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    • MatkaajaBack to the UK
      21111
      Päivä 10

      It's an Oxford thing...

      6. heinäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Fantastic day. We meandered, tramped and traipsed around Oxford for a full day.
      The history of this place was everywhere we looked. The buildings, footpaths and alleys just oozed old and the languages we heard as we walked, informed us that we shared our day with travellers from all over the world!Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaMit dem Käfer durch Südengland
      1
      Päivä 10

      Village Sightseeing

      18. heinäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Nach der heute morgen erfolgten Liebeserklärung an England, sind im Verlauf des Tages Taten gefolgt.

      Wir tourten durch die Cotswolds.

      Immer den Touristen und Film-Site-Spottern nach. Allerdings, hier einen Ort zu finden, an dem ein Film gedreht wurde, ist nicht schwer, denn alle Dörfer sehen aus wie frisch polierte Kulissen. Und manches mal fragt sich der kritische Reisende, ob das wohl echt ist. Ist es. Ich schwöre!! Wer Downton Abbey kennt, Agatha Raisin, Inspector Barnaby, Bridgerton oder Morse, dem kommt hier manches Haus sehr bekannt vor. (Und wer die Serien nicht kennt, es sind immer die, wo alle mit Handys vorstehen und verzückt Fotos machen.)

      Also -sämtliche HotSpots ignorierend-Frühstück in Moreton-on-Marsh, Verzeihung IN Marsh, Lunch in Bourton- on-the-Water und Tee in Burford, wo wir wohnen.

      Und an alle Wetterunken… die ganze Zeit offen. Ha!!!

      Morgen verlassen wir rural England und fahren nach Oxford. Bericht und Fotos folgen😉      Lue lisää

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    • The United Kingdom
      1
      Päivä 2

      The Cotswolds

      3. elokuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      These charming villages scattered among rolling hills and river valleys were an unexpected delight. We stopped in 3 of them and enjoyed our very first - but definitely not last - cream tea (tea with scones) ☕.Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaBack to the UK
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      2
      Päivä 11

      Bourton-on-the Water, Cotswolds

      7. heinäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      There has been a human settlement at Bourton for over 6,000 years! The word 'Bourton' is of Saxon origin, derived from 'burgh' meaning fortification or camp and 'ton' meaning estate, enclosure or village. Taken together, you have 'the village beside the camp'.Lue lisää

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    • Avoiding the heat EU tour
      4111
      Päivä 103

      High and mighty

      15. joulukuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      After the success of last night, we awoke and made our way over to our included breakfast (thanks again for the cmas present!) And enjoyed a full English, with plenty of coffee and toast.

      After that, we packed our room, checked out, and punched Gloucester into the GPS. After a few hours we arrived in the centre of the city. We were a few hours early to check into our next accommodation so we explored the city centre for a while. We also made our way over to the gigantic Gloucester Cathedral. We already planned to go over in the evening as they have an event on, but some of it was going to be blocked off, and it was going to be a lot more busy. So while we had the time we went in and explored. The cathedral is huge and absolutely beautiful. We walked around there for over an hour, exploring the cloister, where multiple Harry Potter films have had scenes shot, and upstairs where we got a very good look at the large stained glass windows which was completed in 1350 and at the time was the largest in the world!

      Eventually we decided to go check in (and our parking ticket was going to expire...) So we went and drove the short distance to our accommodation.

      Once we moved everything in we went and explored the bar and food truck that this roadside hotel has. Lo and behold we ended up with a pint each and some nachos! After eating, we went back to the room and rested for a while before going out into the city again to view the cathedral at night! It was still impressive, and better yet when we got inside there was a choir singing with an organ. We walked around and looked at the Christmas themed stuff and enjoyed the music. Fortunately, since we already did the exploration in the day, we didn't have to fight the crowds. So we left, got a bite to eat, and came back to the hotel!

      Step count: 11.7k      Lue lisää

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    • TMB then Spain and Portugal
      111
      Päivä 38

      The West Midlands

      8. lokakuuta 2022, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Visited the final resting place of Jems Mum Edith in the garden where her beloved brother is also laid to rest. She always did want to be back in England and now she is…..Had a lovely lunch with Jems cousins Sarah and Stuart afterwards. Next day Went to the other side of Birmingham to see the Black Country Living Museum which was fantastic. Best museum ever. So fun to see how people lived in that time. Said hello to Tipton and I think the place Mum said goodbye to when they immigrated to Australia in 1956.
      Then, drove to the Cotswolds for our last night and day wandering around the pretty old stone villages.

      NOW WE ARE AT HEATHROW! Excited to go home. Great trip. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕👏👏👏👏 6 COUNTRIES, plenty history, architecture and general eyeballing! See ya next time Penguin lovers. Xx      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaUK and Europe
      1
      Päivä 5

      Road Trip to Ross on Wye

      11. heinäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      We left Cardiff and headed northeast through Gloucestershire up to Ross on Wye where we came across our first dilemma...what do you do when you are in need of a toilet break, and you need the exact change to access the public loo...no tap the card option here!!

      Fortunately, we had change on us as you needed to insert a 20p coin to access the public amenities. Very fortunately we had two 20p coins!!      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaThe Motherland & Beyond
      1
      Päivä 22

      Malvern & Morgans

      8. kesäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Another gorgeous day in the Motherland, and today I'm going somewhere very special. I'm off to the Morgan Motor Company and factory in Malvern to pick up my new Morgan and to arrange shipping. I had kept this quiet, but in keeping with my single status, I needed a "chick magnet," and what better than a Morgan with me in my Tinder shots.
      I arrived at the factory and was greeted enthusiastically by the staff. Before getting my new Morgan, I did a tour of the factory. Morgan's are the last true British hand-made sports cars in the world - every single man's dream....... other than Rachel Hunter(NZ super model).
      Morgans are made in some of the same hand-made processes and machines used for the last 75 years. The car is still made using Ash wood in the frame, aluminum hand beaten panels and boxing, and leather from Scotland. Touring the factory was like letting me in Santa's workshop. I was in awe of the tradies producing such quality. My guide said that they produce about 1,000 cars a year and every part except the engine and tyres are handmade.
      Most Morgan's today are fitted with BMW engines (so sad), and the majority still have manual gear boxes. You can have any colour combination, leather and wood finish, and a choice of solid, mag, or wire wheels. What amazed me on the tour was how close you were to the production, standing right along side of a tradie hand beating fenders or hand planing wood. I watched a skilled seamstress manipulating the leather into beautiful car head rests and other tradies crafting the wood facing dashboards and bending Ash into shape for the structure - British craft at its best.
      The tour ended up in the gift shop where you could buy every conceivable extra for your car from hand crafted driving gloves, exquisite Morgan wrist watches through to British wicker picnic baskets.
      This was a tour not to be missed!
      By the way, I did tell you, I got my Morgan..........................................................................embossed woollen scarf and decided to ship it back home in my bag. I will really look the part in my Tinder photos.....(sigh)............

      (Now you didn't really think I had bought a Morgan sports car, did you?😉 (not at $180,000 and a 12 month waiting list - Gordon Bennet! 🫢))      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaThe Motherland & Beyond
      21
      Päivä 19

      Cheltenham via Birmingham

      5. kesäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Jarlath and Jenny dropped myself and "Mr Boofle" off at Rugby station after a great few days of reminicing and seeing Rugby and surrounds.
      Of course, the day I left Rugby, British Rail was having a few issues, and I had planned to meet my friends Dave and Bev in Tamworth and then head to Cheltenham by car. But never fear, the Motherland is criss crossed with rail and while the direct route to Tamworth was not running(overhead wires were down), I jumped on the train to Birmingham and then down to Tamworth. Met an interesting character on the train who said his cell phone wasn't working and he needed to get hold of his Governor as he was returning to prison; "Could I phone ahead for him and tell his Gov he was going to be late?" ( as with my new aquantaince, I was just out of minutes 😉)
      I arrived in Tamworth to be met by Dave and his brother in law Rob. We headed off to Robs house where I met up with Bev, Dave's wife and Sally, Rob wife and their son , Wills. Rob, Sally, and Wills had been in NZ earlier this year, and I had a drink with them on the Wellington waterfront. Dave and Bev, whom I first met in 1983 in the Motherland, had been to NZ and stayed with me in 2020 just after my accident. It was a great reunion. After sitting in the Tamworth sunshine in Rob and Sallys backyard sipping tea (a cracker of a day), we headed to the "Tame Otter," a local pub by the canal.
      After a traditional British pub lunch, we walked the canal seeing a number of " narrow boats" and interesting sites. These narrow boats are so interesting, and as with British Rail, canals also criss-cross the country and in past had acted as trading and shipping channels for the country. They are still in existence and functioning over 300 years later.
      So after a pleasant afternoon in Tamworth, Dave, Bev, myself and Coco, the spaniel, headed to Cheltenham. Oh, how I love Britain!      Lue lisää

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    • MatkaajaThe Motherland & Beyond
      1
      Päivä 23

      Down the country lane.......

      9. kesäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      What is more exciting than going to the Morgan factory? Driving a Morgan down a country lane also walking a country lane with my new BFF, Coco.
      Bev took me to their local church and to see the Tithe barn opposite the church. Located in the church grounds was a very ancient bee hive or Bee house to house hives.
      M.y good friends arranged for me to meet their good friends, Martin & Vanessa of Rosetree Cottage, and head out in their 1998 Morgan, I was in heaven.
      The next day, we headed for the Forest of Dean, where we .trekked through a Royal forest that Henry VIII once hunted in, and probably King Charles hunted for Camilla in, or was that lusted after............
      Saturday evening, we all headed for Tewskesbury to hear Dave's Choir, Cotswold Male Voice choir, world famous! Before the concert, we toured Tewkesbury having an ale in a 14th century pub still serving beers in barrels.
      Today, even more cars. Dave took me to Highnam Court, a stately home owned by a friend. There were classic cars on show that would be exstinct or never seen in NZ.
      These experiences really make England such a great place to visit. Within a 10 mile radius of my friends house and village, there is more history and experiences than we can ever imagine in NZ.      Lue lisää

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