Author Archives: Greg

Day 35 23rd June 2019 Penzance, St Michael’s Mount and Lizard Point

Another mixed day of adventuring. We had planned on going to Lands End, but my doubts about it were confirmed by our BnB hosts, it has been over commercialised and for all purposes essentially turned into an amusement park. So … Continue reading

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Day 34 22nd June 2019 Brixham to Falmouth via The Hurling Stones at Minions, The Eden Project & The lost gardens of Heligan

We woke early’ish to a bright sunny day, had breakfast at 7:50am and were on the road a little before 8:30am. It was a big day! And as enjoyable as it was different. Number of Views :940

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Day 33 21st June 2019 Brixham

Another bright sunny day in Brixham, no really, Honest truth the weather was gorgeous! Number of Views :1047

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Day 32 20th June 2019 Brixham to Dartmouth.

Very slow morning. We woke to very bright morning sunshine, but the clouds came in and a light drizzle began. We left our BnB just before 11am and walked to the waterfront area where we got our tickets for the … Continue reading

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Day 29 17 June 2019 Kingley Vale, Weald & Downland and a stroll through Chichester.

This morning we woke to a sensational day, blue skies were visible through the clouds and the forecast was no rain. A perfect day for a stroll in the woods. After breakfast we headed out to Kingley Vale National Nature … Continue reading

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Day 28 16th June 2019 Petworth House and Park, Arundel Cathedral and St Nicholas Church Arundel

We woke this morning to a beautiful day of English liquid sunshine. And that more or less decided our activities for the day (no long outdoor walks today!). We took our time getting started, nothing touristy here opens much before … Continue reading

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Day 25 13th June 2019 Eastbourne UK

We decided to have a quiet day today and to just explore a little of Eastbourne on foot. We waited a little after breakfast for the morning showers to ease before we walked along the foreshore to the pier. Number … Continue reading

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Day 24 12 June 2019 Deal, Dover, Folkstone, Rye, Hastings, Battle and Eastborne. Or 1066 and all that

We started the day at around 8:40am for the drive over to Deal. Sandwich was about halfway to Deal, it was early and there didn’t appear to be a lot to see so we cut Sandwich out. ? Number of … Continue reading

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Day 23 11 June 2019 Canterbury Cathedral, St Martin’s Church and the Kentish coast.

Somehow, today turned into a monster, it wasn’t meant to be so! We started our day with breakfast at 8am and were out the door exploring Canterbury at 8:30. Our plan was to start at the Westgate Gardens, but somehow … Continue reading

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Day 22 10 June 2019 Greg and Deb’s Canterbury Tales. Aka Our Pilgrimage to Canterbury

Today we picked up our hire car to begin our road trip of England. We decided it was easiest to get a cab to the car rental yard rather than pick the car up and load up at the flat, … Continue reading

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