This year's travel plans were going to be all about Europe. As we are continuing to overpay on our mortgage, but I now have redundancy this year too. And as I have asked for early release in June. I was successful, that I was released at the beginning of March. Meaning I can start travelling to some many amazing places. But…
My mum and her friend took a very short trip to Edinburgh. This was not originally planned, it was curtailed thanks to Ryanair who cancelled their flights home. This was her first visit and with just a day and a half, they took advantage of the The Royal Edinburgh Ticket. The Royal Edinburgh Ticket is a pass that includes free entrance and fast-tracked entry…
I have wanted to visit the Friends Fest ever since it was announced but I always missed out on the tickets as they were always sold out ! This year, I got tickets. It was set at Hylands House in Chelmsford. So we drove and queued. Lucky for us, we had the first slot of the day. Friends is such…
We went to Jimmy's farm in Ipswich during the summer holidays with my nephew and niece. We hoped that we had picked a sunny day but we instead grey skies and rain. You just can not trust the British weather. This was such a shame. We arrived after a fifty minute drive. Jimmy's Farm is not a typical farm. The…
So my husband suggested a road trip to the seaside. And one Sunday we ended up at Clacton Pier. We have not been here for over twenty years. So we went off to explore. The amusements have not changed at all. And when I saw this ride, I knew my husband who is MotoGP mad was going to have a…
Now I never thought that I would be talking about a service station but Gloucester Services was a really lovely place to visit. Gloucester Services is a pair of Motorway Service Areas serving the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M 5 between Junction 11 A and Junction 12, near Whaddon, Gloucester. It specialises in selling artisan food, and does…
