Europe and UK.

April - May 2025

With Henny Zuidema to see the Netherlands. Liv and Eloise are also joining us for some of the journey Read more

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- Day 32–34
- May 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM - May 7, 2025
- 2 nights
- 🌬 12 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- England Crantock 50.387812, -5.11563250°23’16” N 5°6’56” W
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Cornwall
May 5–7 in England ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
It was lovely to be by the sea again. Cornwall has been lovely and so great to see Rob and Sharon again and to meet one of their daughters Sophie. We stayed in a little village called Cubert very near St Agnus where Rob and Sharon live. We spent two evenings catching up. The first night we ate at a restaurant with a beautiful sunset view - that's why we look orange in the photo🤣. On the way here we stopped at Stonehenge . We also explored a local beach called Polly Joke, visited St Ives and went to St Agnus head, which was a stunning view.Read more
Traveler Stonehenge is an amazing place. Hugely historical.
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Traveler Very nostalgic , We recognise so many of these places . Xo Mum
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- Day 34
- Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- England Port Isaac 50.593225, -4.83107650°35’36” N 4°49’52” W
More of the Cornish coast.
May 7 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
An interesting, scenic and at times somewhat narrow drive from Cubert to Bath. Stops included Padstow and Port Issac- the town used to film outdoor shots from Doc Martin. Padstow was another lovely walled fishing village.Read more
TravelerDad & I saw a movie called Fisherman's friend a couple of years ago it was about a male quartet who won a musical competition, it was filmed at Padstow. Great movie & singing. You might find it on Netflix. ❤️
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- Day 35
- Thursday, May 8, 2025
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- England Bath 51.380678, -2.37578351°22’50” N 2°22’33” W
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Bath
May 8 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A day exploring Bath on foot for Jamie and I and a rest day for Henny. We managed another day of over 20,000 steps, including a steep climb to the top of Alexandra gardens. We undertook a Lord Mayors tour and learnt about the town's long and interesting history, from the Roamans to the Georgian era. The Alexandra gardens provided a fantastic view of Bath.Read more
Traveler Hi Jac, you both look well. Revelling with all the walking. We loved Bath, it was so interesting. Dad is improving slowly but surely. Just had a long message from Lucy, Sharon had sent us some pics of her girls dressed up for VE day. So lovely ro hear from our English family. Love Mum xo.
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- Day 36–38
- May 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM - May 11, 2025
- 2 nights
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 166 m
- England Cherwell District 51.993584, -1.4903951°59’37” N 1°29’25” W
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The Cotswalds
May 9–11 in England ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
On the way to our accommodation at Hook Norton we stopped off at Castle Combe, Bibury and Stow-on-the-wold. We drove through Boughton-on-the-water but it was so busy we kept going. However it was a beautiful little village.
We arrived in Hook Norton and found our accommodation, April Cottage. It was a very quaint cottage filled to the brim.
The next day we walked around the village and tried to find a walk to a neighbouring village, but the instructions were too challenging, fortunately we found another public path and a local to describe it to us. It was a pretty walk taking in the local fields and wild flowers and some very old pillars that were from an old railway.
We then drove and discovered the kings men rocks which was a large rock circle and some old burial sights. Dinner at the pub and some local Hook Norton beer from the brewery (the tall odd shapes building in the photos). Al in all a restful weekend in a beautiful location.Read more
TravelerHi Jac, just checked our diary from 2001 when we went to UK with Dad's test tour group. We drove in a mini bus from Heath Row to Birmingham & stopped for lunch at a pub called the Catherine Wheel in the village of Bibury in the Cotswolds. Amazing coincidence isn't it? Mum ❤️
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Traveler Where is this Jac?
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TravelerThe Brewery in Hook Norton, Cotswalds
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TravelerStunning Jac. The villages look like a movie set. It all looks familiar but I’ve never been there!😍😍
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- Day 38–41
- May 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM - May 14, 2025
- 3 nights
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 37 m
- England Troutbeck Bridge 54.364541, -2.92274254°21’52” N 2°55’22” W
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The Lake District
May 11–14 in England ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We are staying in a small Holiday cottage in Bowness on Lake Windermere. It is a pretty old village with a stunning lake. We. Celebrated Austin mother's day here with dinner at a pub with a view. Jamie and Henny had the biggest serve of roast I have ever seen. We took a ferry ride to Lakeside with a walk to lunch at the Swan pub just outside of Lakeside.

Today we drove around the area exploring different, terrains, lakes and waterfalls. In places it was very imposing with high, dry and rocky hills at the top down to green fields and lakes at the bases.Read more
Traveler That's a big roast Henny & Jamie, looks yum.
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TravelerWe loved the Lake district, I remember seeing the home of poet William Wordsworth somewhere in the Lakes District.
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Traveler That looks a challenging way to cross water
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- Day 41–43
- May 14, 2025 - May 16, 2025
- 2 nights
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 90 m
- Scotland City of Edinburgh 55.950024, -3.19373855°57’0” N 3°11’37” W
Edinbrough
May 14–16 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Stopped at Lockerbie on the way to Edinbrough. Dinner in the apartment on night 1. Highlands tour day 2, then we explored Edinbrough on our final day. This was not long enough to see and learn about the city and its history. We began with a fun and interesting walking tour of the old city, then explored some of the new city and Deans Village on our own. After returning the car we had a long wait at the airport for our flight.Read more
TravelerA plane had crashed into the Lockerbie school 2 weeks before we were in the area killing many children so we had to bypass Lockerbie. Edinburgh was my favourite place.
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TravelerOh Jac! what a fabulous trip you've all enjoyed. Thanks for sharing photos and commentary. I guess yiu are home now and back to the cold.
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- Day 42
- Thursday, May 15, 2025
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- Scotland Inverfarigaig 57.281631, -4.4830157°16’54” N 4°28’59” W
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Highlands tour Scotland
May 15 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
12 hour bus tour to Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle, Glencoe, 3 sisters mountains, Ben Nevis Range and driving past many more Lochs, mountains, towns and castles.
Traveler Lovely photo
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