Category Archives: Travels

Last year we headed to the Henley show.  It was our favourite show of the year.  For me this was because they have a giant vegetable competition!  Again I was keen to checkout the large marrow, pumpkin and carrots.  I … Continue reading →

We recently made a trip down the Portsmouth to visit the historic dockyards.  The absolute highlight for me was the ruins of the Tudor warship the Mary Rose – Henry VIII’s favourite ship – or so they say.   The Mary … Continue reading →

While we were in the Peaks District, we did a cycle from Asbourne up to Hume End then back again. It was a 58.1 km ride which was supposed to take about 3-4 hours. Given that we didn’t leave until … Continue reading →

“Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a white horse With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes She shall have music wherever she goes” Ok, It’s not my work – don’t worry … Continue reading →

Finally we’ve done the three most touristy things in York.  York is only slightly smaller than Oxford, but it seems to suffer from tourists more than Oxford, I’m not sure why.  What I hear you ask is “suffering” from tourists.  … Continue reading →

A couple of our day trips provided some intersting sights… the highlights as follows… The bones of St Nicholas in the Cathedral in Trani.  St Nicholas (Santa Clause) was thought to be a fool, but eventually I guess they realised … Continue reading →

From Ruvo we made a trip further south into the heel of the boot that is Italy.  Lecce has a wonderful historic centre within medieval walls.  We holed up an a BnB and tripped around some of the Roman ruins … Continue reading →

A.k.a. “the bus from hell” Following the wedding that D+N were here for, we all headed south. Italy is about 1000 km from North to South, we were heading almost to the very South some 800 km. We were told … Continue reading →

Thursday we headed to the world heritage region of chinque terra. It’s an amazing mountain-ocean area where steep hills meet the Mediterranean sea. The land is terraced and the resulting flat land is farmed. It is thought that if the … Continue reading →

While D+N did the family thing, Kate and I were left to our own devices. We wandered around Genoa using all means of transport – even the underground. It seems that the underground is a secret. I’m not sure if … Continue reading →