Sunday 18th February: one night in Bay of Fires area of St Helen’s It was another glorious morning in this part of the world so Mark set off for an early bike ride whilst I did yoga and then we both went for a walk out to the beach before joining Gordon, Jude and Mike… More
Fri 16th February The second and third night of our Tasmania trip were spent with Gordon and Judy Reidy at Gordon’s work-based home in West Ulverstone, about 10 minutes further along from Devonport, and what a beautiful part of her world this is. Ulverstone is located on the coast of Bass Strait, at the mouth… More
Thursday 15th February It was an eventful start to our 2 week Tasmanian holiday. We woke to find our morning Qantas flight, direct to Launceston, had been cancelled and we were rescheduled onto flights via Melbourne. As if this wasn’t bad enough our pre-booked taxi was delayed, and at one point we were even notified… More
Tue 26th September Our accommodation for the final three nights of this epic journey was at The Royal Orchid Sheraton (Room 2617) where we had stayed a few times before. This was one of the older style hotels in Bangkok but that is what appealed to us and makes it our go-to place if ever… More
Sunday 24th September It was a glorious morning for our departure from Orvieto which was pleasing as we’d had a bit of rain over the last two days and I did not want more of the same for our 2 hour drive to Rome airport. We had a strange coincidence when we got to Rome… More
Fri 22nd Sept Our accommodation in the historic hilltop town of Orvieto for the next two nights was at the apartment La Cava dei Sogni that I had sourced through Booking.com and it was located inside the Old Town city walls. The one hour drive down from Citta Della Pieve was easy enough, but getting… More
Wed 20th Sept Our next destination was Citta della Pieve in Umbria and we were staying for 2 nights at the 4* Hotel Vannucci. Our check in wasn’t until 2 pm so we called in at the village of Castiglione del Lago, that was a visit suggestion made by the concierge of the hotel, on… More
Sun 17th Sept: Viareggio ⇒ San Gimignano It was partly cloudy for our last morning in Viareggio but still lovely and warm. Mark went for a last ride and I went for a walk. Our check out wasn’t until 12 noon so we used the time after breakfast to relax by the pool; we’ve been… More
Thursday 14th Sept Our accommodation for the next three nights was at the 4* Grand Hotel Royal in Viareggio and it definitely deserved that rating and maybe even more. Grand was a most apt inclusion in the name as that is exactly what we experienced from the moment we stepped across the threshold. Our room… More
Wed 13th Sept It was a bit overcast this morning which made us grateful we’d taken our Cinque Terre trip yesterday in the sunshine. Our pack-up and departure from Sestri Levante went smoothly and we got away by about 10 am and our plan was to stop at Portofino for brunch on the way to… More