Category Archives: 2019 UK, Iceland and Ireland

Day 26, 14th June 2019 Eastbourne UK

Posted on 15/06/2019 by Deborah

We headed a few km away to Beachy Head early this morning for a 10km round walk to see the White Cliffs and The Seven Sisters.    Number of Views :864

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Day 25 13th June 2019 Eastbourne UK

Posted on 14/06/2019 by Greg

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

Posted on 13/06/2019 by Greg

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.

Posted on 12/06/2019 by Greg

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

Posted on 11/06/2019 by Greg

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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Day 21 9 June 2019 Belgravia, Knightsbridge and some Tennis.

Posted on 10/06/2019 by Greg

Simple plans for the day, have a look around Knightsbridge/Belgravia, French Open Men’s Final and get ready for tomorrow, the start of our road trip of Britain. Lucky for us, I decided we needed an early start, so I got … Continue reading →

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Day 20 8th June 2019 The Trooping of the Colour, London

Posted on 09/06/2019 by Greg

We left home around 9:30am and headed to Pall Mall for the Queen’s Birthday Trooping of the Colour parade. We arrived a bit before 10am and it was 4 or 5 deep on the Green Park side of the Mall … Continue reading →

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Day 19 7 June Mayfair London

Posted on 08/06/2019 by Greg

The weather forecast for today was rain, lots of it. So we decided to take a rest day, and besides, Ash Barty (the Australian tennis player) was in the French Open semi-finals. So it was a very easy, lazy day, … Continue reading →

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Day 18  6th June 2019 London Silver Vaults, British Museum, Covent Garden Markets and more     Part 2 of todays adventures

Posted on 07/06/2019 by Greg

Today was too big for our site to gandle in one posting. The rest of our day follows. ??? Just over the road we came to The London Silver Vaults. The vaults were originally opened in 1876 as an area … Continue reading →

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Day 18 6th June 2019 Soane’s Museum and Lincoln Inn Part 1 of todays adventures

Posted on 07/06/2019 by Greg

We had a bit bigger day today! We left home around 9:30am and caught the No.6 bus expecting to get off at Drury Lane, but no, this No. 6 terminated at Piccadilly Circus! Go figure huh! So we got off … Continue reading →

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