To make our trip to Hunters Inn (link) and North Devon (link) in mid June 2021 more interesting, my partner and I took in a couple of towns and National…
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…
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…
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. To make our week-long trip…
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…
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…
Falmouth is renowned for its sub-tropical gardens. While in the area, I visited 2 gems, Trebah Gardens and Trelissick Garden. Trebah Gardens Trebah is only a short drive from The…
In recent years, Falmouth has been featured on the list of one of the best places to live in the U.K. Well, I don’t know about living there, but it…
Coleton Fishacre at Kingswear is just over 30 miles from our base in Exeter. It’s one of best National Trust gardens I have visited. Unfortunately the house, which was built in…
Having family connections in Exeter means occasional visits there. After a while it’s all too easy to take this amazing city for granted. So during my recent visit in mid…