Manor stay

A travel blog entry by kwhitton

We drove from Chester to our accommodation at an historic hotel, Friars Carse. This hotel is amazing , very stately and opulent with an air of a country manor. We ate in the lounge for tea, sitting near the log fire in leather chesterfields waited on by a gentleman that kept bowing to us lol, the girls were very impressed. The bedroom G and I had was huge with very large bed, bath and wing backed chairs, the girls had a bed with a large canopy at the head. The grounds were lovely ...

From home to Glasgow to Schipol

A travel blog entry by rebecca_redden

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• Mixed thoughts such as
• "why am i doing this, as i love being with my family"
  
• "Adventure about to start...looking forward to a different experience!"

• 2 things to look forward to..
  
• Going to China
• Coming home and seeing everyone again :o)
  

St Bees in the rain

A travel blog entry by rory60

... s Bay", we find ourselves alone and we begin to cross grassy fields as we follow the coastal path. The air of expectation, palpable on the minibus, is quickly washed away by wind and rain, to be replaced by a sense of grim determination - we have been looking forward to this trip and we will enjoy it, come what may.
Well, every cloud has a silver lining and the high winds have kindly robbed someone of their waterproof rucksack cover and blown it across our path, where it snagged on ...