The Titanic Experience was something I had wanted to do since this opened in 2012. After all, I made the decision this year, that I was not going to put off places and things that I would like to do ! Our hotel was ten minutes walk and we booked an early slot, as I like places to be quieter -…
Driving through Northern Island, my husband mention Ballymoney was the home of the Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden and Bar. We pop over for a visit and it was a lovely spot. Ballymoney is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Joey Dunlop was a world champion motorcyclist from the area. During his career he won the…
Over an hours drive from Belfast George Best Airport. I had seen pictures online and thought that they looked beautiful. What I did not take into account, was where they were and how many tourists would be there. But I was visiting the busier time of year as the Ulster GP was taken place the same weekend I was there…
Blenheim Palace Gardens is over two thousand acres of parkland and formal gardens. We started at the Water Terrace, which we came across after exiting the Chapel. This statue shocked me as it is based on someone but who ? We decided to walk the river walk against the banks of the River Glyme. There we found a boathouse. And…
Christchurch College - an inspiration for the Harry Potter film series. This was the main reason that I wanted to visit Oxford. And I never told my husband. He reliased while we queuing to visit. We paid our entrance fee of £9 per person. You walk through a courtyard and reach a staircase. And this was the one that was used…
We had a few hours walking around Oxford University taking in the sites. We found Alice's Shop first. And then we walked through Christchurch Meadow. We then walked through the back streets of Oxford to Radcliffe Square. I was taken in by the gardens that each college that we came across. They were all different to each other which was…
