Category Archives: Europe

Harden to Sonning

Leaving a rainswept Harden we headed south and as we progressed the rain petered out and we saw some sun.  We got to Marian and Martin’s mid afternoon, let ourselves in to the cottage and Christine made use of the … Continue reading

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Whitby

Friday 6th, and we arrived early evening at the White House Hotel on the top of the cliff above Whitby and were soon booked in, we even had 2 rooms to choose from.  Unusual you would think, well during the … Continue reading

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Northampton to Whitby

Early Monday morning the family went about their businesses and left us to lock up when we were ready to leave.  Today was another sunny but cold day as we headed to see our accountant to complete our UK tax … Continue reading

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France to Northampton 

  Thursday 29th November, and after a very enjoyable couple of days we left Sandy and Wendy’s and head to Saint Malo for the overnight ferry to Portsmouth.  Arriving in Saint Malo mid afternoon, we chased around looking for a … Continue reading

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Home to Channel

After an uneventful drive through the rain we arrived in Burgos, though we did stop for an excellent menu Del dia (somewhere) en-route.  After checking into our hotel with good intentions of going out, we collapsed and watched television, but … Continue reading

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Our spring trip to UK

0500hrs on the 1st March and our drive back to UK starts; we were going to go a day or so earlier but we were “Parrot sitting”. We were very honoured to be trusted to look after Rita’s parrot “Jack” … Continue reading

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