Vibrant York – Part Three
York offered our five day trip just enough to make it a city break full of rich cultural history during the day and vibrant cultural Yorkshire entertainment.
Category Travel
Visits including to Malaysia
Istanbul City Break 2
Istanbul offers a unique blend of history and culture , as it straddles two continents, Europe and Asia.
Istanbul City Break 1
We visited Istanbul in February and stayed in the Old City close to the key landmarks. We did not expect snow and, yes, Istanbul was bitingly cold. Istanbul offers a unique blend of history and culture , as it straddles two continents, Europe and Asia.
Shropshire
Shrewsbury has managed to retain its medieval features in the town centre with over 660 listed buildings, some 15th and 16th-century timber-framed houses.
Trerice Manor – telling the story in Cornwall
Trerice Manor - an important manor for Cornwall with wonderful staff to tell its story but there is not more to it than that.
Seaton: time travel on a tram
Seaton Tramway is a fairly unique and offers a short journey through the Axe Valley on narrow gauge electric trams.
Eden Project – A Grand Day Out
We visited the Eden project because we had previously been and enjoyed the biomes they were worthy of a second look.
Japanese Garden – a spiritual retreat
Japanese Garden in Newquay - a spiritual retreat. The garden is relatively small and being Japanese in its theme there is a limit to how much you see.
Weekend in Gloucester – A Rough Diamond
Gloucester, as a travel destination is a rough diamond. Look underneath the twentieth century architecture and there is a history worth exploring.
A weekend in Whitby
Whitby is hilly, famous for its lemon top ice cream, lots of fish and chip bars and restaurants, and the craft ale bars.