This post is part of a series called Around England At the last weekend when we visited my daughter and son-in-law in London, they gave us a surprise treat –…

This post is part of a series called Around England The joy of Autumn It’s the time of the year when summer plants put away their brightly-coloured flowers, some trees…

This post is part of a series called Around England I always look forward to our annual trip to Warwickshire to visit my partner’s brother in Claverdon, Warwickshire. The journey…

This post is part of a series called Around England When one thinks of Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick immediately spring to mind. However the elegant spa town of Leamington Spa…

What a fabulous way to wind up the year with a visit to National Trust’s Stourhead to see the magical light show! It took just over an hour to follow…

“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”, so said Dr Samuel Johnson in 1777. I wouldn’t go that far, but on my third break in…

The Cotswolds (which means “King Cod’s lands”), famous for picturesque villages, spread across six English counties in central England – Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. It’s a perfect place…

Once I came to terms with not going abroad this year, I stopped checking what countries were on the red, amber or green lists. For me, no foreign travel is…

There is more to Wiltshire than Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral, Stourhead, Longleat etc. etc. Away from the traffic queues heading for these places and slightly off the beaten track on B3089,…

Booking a stay at Hunters Inn is said to be difficult because it’s fully booked months in advance. I can vouch for that. I managed to book a room for…