Monthly Archives: May 2012

Scott and I enjoyed a nice breakfast with the family (again) then set off to kill some time by taking a walk. We set off on a south-westerly course out of Wherwell, and somehow ended up in a town due south of Wherwell. We returned from the northeast, a brief journey of only 2.5 miles!Continue reading “Saturday – Here comes the Bride”

I haven’t a lot to write about today. After breakfast with the family, Scott and I set off for Basingstoke, following my cousin Molly and her sister Amy. There, after getting only a LITTLE lost, we said goodbye to our Vauxhall Meriva, faithful companion of the past week. We have driven over 1200 miles throughoutContinue reading “Friday – Small Town England”

We had a pleasant evening last night in Bath. After finishing up at the Roman Baths, we returned to our hotel, where we ate, then retired to our room. We finished yesterday’s blog entry, went to bed. This morning, we arose early, and set off for Avebury. This wonderfully fascinating location is only 27.7 milesContinue reading “Thursday – Into the Past”

We began today with a repeat breakfast, foregoing only the cereal.  Even so, we left our charming little hotel quite satisfied!  Today, our journey was to take us to Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury Tor, Cheddar Gorge (in the region famous for having originated Cheddar Cheese) and finally to the ancient city of Bath to see theContinue reading “Wednesday – On to Bath”

Once again, we’ve had some problems with our internet access.  The little hotel we were staying at in Ilfracombe lost internet access Tuesday afternoon.  So this post had to await our arrival in Bath. Tuesday morning, Scott and I enjoyed a “True British Devonshire Breakfast”, as our hostess described it: a bowl of cold cereal,Continue reading “Tuesday – A Visit to Roots”

Well, not really…. Today, we departed Cornwall and continued our journey.  When approaching a roundabout, our gps will announce “continue through the roundabout, THIRD exit.”  Or first or second or whatever.  The third exit basically means we are to turn RIGHT.  We miscounted. And so our 5 minute journey from St. Ives to the A30Continue reading “Monday – In the steps of King Arthur”

Sunday morning, after a nice breakfast of Wheetabix (a breakfast cereal) toast and coffee, Scott and I drove down to St. Michael’s Mount, across the bay from Penzance (fabled land of Pirates… AAarrgh!) We were lucky to arrive during low tide, so we walked across the causeway to this ancient hilltop monastery, then climbed theContinue reading “Sunday – In Cornwall”

Once again we successfully embarked on our journey by 7:30 am today.  We set out on England’s M25, the major road circling London, then transitioned to the M3, and eventually, by hook or by crook, we ended up on the A30, through Salisbury. We were well on our way to making it all the wayContinue reading “Saturday – En route to Cornwall”

Well, I do owe you all a bit of an update, now, don’t I? Thursday morning, we picked up our rental car, a Vauxhall Meriva, then parked it at Molly’s while we once again traveled down to “Merry Olde London-town” by train.  The post from Thursday explains what happened that day, and the quite bizarreContinue reading “Friday – Ipswich in Suffolk”