Temperature: Min 12°C; Max 21°C. Weather: Mostly overcast. Today we made our way into London. First up we had some errands to do in Hungerford – groceries, replacing an adaptor I’d left at the last hotel, faxing things from the…
Category: 2014 Europe
Travelling through Sweden, the UK, and Paris in June and July 2014.
Euro14 Day 23: Wandering in Wiltshire
Temperature: Min 12°C; Max 24°C. Weather: Partly sunny. Today we were making a big loop around Wiltshire to take in a few spots. First up was the Westbury White Horse – at Westbury. The countryside, geology and therefore building styles…
Euro14 Day 22: Bath
Temperature: Min 12°C; Max 24°C. Weather: Cloudy morning, with a sunny afternoon. We had breakfast at the hotel, and while we were getting organised to leave for the day we noticed an imposter in the paddock opposite! We headed to…
Euro14 Day 21: Cotswolds
Temperature: Min 10°C; Max 20°C. Weather: Partly cloudy with patches of sun and rain (not simultaneously). It had been a rough few days for Eskil. There had been some fun stops, but there was also a lot of distance covered!…
Euro14 Day 20: Journey through Wales
Temperature: Min 11°C; Max 20°C. Weather: Sunny, getting cloudy in the afternoon. We had a lovely breakfast, in our a private dining room, at our hotel, then headed out into the beautiful, sunny day. Llandudno was certainly looking beautiful. It’s…
Euro14 Day 19: Escape to North Wales
Temperature: Min 4°C; Max 22°C. Weather: Overcast morning; sunny and warm afternoon. With the threat of squillions of men in lycra and tonnes of traffic, we reluctantly decided we needed to give York and more exploration in Yorkshire a miss.…
Euro14 Day 18: Chollerford – Yarm
Temperature: Min 8°C; Max 19°C. Weather: Stunning one moment; perfect the next. After the hotel breakfast, we spent a few moments exploring the hotel’s garden and checking out Chollerford Bridge. It moved Eskil to choreographing a new dance. Chollerford is…
Euro14 Day 17: Ballachulish – Edinburgh – Chollerford
Temperature: Min 5°C; Max 19°C. Weather: ROARING rain through Glencoe and Rannoch Moor; overcast through Edinburgh and the Borders. My mum and Scott were quite keen to go to the Visitor’s Centre at Glencoe, so they went in while the…
Euro14 Day 16: Edinburgh – Ballachulish
Temperature: Min 9°C; Max 20°C. Weather: SUNNY with some dramatic clouds for variety. As we left Edinburgh, we were able to leave via a few streets that feature in the books of one of our favourite authors, Alexander McCall Smith.…
Euro14 Day 15: Edinburgh
Temperature: Min 9°C; Max 20°C. Weather: Overcast with patches of rain. We had coffee and breakfast at a cafe across diagonally across from our accommodation. After breakfast Scott found we were only a block from the main square where we…