Category United Kingdom
Kent – A Day of Coincidences
Jill was feeling a little better so we decided to head off and see some more of this area. She has always wanted to see the White Cliffs of Dover, so we headed down the road to Dover to see if we could get a view of these famous cliffs. After a bit of exploring, […]
Sissinghurst Garden and Castle
Jill was feeling a bit better this morning and was out of bed (slowly) for the first time in three days. She thought that she would be comfortable enough to go for a drive in the car, so after a late morning start we decided to go to see the famous Sissinghurst Gardens – about […]
Rainy Kent
It’s Saturday today and we had a sleep-in, at least by the hotel timetable as breakfast continues until 11.00 am on weekends. Last Wednesday,, we drove the ninety-mile distance from Colchester south to Ashford. It rained all day. We had a few places on the list to visit but gave them away early on because […]
Exploring Some National Trust Properties
Over the last two days, we have spent some time visiting National Trust properties around Colchester. All of these properties are well maintained. They all have a visitors centre with a cafe, shops and toilets and, as such, are a very reliable places to visit. We get free entry on a reciprocal basis with our […]
Lunch With Friends in Lavenham
We didn’t drive far today – just a few miles up the road to the historic town of Lavenham to meet friends for lunch I took a few photos of charming houses on the way. My favourite form of photography is landscape photography but this area is so flat, there isn’t really many long distance […]
More Village Visits
Yesterday, we drove though a few more villages in Sussex and Essex (to the north and east of Colchester). Ajll were very quaint and we enjoyed pottering around them. It was raining during the morning and our visit to Cavendish was wet but the houses that looked on to the village green were very attractive. […]
Exploring Sussex
Our plan of slecting two or three places to visit each day worked really well for us today. Some of our visits were to villages in Suffolk ands others were across the border in Essex. To us, they are so close so that whichever county they are in doesn’t really matter. After a slow start, […]