Old Courthouse Inn
Travel Blogs from Great Bromley
My Kiwi adventure (work in progress)
... Any way New Zealand, how did that occur?, well when I was 18 or so (some time in the 80's) and feeling restless and without any idea where my life was going (split family, sad times, confused youth) I had an invite from a relative to visit them in Christchurch. Owen was my mothers cousin and he lived with a lovely Kiwi lady named Jenny. I handed in my notice at work and a few weeks ...
Orlando Epilogue
... perfectly for all concerned. The weather was very kind to us, with glorious sunshine every day, even if a few of them were a little chilly early on. Hurricane Sandy threatened to spoil things, which she sadly did across Haiti, Jamaica, The Bahamas and the Dominican Republic before missing us and veering north towards the upper half of the eastern seaboard. We were extremely fortunate to only have some ...
Lucy has a backpack
... SE Asia I can't quite remember) and now I’m definitely thinking we haven’t done enough of the planning for my control-freak liking. So far we have return flights, 2 nights in Singapore and a 17 day tour with G Adventures through Vietnam & Cambodia at the end of the trip. We have approximately 4 weeks to get up to Bangkok for our flights to Hanoi and that's all we know! *palpitations* I was hoping this ...
"have I told you the one about..."
... lovely Godmother for the night.
It being November, we were not going to take the Jag, but the Alfa, which if it proved to be bright and dry we would have the option of going roofless, but at least we would have the option of a roof if not ...
The Alfa's last outing had been to Goodwood, back in September... and as predicted, it refused to start, so Nick's morning was spent jump starting the car and tracking down a new ...
Colchester, England
Weather today:- "Cloudy, drizzle, cold, top of 7 degrees with sunny spells (I.e. "cold and drab"). Arrived back in Pelton Village near Colchester and stayed with Myra and Steve again at "Villa Lilacs". Went to The Chequers Inn at Goldhanger, then The Queens Head at Tolleshunt d'Arcy. Very blustery winds and 4.5 degrees. Woke up Saturday to 1.5 degrees, part cloud, part sun, part rain, part hail and possible cyclone. Swapped rental car to Ford Fiesta which will take us through the ...
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