Whilst on my Scottish Adventure last month in Edinburgh I decided that I would like to see a little more of Scotland. The easiest way of doing this was a coach tour. I booked to go on two tours; one to Oban, Loch Lommand and Inveraray and the other up in to the Scottish Highlands…
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My Scottish Adventure; Edinburgh
Read moreAfter a very traumatic few weeks where I had been in to a coma and nearly died, developed a serious and rare dermatology illness and then spent 9 days in a cancer isolation ward and my immune system had failed, my hair coming out in clumps and required a central line, I needed a change…
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My 5 Favourite Welsh Beaches
Read moreI love Wales and if I’m honest Welsh beaches are as hot as I can stand. I don’t do heat. But these are my 5 favourite beaches. All in North Wales Tywyn The Welsh seaside town that I always holidayed at and I actually lived there for 3 years. Beautiful and sandy. Averdovey Just a…
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Wenlock Priory
Read moreBack in July of 2012 be we finally became members of English Heritage. We had been members of The National Trust for a number of years and it is fair to say that we had certainly used our membership to the full. I soon discovered that there were so many other places we would be…
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Criccieth Castle, North Wales
Read moreLate last year on a sunny October morning we went on a day trip along the Cambrian coast to the seaside town of Criccieth. Criccieth is a beautiful seaside town with 2 lovely beaches which are separated by 13th Century Castle perched high on a rocky peninsula overlooking Tremadog Bay in North Wales. We walked…
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Christmas At Chatsworth
Read moreI love Chatsworth House and have done since I was a teenager. I went to university in Derby and love days out in the Peak District. I found it such an escape from studying and trying to come to terms with being diagnosed with a incurable crohnic illness. To escape I often drove to the…
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Portmeirion, North Wales
Read moreThis time last year whilst still living in Wales we had a spare day with nothing to do and I really wanted to not waste the day and hang around at home. Off on the train we went up the Cambrian coast to visit Portmeirion; a specially built Italian inspired village nestled in beautiful woodland on…
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Great Orme at Llandudno, North Wales
Read moreA few weeks ago I was lucky enough to have a weekend away in North Wales and took a trip to the summit of the Great Orme overlooking Llandudno. Having lived in Wales for 3 years until recently and having always taken holidays there my whole life I was pleased to go back and visit…
