Today we ventured south to Warwickshire in search of history. Our first stop was Warwick Castle. I had visited here 30+ years ago and...

A bus ride through the city takes you to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham. The institute owes its...

An hour or so north of Birmingham lies the city of Wolverhampton which is where we headed for a visit to Wightwick Manor. Boarding the...

Our current cat sit is in Solihull, near Birmingham, in the West Midlands. The city of Solihull is lovely, but you have to travel a bit...

I was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts so, naturally, I was looking forward to visiting Dartmouth, Devon. I had visited about 35 years...

On the banks of the River Plym, on the outskirts of Plymouth, lies Saltram House and Gardens, a National Trust property. It was home to...

A short drive away from Kingsbridge is the village of Dittisham. From there, you can take a ferry across the River Dart to Greenway,...

It was a lovely sunny day so we drove in to Kingsbridge to catch the ferry to Salcombe which departs from the Kingsbridge estuary. It's a...

I'm able to enjoy very long holidays because instead of booking hotels, I house sit or, more accurately, I cat sit. (Message me for more...

Every now and then an exhibition comes along that hits you so viscerally that it's almost overwhelming. Such was the case with "Now You...

After a long day at Kew Gardens yesterday I took it rather easy, just walking around a bit before a scheduled call with a couple for whom...

I think sometimes I underestimate the amount of time it takes to adjust to an 8-hour time difference so was rather shocked to see that I...

This is clearly our British year. We started the year at a cat sit in Ashtead, Surrey, came home for three months, then were back for...

In the US July 4th is Independence Day. Here in the UK, July 4th this year happens to be election day. As I waited to see if Labour...

Last night's wonderful celebration (with more wine than was probably wise) dictated that this morning would start with a lie-in. In fact,...

After last night's wonderful celebration at Brooklands, it's hard to imagine how I could surpass it. That doesn't mean I wouldn't try,...

When we were in London in January, I got rather lazy toward the end and didn't finish writing about my last few days. This is where I...

The bronchitis was well and truly setting in which was irritating because we had plans to visit friends for dinner on Wednesday. As they...

Last year when we visited Kenya, I came down with bronchitis. I'm hoping that isn't going to become a trend, but over the past few days I...

I've mentioned that we're big fans of Mowgli street food restaurant. Don't know if I mentioned that they have a bit of a promotion called...