Sydney International Terminal

The big day is finally here and we are waiting for our flight to London - QF1 @3.10pm. We first booked this trip in 2019 for 2020 - then Covid came in 2020, so we rescheduled to 2021. There was stillWeiterlesen
Singapore - Changi International Airport

Our 2 hour layover in Singapore became a 1 hour layover as we were late leaving Sydney. But we had a smooth and comfortable flight.
London Heathrow

We arrived at Heathrow an hour late, but it was a really smooth flight. A lovely blue sky had earlier given us some great views of the Austrian Alps. We had a good view of London coming in and thenWeiterlesen
London

Our first day in London was a busy one - we walked 20,000 steps according to the Fitbit. So much so, we successfully managed a trip on the London Tube back from Westminster to Tower Hill using ourWeiterlesen
London

London is teeming with visitors, security and Police. They are here in the thousands. We walked down through Westminster after the show and they had just closed it off ready for the procession. PeopleWeiterlesen
London

Today we spent the morning at the Tower of London. It was an amazing place and pretty special to be in a building that is over 1200 years old. Then we went to St. Pauls Cathedral and returned to ourWeiterlesen
The Coronation

An amazing day to be in London. We went in to Westminster along with a million others. We were very lucky to be in the right place at the right time and saw the Kings Guards on their way to theWeiterlesen
Wells

This morning we joined our tour group for our 7 day Corners of Cornwall Tour with Backroads Tours. There are 17 of us and mostly Aussies.
As we left London we drove through Westminster and it was ifWeiterlesen
Dartmoor

Dartmoor National Park was quite a spectacular place to visit. There were the expanses of the moors and the farmhouses, the dry stone walls and the Dartmoor ponies, which have lived here since theWeiterlesen
Dartmoor

Day 5 - Dartmoor Ramble
We woke up early this morning so we went for a ramble on the moors near our hotel. It was foggy and drizzling which made it very English and probably even prettier.
Today weWeiterlesen
Port Isaac

Typical English weather today with plenty of drizzle, but luckily it stopped both times we stopped - at Port Isaac and Padstow.
Port Isaac is a pretty fishing village and home of the Doc Martin TVWeiterlesen
Padstow

Padstow is another scenic and very old Cornish fishing village. It is also referred to as Padstein, given it is home to chef Rick Steins original seafood restaurant, as well as numerous other shopsWeiterlesen
Falmouth

Falmouth is our home for two nights. It is on the River Fal and is also yet another pretty place. The Greenbank Hotel where we are staying has pretty good food and drink.
St. Ives & Lands End

England's weather reared its head today - heavy rain and fog played havoc with our plans and meant our views of the rugged Cornish Coast and the remains of the abandoned tin mines which dot the coastWeiterlesen
Falmouth

An earlier than planned return to Falmouth gave us the chance to explore this pretty place on the River Fal inlet.
Tregothnan Estate

After yesterdays rain, the weather was perfect today and we had a fantastic day.
We went to Tregothnan Estate, home of the Lords Falmouth for 700 years. It has the U.K's only tea plantation and teaWeiterlesen
St. Michaels Mount

After leaving Tregothnan, we went to the historic tidal island of St. Michael's Mount near Penzance and Marazion. It has been a monastery since the 8th century and then since the 1600's, home of theWeiterlesen
Charlestown

Charlestown is a UNESCO World Heritage site that is privately owned by the film company that produced the most recent Poldark TV series. It is a quaint and ancient fishing village and sea port thatWeiterlesen
St. Austell Brewery

We caught a bus from Charlestown back to St. Austell and went on a tour of the St. Austell brewery. It first began brewing in 1850 and is family owned with the original family still involved. The tourWeiterlesen
Buckfast Abbey

We left Cornwall today and headed through Devon and Dorset until we reached Salisbury in Wiltshire, a very scenic drive.
We had a morning stop at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, which has been homeWeiterlesen
Lyme Regis & Abbotsbury

Lyme Regis was our lunch stop and is a well known sea port on what is known as the Jurassic Coast, due to the amount of dinosaur fossils that have been discovered there. Many of these were found by aWeiterlesen
Salisbury

After arriving in Salisbury we visited Salisbury Cathedral. It has the tallest spire in England and was built in 1310-1330. It was a stunning building.
Tonight is the last night of the Cornwall Tour.Weiterlesen
Winchester

Today was the last day of our Corners of Cornwall Tour and Cornwall gets a big tick from us.
We headed back to London where we will be for the next 4 nights. On the way we stopped at Winchester whichWeiterlesen
Kensington (London)

After leaving Winchester it was back to London where we walked around Kensington and Hyde Park before heading off on the Tube to see ABBA in the purpose built arena at Pudding Mill Lane (what a greatWeiterlesen
ABBA - Voyage (London)

We are at the ABBA Arena tonight in Pudding Mill Lane at the purpose built ABBA Arena and ABBA are in the building, or at least their ABBA-tars are!
It was a fantastic show. It was as if ABBA wasWeiterlesen
ReisenderHave a wonderful time and stay safe. Love from us.