Our visit to England had been absolutely brilliant. Linda and Mike went out of their way to make sure we had a jam-packed six days filled with fun activities and we couldn’t thank them enough. They did all the hard … Continued
Visiting Harry Potter world was always going to be on my list of things to do on a visit to England. But it became an absolute bucket list item when we visited New Zealand last year. One of the people … Continued
The imposing manor house above the lake doesn’t say much at all about what happened here during WW2. The house had been bought by a developer who would have built a housing estate but the manor and 58 acres of … Continued
There’s more to English towns than ancient villages choked in traffic like Buckingham and London. Linda and Mike live near Milton Keynes, a deliberately designed city envisioned in the 1960s. Here’s a quote from the Wikipedia article. “Recognising how traditional … Continued
Part of what makes these winter festivals sparkle is the camaraderie, the joining together with neighbours. After our visit to Waddesdon Hall we moved on to the village of Little Horwood where everybody gathered around a bonfire on the village … Continued
Yule is, after all, a season to celebrate the return of the light after the long days of darkness. Our friends took us to the Christmas fair at Waddesdon Hall to enjoy a truly spectacular light show. That was where … Continued
Christmas, as we all know, is quintessentially a Northern Hemisphere festival, celebrating the return of the light. Itās no coincidence that several religions celebrate around the date of the winter solstice, a time of deep darkness, cold, and hunger. These … Continued
We left Newcastle around 8am and followed the Pacific Highway a little way inland from the ocean, although we caught a glimpse of blue out to our right every now and then. We drove through a mix of rain forest … Continued
After our visit to the dog on the tuckerbox, we hit the road for Newcastle, north of Sydney. At first it was a leisurely drive towards the New England hills. We passed areas where wind turbines had taken over from … Continued
It was time to go home. Google maps picked us a route via the city motorways to the Hume Highway but it being a workday morning, we politely declined. Or maybe not very politely. šInstead, we went to the nearby … Continued