Today we travelled 226 miles. That's 363.71kms. Normally, it should have taken us 4 hours and 12 minutes on the M5 and M4 motorways from door to door. Today it took us 8 hours. We made a logistic error not taking into account that school goes back on Monday, so people would have been finishing... Continue Reading →
It was Saskia's last day with us in Devon before she had to get back to life as she knows it in London, so our day consisted of Fish and Chips - Devon style - HUGE! and then a walk along the Braunton Boardwalk. We were given some great instructions from Jackie at the farm... Continue Reading →
The Little Comfort Farm was absolutely gorgeous! Every day Farmer Roger meets the guests up at the play room where you can borrow some wellies, and he shows the kids and the well behaved grown ups how he looks after the animals on the farm. The day was glorious - so good start. This is Summer,... Continue Reading →
It was all a little bit rainy today which was great that we chose to go to the beach yesterday. So today's activity was a leisurely ramble along a stream and possibly down some Devonshire tea - or as the English say - cream tea. We found our cream tea location. A National Trust house... Continue Reading →
There were more of these hedge edged windy roads today as we made our way to the lovely little village of Croyde. Where we tasted some of the finest pasties this side of Cornwall. Then we hit the beach. It was a slightly better day than our last beach jaunt - weather-wise, with slightly clearer water.... Continue Reading →
About 1.5 miles away from our Little Comfort Farm is the town of West Down. It's a little bit like that town in the movie Hot Fuzz. From the farm you can walk up through some fields and up a path to get to the town.... So we strapped on Robin and headed over the... Continue Reading →
In order to extend my time with the lovely peeps, we met down at Saunton Beach in for some surfing, sitting on sand and general English seaside action. See our wind break? Some people pitched their camp to the immediate left of that - with no space in-between! None! Most people were in wetsuits, or... Continue Reading →
When I started organising my time in London, it was decided that we (Tanya, Nick, Baby Robin, Saskia and I) could spend a week in North Devon... ... specifically the little seaside town of Ilfracombe. There are some lovely sandy beaches over that way, plus my dear friend, Matt lives near there, plus Tanya & Nick... Continue Reading →
My friend Stacey lives in Geraldton, the town that I grew up in and she is currently on a round the world - "Trip of Lifetime" that has taken in quite a few US states and being a volunteer at the Rio Olympics! Not only did she mingle with some of her all time sporting heroes... Continue Reading →
In London, the average high temperature during summer is 21℃ - but today the mercury hit 33℃. 33℃! This is not an acceptable temperature when you are not near water. Some people got straight out into the sun to soak it up; some will have flocked down to the likes of Brighton (see below) for... Continue Reading →
Eight years ago I worked for one year at a little Catholic primary school in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It was a lovely little school filled with gorgeous teachers, teaching assistants and office staff and thanks to the wonder of Facebook I've been to keep in touch with them. Over the years I've managed to pop back to... Continue Reading →
If you get the chance to see Tim Minchin's new musical Groundhog Day - do it. Just do it. It was absolutely fabulous. We raced back from the airport, dumped bags, changed and raced back into Waterloo to the Old Vic Theatre... And watched one of the best musicals I have ever seen - like... Continue Reading →
How's this for a rooky traveller error.... we flew up to Edinburgh and only took carry on hand luggage, but it didn't occur to me at all, as we weren't leaving the UK that liquids wouldn't be allowed, so I lost my toothpaste and my vegemite! I was devo'd. So, Trish and I boarded the... Continue Reading →
When I first came to London, back in 2005, there was so much excitement that I couldn't quite contain myself. I was going to get to ride on the underground. The Tube! I was going to get to taste real Cornish pasties; drink in real English pubs; mimic real English people's accents and of course... Continue Reading →
In the past 2 - 3 weeks I have walked 307,248 steps. That's a lot of steps. Hence there has been little to no time to update photos and write blogs. This is not my blister - this one is way more tasteful. So on behalf of my blistered, tired and weary feet, I apologise.... Continue Reading →