Continuing our weekend in Edinburgh. One of the great things about doing an open top bus tour is that you get to see things that you might not notice from down lower, for example the back end of a cow that was sticking out of a wall and a lovely little lion/imp on top of … Continue reading Edinburgh – part 2

Last month (I can't believe it's that long ago) Ken and I went for a long weekend in Edinburgh - Scotland's beautiful capital.  Shockingly neither of us had ever spent time there so thought we better correct that oversight, especially as Ken is from God's chosen country of Scotland.Despite only being there for 3 full … Continue reading Edinburgh – part 1

Yesterday we headed into London again - this time starting at Barbican Tube Station.  We headed off with our first destination being St Giles' Cripplegate - there has been a church there for nearly 1000 years, but the present church was built in 1394!!  It's a beautiful church - stuck right in the middle of … Continue reading 3 Churches, a cat, & a cupcake

Distance walked:  4.8milesStag/Hen groups seen:  3Weddings seen:  2Yesterday Ken and I went into London for a wander - no main plan in mind but decided to start at Moorgate station in East London.  Todays blog is really dedicated to those things you see when you take notice of the little things and take the time … Continue reading Back Street London

Today we went into London with no real plans but ended up in Whitechapel where we went to the Whitechapel Art Gallery. It was just a spur of the moment thing as we'd never been there before. Let me say now that within 10 minutes of being there my beloved uttered the words, 'what a … Continue reading Arty London

I'm getting behind again - I can't believe that it's two weeks since we went to Peace in the Park at the Brahma Kumaris Global Retreat Centre in Oxfordshire. It was a free event promoting exactly what it says, peace. Also meditation, respecting the planet we live on, and wellbeing.The Global Retreat Centre is in … Continue reading Peace in the Park

The first weekend in July we went to the Cornbury Music Festival in Great Tew Park in Oxfordshire.  We arrived on the Thursday night at about 9.30pm and left on the Sunday night at the end of the festival.  As someone who spending a whole weekend roughing it at a festival hadn't appealed, it was … Continue reading Cornbury Music Festival

On Sunday two weeks ago we took advantage of the glorious sunshine and headed to the National Trust property Cliveden, which we love.  It used to be home to the Astors and some of the Profumo affair took part on the property.  There's a really beautiful landscaped garden, great stately house (which I've been lucky enough … Continue reading Cliveden in the sun

We are back from our hols in the beautiful land down under, and despite still waking up at silly hours, we headed out on Sunday for a day of fun. We didn't have a plan apart from wanting to end up at Greenwich Market.Our first stop was at North Greenwich for the O2 (formally known … Continue reading Greenwich Adventures

One of our great days out, despite some rain, has been to Wings Wildlife Park in Gunn's Plains, which is just over 30km from Penguin.  They take in lots of injured wildlife, especially ones that have been injured on the states roads, or are found in the pouch of animals that have been killed on … Continue reading Communing with the native Tasmanian wildlife