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,…
“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…
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…