Travelling Around Europe by Train

This holiday was an experiment. Something different for us. So why was it different? Did it work? Firstly it was a trip to a part of England we haven't been to for decades. Secondly, it was a trip by car, something we haven't done for years. Thirdly

Travel Insurance - Very, Very Boring! But absolutely essential to try to get it right. This long rambling post is an attempt to describe some of the pitfalls of the travel insurance minefield and how you might avoid some of them using our own

A beach in Devon I've been keeping sketch books in exactly the same format since Easter 1995. I'm currently on the sixteenth book. These are Daler-Rowney 148x130mm hardback 150gsm cartridge paper sketch books. They have accompanied me on just about

I'm writing this at the start of December 2025, the Christmas twig is up and illuminated. And our plans for 2026 are in place already! We've got three trips booked - yes, booked. I'm so organised! As one of us is celebrating her 70th birthday

"Money, it's a crime Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away" Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Money. Dark Side of the Moon.

This is a description of a holiday that was planned, mostly booked and never taken! It was planned as a grand pan-European odyssey back in those heady days of 2019 & 2020 when the world had never heard of Covid or lockdowns. Ah! Such innocence.

DRAFT Phew! What a trip, What a holiday! We saw amazing things, we had great experiences, and we aren't ever doing anything like it ever again! (See the second part of this entry linked here for all the reasons) This was the final part of a