Thursday 27th July It was raining for our last morning in Liverpool so there was no early morning walk. Instead, we got on the road a bit earlier than planned for our tip down to Beaumaris, Wales. We made one stop on the way and this was at the 13th Century Conwy Castle. You would… More

Monday 24th July It was somewhat bitter-sweet to wake to sunshine this morning. ‘Bitter’ in that our two days here had been wet but ‘sweet’ in that we could pack the car and visit Castlerigg Stone Circles on our way out of Keswick without getting wet. The Castlerigg Stone Circles are Keswick’s version of Stonehenge… More

Saturday 22nd July It was another drizzly morning but I still ventured out for a walk. Mark was feeling a bit under the weather so he stayed behind but maybe the Swans vs Fremantle game that was due to broadcast shortly was the real reason? We are just past the half-way mark of our 5… More

Thursday 20th July Our drive from York to Keswick was only a couple of hours so we made a stop at Harrogate on the way as Lorraine and Geoff had suggested this as worth a visit. We’d wanted to visit the very popular Betty’s Tea Rooms in York but the queue was always too long… More

Monday 17th July It was mostly a day of travel today with an early flight (8.20 am) from Reykjavik to Manchester and then a drive from Manchester to York. Our accommodation in York for 3 nights was sourced through Booking.com and located at 3 Emperors Wharf.  It was a lovely, big, 2-bedroom apartment, very clean… More

Sunday 16th July What a way to start our last day in Iceland. We’d been told there was a short trail behind our hotel that led to one of the 30 glaciers in the region so off we set at 6 am. Shortly after we found ourselves right at the front of the most spectacular… More

Saturday 15th July Our day was made up of a long drive from Vik to Stokksness, a distance of 280 km, and then we backtracked to Skaftafell, a distance of 243 km, where we had an overnight at Hotel Skaftafell. It was a lot of driving for Mark but the reason for this was so… More

Friday 14th July It was an overcast morning in Reykjavik so it was a good day to be leaving and heading to Vik. We had  lots of scenic stops on the way as we covered a distance of about 200 km and these included: Seljalandsfoss waterfall. Skofagoss waterfall: had a killer staircase to view the… More

Mon 11th July It was a good day to be leaving Oslo as the weather had turned; we woke to a grey sky and drizzling rain. Our taxi arrived right on time and I only wished we had sublet space for this city-airport transfer. We had ordered a maxi taxi but instead were supplied with… More

Sunday 9th July We arrived into Oslo by the trains from Flåm & Myrdal at around 3 pm and we were able walk to our hotel, aiming for the shady side of the street so as to avoid the sun as it was a very warm and sunny 27 degrees Celsius. Our hotel in Oslo… More