Up bright and early to pack and have a quick bite - Sally Lund Bun makes good toast. Made the short walk to the train and headed for...

After last night's amazing meal (accompanied by lots of amazing wine) I was moving a bit more slowly than usual. Bruce headed out before...

The National Trust has a couple of properties in Bath. One is the Prior Park Landscape Garden which is partially open during the week and...

I'd read that reservations needed to be booked in advance for a tour of the Roman Baths, so I made sure to do so. We arrived at the...

Sadly, it was time to bid farewell to Salisbury. We had one last breakfast at Qudos, then went back to the flat to pack. I let Molly out...

After another great breakfast at Qudos, Bruce set off on the tour to Stonehenge and Old Sarum. I chose to stay in Salisbury. As I was...

After a wonderful breakfast at a spot called Qudos, we walked across town to Salisbury Cathedral. Our timing was good, as there was a...

29 May It's our last full day in Felixstowe so time to start gathering our things together, do some laundry and tidying up and start...

There are so many wonderful things to see in this part of the country that it's hard to pick which ones to prioritize. High on my list...

26 May I awoke to heavy rain and a forecast of 100% chance of rain all day. By about 10:00 the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud...

24 May I've mentioned before that we pack pretty light - 2 carry-ons and a small tote for 9 weeks and 1 1/2 seasons. After 6 days in...

22 May Much as I would love to have returned to Chelsea, we were off to a new cat sit in Felixstowe in Suffolk. I finished packing a bit...

I've been to the Seattle Flower and Garden Show. I've been to the Philadelphia Garden show which was, incidentally, fabulous and very...

Last year when we went to Kenya I had the misfortune of getting sick - with bronchitis, as it turns out. It lasted through all 16 days...

Our time with Blanchie was at an end and it was time to go back to London. We returned the rental car & got a taxi to the train station....

May 14 and 15 were very rainy. We thought about going to the Imperial War Museum in Cambridge, but further research revealed that it...

Being so close to Cambridge it somehow didn't seem right that we had spent so little time in the city. Besides, there was still one sight...

One of the iconic symbols of spring in the UK is the beautiful swaths of bluebells in the woodlands. (photo from National Trust website)...

Since we have wheels, we're taking advantage of them by visiting another National Trust property, Wimpole Estate, which is about 5 miles...

It's supposed to be wonderful weather till Sunday, so we struck out to pick up a rental car. We took the bus from Barrington and James...