Sometimes a day out isn't about an historical site or a wonderful meal. Sometimes a perfect day out is a drive in the country, enjoying the things that make a place special. One such day was when we drove through the Dartmoor countryside. Earlier in the year I'd walked up to Haytor and enjoyed the views from the top of the rock to the moors below. This time we drove to the village of Widecombe. There was a craft market scheduled which, although I neglected to photograph it,

We had a couple of days to fill before we went to see our friends in Totnes so we stopped in Exeter. It's an ancient city on the River...

It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime. My friend Brenda had never traveled to Europe and since I've been traveling so much over the...

According to Wikipedia, the building of the Hampton Court Palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York and the...

Last year I had the thrill of attending the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. This year, I added to my Royal Horticultural Society experience by...

In the wonderful rental house where we were staying, there were tons of brochures about the area. In one of them I found a listing for...

One of the most famous tourist attractions in Cornwall is the Eden Project, a 30 acre site located in a former cl ay pit. It describes...

It was another day of cobblestones as we visited St. Michael's Mount which I've wanted to visit ever since I saw a program about it on...

Today's journey took us to the northwestern coast of Cornwall to St. Ives. I can't hear that name without thinking of the old rhyme from...

We've never visited Cornwall and when I was planning our trip I realized that there were so many things to see and with only a week here...

Back "over the border" we went to our home base for the next week, Flushing, Cornwall. Thanks to the Nation Trust, however, we had a...

You may remember a couple weeks back I visited Brixham but left in a hurry as my parking meter was running out. Well, there were still...

There are lots of wonderful National Trust properties in Devon and many of them date back hundreds of years. Today we visited one that's...

I was thrilled that British summer seemed to have arrived. Last year it never really made it, delivering lots of rain and flooding...

I was raised in Dartmouth, Massachusetts so it seemed obvious that I would visit Dartmouth, Devon. I visited last year and learned all...

Historic houses, gardens and churches are all very interesting, but it's the beauty of the landscape that makes the southwest of England...

There's something I find romantic about old steam trains. I suppose it comes from all the films and TV shows I've watched: Brief...

Dartington Hall is an historic house and country estate of 1,200 acres dating from medieval times. Late 14th century buildings are...

Often a day trip involves crossing the border from one county to the next. That's not usually a big thing - barely noticeable, in fact,...

About an hour out of Kingsbridge, our home for the next couple of weeks, lies Buckland Abbey. Photo courtesy The National Trust It was...