Whilst the others had gone off cycling on Sunday, I went to visit Burnby Gardens which is near Pocklington. Not knowing anything about Burnby Gardens, I was very pleasantly surprised when I got there! The lady at the reception told me that she hadn’t expected to see anyone due to the bad weather forecast, but there where quite a few people arriving at the same time as I did. I walked along the path along the Upper Lake, down towards…
This weekend took us on another of our short weekends away. On this occasion we were taking advantage of a Ramada special offer and staying at Sutton Coldfield. We decided a walk around Shugborough Estate on the way would break up the journey nicely. The walk started at Seven Springs car park just off the A513. It then followed a gravel path along the side of Cannock Chase. Over a ford. A little further along we picked up the Staffordshire…
Wednesday 21st August is Sarah’s 50th birthday and to celebrate this landmark occasion we decided to spend the time at Caernarfon. Tuesday evening We drove over to Caernarfon after finishing work on the Tuesday evening. After dropping our stuff off at Caernarfon Travelodge we started by taking an evening stroll around the town. We began by walking around Doc Fictoria, the newly renovated Victoria Docks Marina. We then wandered in to walled town and ended up at the Black Boy…
Work restrictions have never prevented us from undertaking adventures in the past. Being unable to be granted a full days annual leave (probably due to our having already taken plenty of time off recently for our previous tours) meant we didn’t set off for Tynemouth until after lunch. The purpose of this visit was to spend a little time with Sarah’s friend Laurence and her family (Geoff, Danielle and Amber) who are briefly over from America visiting family, and staying…
After breakfast (at YHA Berwick) we waved goodbye to Neil and Des – they were getting a morning train home. However we had most of the day to look around Berwick-Upon-Tweed. We set off for a walk around the town, setting off along the river. Past the bridges, we reached the white wall and the remains of Berwick-Upon-Tweed castle. We climbed up and made our way onto the city walls and got some great views. Along the wall we reached…
