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London
London has really turned on some glorious weather for our last couple of days. A great end to an epic holiday. I hope you have enjoyed our travels, thanks for following & we will see you back home. 👋 That’s it from me, cheerio 👋
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The Cotswolds to London
It’s time to head back to London for a few nights before facing the long haul home. We were lucky with the weather yesterday when we were wandering around the villages as it is raining again today. This morning we popped into Lacock, another quaint little village before we left for the city.
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The Cotswolds
What a beautiful part of the country this is with so many quant little villages. 😍 First stop was Castle Combe which is said to be the most beautiful village in England. Next village was Malmesbury. And onto Bath…..
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Swansea to Box, The Cotswolds England
Today we took a sentimental journey to find my Grandfather’s family home & little farm at Hook Bank near Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire England. William Harold Yeates (known as Harold) is my mother’s father & at 17 years of age he left his family & friends behind to settle in Australia. I can not imagine the courage…
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Tresaith to Swansea
It’s a beautiful day, woohoo! The rain has cleared so we were able to have a walk along the beach before taking off. Wales, like the rest of the UK has stunning scenery.
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Porthmadog to Tresaith
Not much happening today, the drive down the coast was wet & at times foggy. We are staying at a little old pub “The Ship’s Inn” right on the beach in this tiny holiday village. Even though it is raining, blowing a gale & freezing there has been a couple of very hardy swimmers who…
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Liverpool to Porthmadog, Wales
This morning we had a “Ticket to ride” the big yellow Beatles Magical Mystery tour bus which took us to all the places associated with John, Paul, George & Ringo as they grew up, met & formed the band. We had fun singing along, quite badly, to all the Beatles songs. See if you recognise…
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Portinscale to Liverpool
After a very wet drive down we have arrived in Liverpool, home of John, Paul, George & Ringo. Our hotel is in a great area, central to the revamped docks. And they have happy hour!! 🥂
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Portinscale
Another beautiful day here, which is unusual as The Lakes district receives the highest rainfall in all of England. I bravely dug my shorts out of the suitcase, laced up the hiking boots & we jumped on the bus to go to Buttermere Lake which is 45mins away on the other side of the mountain…
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Lockerbie to Portinscale, Lakes District, England
This morning was my last chance to indulge in some haggis. No thanks! Not long after leaving Gretna we crossed the border & are now back in England. The main thing we wanted to see today was Hadrian’s Wall but as usual we stopped off at a few other places.
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Belfast to Lockerbie via Edinburgh
We haven’t done much today besides sit in a ✈️ & 🚙. Another quick flight from Belfast to Edinburgh, then we picked up our next set of wheels for the drive to Gretna which is 15mins from Lockerbie. Those of us of a certain age will remember the horrific Lockerbie bombing in 1988. Libyan terrorists…
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Portrush to Belfast
Yesterday we crossed the border back into Northern Ireland so we are back to miles & £GBP. This morning we visited Giant’s Causeway, & then took the scenic route along the coast to Belfast. Giant’s Causeway was spectacular! The folklore is that the giant Finn McCool built the causeway to cross the north channel to…
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Donegal to Portrush
Top o the morning to you! It’s Tursday & on the radio they have a competition where you can win Tirty Tree Tousand Euro. ☺️ I love how the Irish completely ignore the “h” in “th”. This morning we headed back out to see the Slieve League cliffs. We missed a turn & got a…
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Westport to Donegal
We are up on the west coast of Ireland & it is very windy & overcast again this morning. But give it 5 mins & it might be a beautiful day. First stop was Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery with tombs built around 4000BC. We drove out to the Slieve League cliffs this afternoon but with the…
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Dromoland to Westport
The Burren is a glaciokarst landscape 530 square kilometres in size. All the limestone on the surface was once covered by glaciers.
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Tralee to Dromoland
Not much happening today, which is good, as I don’t know about the young fella, but I am a bit weary. It was a nice drive on back roads to Tarbert where we put the car on the ferry across to Kilrush & then drove onto Dromoland. We passed lots of little dairy farms with…
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The Dingle Peninsula
It is still chilly with a NW breeze off the Atlantic. The locals tell me it should be warmer this time of year with a SW breeze. Today we drove around the Dingle Peninsula & back to Tralee for the night. We drove the Conor Pass through the mountains on the way over & then…
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Cobh to Tralee
Cobh is a very pretty town on Great Island in Cork Harbour on the south coast. Yesterday when we arrived it was very quiet on the waterfront but this morning there is a big arse cruise ship docked so a bit busier around town. Cobh was also the final port for passengers to board the…
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Dublin to Cobh
Woke up a little dusty after our pub crawl last night & what have we pre-booked for this morning…………. 🤦♀️ It’s time to hit the road, heading south. When the cafe owner found out we were from Australia he asked if we had been to Stanthorpe. The photo above is on the cafe wall.
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Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Yesterday when we crossed the border between Belfast and Dublin there was no actual border crossing. The only indication that we were in Ireland was the road signs were in kms, not miles. Time to put the £ away & dig out the €. The highlight of our day/evening was the Rural Pub tour. Unfortunately…
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