Thursday 24th May-Friday 25th May. It was a good start to our holiday as we met Matthew and Susan Scarf at at the airport before our flight. The rest of the journey was pretty uneventful though and we arrived into London on the Friday at about 5 AM. We picked up the car and had… More
Thursday 5th April. The boys were taking a reef snorkeling tour today and needed to be at the Marina by 7.45 am. I waved them off from the renovated Marina, a huge improvement since we were last there, and then went on a walk roaming the streets of Port Douglas whilst also seeking out the… More
Wednesday 4th April Check-out from Cairns was at 10 am and check-in at Port Douglas, just a one hour drive North, wasn’t until 2 pm so we made our way slowly up the coast.
Monday 2nd April 2018 Mark and I needed to visit Cairns and so we dragged Tom along with us for a few days.
Friday 27th Oct It was another sunny and beautiful morning for our last day in the US. We headed out for a final beach walk before breakfast, taking a southerly route this time. Check out wasn’t until 3pm and we planned to spend the morning at Venice Beach taking two of the Detour walking tours.
Thurs 26th October The early turn-in last night meant we woke quite early this morning. It was another beautiful sunny start to the day and 19 degrees so we headed out for a walk around 7 am, just around sunrise. We headed a few blocks south and then detoured out along the Santa Monica Pier… More
Tue 24th Oct It was a beautiful sunny and warm morning for our one full day in Vegas. We headed out for a morning walk but that’s easier said than done. Navigating from the hotel down to ‘The Strip’ is a lengthy and complex process due to the battle-axe nature of our hotel location. Even… More
Mon 23rd Oct Monday in Washington was predicted to be cool and cloudy so we had timed our visit to perfection with our three days being filled with glorious sunshine, cloudless skies and mid to high 20 degree temperatures. Our flight left Ronald Reagan airport at 8.30am and so we had an early start with… More
It was another sunny morning with the temperature predicted to be in the mid-20s. Our plan for the day had been to use the open top bus to get around the city and to check out all the sites we didn’t cover off yesterday. However, that all had to change due to a Marine Corp… More
Sat 21st October It was another sunny and relatively mild morning that greeted us for our first full day in Washington. We really have been very lucky with the weather for this trip. We set out at 8am to catch the metro downtown to the Washington monument from where our 4 hour ‘DC all in… More