What can I say about Gloucester except that it’s a great base for exploring the Cotswolds (see separate blog) and captivating place for a city break?! The Thatch Inn, Quedgeley,…
Daycations in July and August 2021
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…
The hidden treasure of Wiltshire
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,…
Let’s do London – July 2021!
“Let’s do London” says the TV ad …. That’s just what my partner and I did last weekend! With international travel still fraught with restrictions, it’s a great opportunity to rediscover…
Sweet Somerset
This post is part of a series called Sweet Somerset To make our trip to Hunters Inn (link) and North Devon (link) in mid June 2021 more interesting, my partner…
Staycation continued in mid June 2021 in North Devon
With foreign travel fraught with difficulties, and alleviation nowhere in sight, staycation seems to be the only way to revive the deflated spirits. As Hunters Inn in Exmoor (link) would…
What’s so special about Hunters Inn in Exmoor, Devon?
This post is part of a series called Delightful Devon Booking a stay at Hunters Inn is said to be difficult because it’s fully booked months in advance. I can…
Staycation in Devon & Cornwall in 2021
The distance between the New Forest in Wiltshire and Falmouth in Cornwall is about 200 miles and takes about 4 hours on mainly provincial roads. (https://gotthefridgemagnet.com/?p=8884) To make our week-long…
Falmouth revisited in May 2021
Finally, restrictions on domestic and foreign travel were lifted on 17 May 2021! Unfortunately, with the pandemic still rampant in Europe and travelling restrictions at every turn, trips to Europe…
New Forest – autumn to winter
In a small corner of New Forest in Wiltshire, far from the tourist’s trail, lies a village where I am spending the lockdown since March 2020. It’s not that the…