I’d been promising to visit London for a good year so when 2010 rolled in and I still hadn’t book I figured it was time to get my act together. So this weekend myself and the Fiance packed our bags and headed down for a long weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Every year when it gets to January I start to get a bit grumpy with the weather and start to look to booking our first weekend away to try and get the first whiff of Spring. This year I decided I would fulfill a promise I have made to myself every year for the last 5 years and finally make it over to the Isle of Arran.

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After yet another lazy morning in our lovely wee cottage we finally decided to take a drive through to Ludlow (the prettiest town in England or so it says on all the tourist info!)

We’re only about 20 miles from Ludlow so it took about 40 minutes to drive there. Once there we wandered into the centre. It’s a beautiful town (the tourist info just might be right) and is full to the brim with gorgeous Tudor buildings jutting out into the road and over the pavements. Read the rest of this entry »

We woke up to a miserable rainy day. Not ones to be put off by this we got in our car and took a drive over to Aberystwyth.

Aberystwyth is a traditional Victorian seaside town with lovely big flats overlooking the sea, a promenade and the longest electric cliff lift in Britain. It has museums, a Camera Obscura and lots of light railways around Read the rest of this entry »

This morning we had a lazy morning so by the time we were motivated for leaving the cottage we opted for a short drive into Knighton for a spot of lunch and a wander.

We stopped at The Horse and Jockey Inn for lunch which was good value and one of the only places I have ever seen ‘proper hand-cut chips’ (just like Mum’s used to make) on the menu. Read the rest of this entry »