It doesn't seem a likely adventure, but today we were off to Abbey Wood to tour a closed-down sewer treatment plant. No, really. I've...

The next day I moved flats. The first flat we'd been given was very run down and had a lingering odor of curry. Now, I love curry but...

Last year when we were staying in Ashtead, I took the train to Dorking and discovered the Dorking antiques district. Since it's less than...

First thing in the morning I was out the door and off to the V&A to see the "Naomi in Fashion" which offers a look at the career of...

When I first planned this trip, the idea was to have some time in London before flying back to Seattle for Christmas, so I booked us into...

Our last day in Gloucester we visited the Gloucester History museum which is literally a two-minute walk from the flat. (image courtesy...

We went back to Gloucester Cathedral to take the guided tour but when we got there we were told that there would be no tours that day...

Our time in England is planned around the cat sits we do. Occasionally, though, there are a couple of days when we have to rent a place...

Bruce left early in Oxford visiting pubs, I went in later in the day to visit Blackwell's Bookstore again. I compiled a list of books I...

Don't worry, I didn't get loaded at the Bicester Christmas market and cause trouble. No, the prison in question is the Oxford Castle and...

I wanted a quiet day, so while Bruce went off to the pubs I spent time with my kitty cat charges and tried to catch up on my blog. In the...

We had five days in Manchester between sits and I spent all of them holed up in the Airbnb with bronchitis. Guess my diet didn't stave...

It was our last day in Glasgow and was, once again, bitterly cold. There were a couple of museums that I wanted to visit but they would...

On the coldest day yet, Bruce and I started out from the Dalmarnock flat for The Hill House, a property owned and managed by the National...

I was told that if I were in Glasgow I should make the trip to Stirling Castle. It is on e of the largest and most historically and...

The narration on the Hop-on Hop-off bus had informed us that the Riverside Museum had been named "European Museum of the Year" in 2013 so...

At our hosts' recommendation, I booked tickets on the Hop-on Hop-off Glasgow bus for two days. Our plan was to take the bus as far as the...

The walking tour of York had been so good that I booked us a walking tour of Glasgow. I'm so glad I did. As I was wandering around...

We left our lovely Airbnb and hopped an Uber to the train station where we killed a couple of hours in the Duke of York pub. We were...

On the walk from the flat into town there's a street with a bit of street art. It was a nice start to a day of art. At the York Art...