Temperature: Min 16°C; Max 27°C. Weather: Mostly sunny. This was our last day in the UK. We’d considered going to Canterbury, however it was likely to be quite busy. We’d had rather a lot of quite busy towns, so before…
Category: 2014 Europe
Travelling through Sweden, the UK, and Paris in June and July 2014.
Euro14 Day 34: Heading south, Battle, and Ashford
Temperature: Min 16°C; Max 25°C. Weather: Mostly sunny. Today we had a lot of miles to cover, so we left our accommodation near York early and were on the road by 8 am. Unfortunately we saw a lot of this:…
Euro14 Day 32: Yorkshire in the Rain
Temperature: Min 17°C; Max 22°C. Weather: Rain. Lots of rain. Pouring rain. Unfortunately, as forecast, today it RAINED. We had considered taking a train but with the weather what it was we decided to hit the road. Our first destination…
Euro14 Day 31: Skipton and Bury
Temperature: Min 17°C; Max 24°C. Weather: Cloudy with patches of sun and patches of rain. The day before in Chester had been a truly wonderful day, not just because Chester was fabulous but also because we had met up with…
Euro14 Day 30: Chester!
Temperature: Min 10°C; Max 25°C. Weather: Hot and sunny. We were certainly looking forward to this day: we were headed to Chester for a day with our sometimes Australian/always British friend Miranda! We’d had a lovely night’s sleep at our…
Euro14 Day 29: Headed north through the countryside
Temperature: Min 10°C; Max 24°C. Weather: Sunny / partly cloudy / rainy patch. We awoke to a bright and sunny day in Buckingham. One of the reasons we’d stayed in Buckingham was that this is the area that Flora Thompson…
Euro14 Day 28: Good Bye MorMor and MorFar
Temperature: Min 17°C; Max 26°C. Weather: Sunny and warm. We woke up at 5 am. Not my favourite thing. We loaded the van for the last time, then headed to Heathrow. We dropped my parents off at the airport early…
Euro14 Day 27: Windsor
Temperature: Min 12°C; Max 25°C. Weather: Sunny and warm. Our flat wasn’t far from the Abbey Road Studios, so once we had cleaned and left, we headed there for a cheesy photo on the zebra crossing. I don’t have a…
Euro14 Day 26: Visiting the past in London
Temperature: Min 15°C; Max 24°C. Weather: Sunny and lovely – with a couple quick showers. Our plan today was to get to the British Museum in time for opening. That didn’t happen, but we parked nearby and were there about…
Euro14 Day 25: Hopping off and on in London
Temperature: Min 15°C; Max 29°C. Weather: Hot and sunny. It was kinda nice having a kitchen; the last time we had was our aparthotel in Edinburgh! So eggs for breakfast. Then we attempted to get a taxi. This sounds simple,…