ireland, but are not a recent phenomenon as many date from Edwardian times, when they …
Although today was – according to the weatherman – going to be party sunny, partly cloudy, some shower and some rain… I decided to brave the elements and go exploring. First stop was Donegal Castle. From Wikipedia: Donegal Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhún na nGall) is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. For most of the last …
The beautiful Lough Gill / Loch Gile / Loch Gill was my destination today for a boat ride, departing from Parke’s Castle. If you look to the far left of the photo below, you will see Parke’s Castle with the white tower, and our boat moored slightly to the right. While Robert Parke’s fortified manor …
After a lovely sleep-in, Boswell (trusty rental car) and I went in search of a particular medieval abbey that dates back to 1508 – Creevelea Friary. …and I thought yesterday’s excursion was skinny and windy? It had nothing on these roads – and I must admit, it was fun! …although none of these photos show …
We have had rain here for the past few days and while I do actually love the rain, I am not particularly partial to going exploring and sightseeing in it… Although, yesterday evening, the sun began to peek through (these photos below from last night around 8:00pm), so I decided that today would be a …
