Well, we’re home! Touched down at 6:35am in Brisbane after a relatively uneventful flight, which is how you want them. We were an hour late leaving Gatwick, which only meant the layover between flights was 2 hours, instead of 3. Then we were an hour late getting away from Dubai but they made the time […]
All but over
It’s Tuesday evening, we’re in the Emirates lounge at Gatwick Airport and we’re just whiling away the time (alright, eating and drinking) until we board at 9pm tonight- about 2 ½ hours away. Whatever we didn’t do, or couldn’t do, or forgot to do will have to wait until the next trip – assuming that […]
Sunday, Monday
Not enough happening for two posts, so you’ll have to make do with one. I got an early start to Sunday, waking up at 3am and not being able to get back to sleep. I decided that, since I was up, I might as well watch Sunshine Coast Lightning play in the netball semifinal at […]
The many historical inaccuracies of the movie Braveheart*
This post comes to you courtesy of Milly, who arrived back in Australia this morning, 21st July. Milly here. After ditching the fam in Brighton (or being ditched? Open to interpretation [editor’s note: we didn’t ditch her, we left her safely tied up in a sack in the boot of the car – beats me […]
Back to Brighton
All our adventures seem to wind up back in Brighton, for obvious reasons. Apart from catching up with Emily and Chris again, we had to drop the car back this time. We left the accommodation in Chadlington fairly early and went into Chipping Norton for fuel and breakfast. Fuel wasn’t an issue but nowhere was […]
More Cotswalding adventures
There’s a lot of little places in the Cotswolds, and they have very entertaining names. Today we visited Bourton-on-the-Water, Upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter and Broadway, as well as making our way through a few other little villages on the way. Bourton-on-the-Water is probably one of the most picturesque little villages you will find anywhere. The […]
Stow-on-the-Wold and other amusing places
To get things started on the right note, we got ourselves up and out early (don’t ask, just believe it was early) and headed off to Carterton for the regular Thursday market, which apparently gets into swing from 7:30am. We got there at 9am, but managed to find parking okay, and it wasn’t too crowded. […]
The Repair Shop
We’re heading for the Cotswolds today, but first we need to do some running repairs. It’s off to the Weald & Downland Living Museum at to take in the sights of medieval and Industrial Revolution era England (950 to early 19th century). This is an open air museum, a bit like Old Sydney Town near […]
Sutton Valence and Leeds Castle
We started the day early, well 9am, that’s early enough, and went for a walk. We were looking for Sutton Valence Castle, which was supposedly nearby. Turns out it was not 150 metres, so even my fairly ordinary way finding skills weren’t challenged too much. It’s only ruins now, but occupied a strategic spot overlooking […]
I need a Pooh
Winnie, that is. Winnie the Pooh. Our first port of call today was the 100-acre wood, near Hartfield in Kent. We picked up a rental car in Brighton, waved goodbye to Amelia (abandoned her really – she’s off to Edinburgh) and headed off in search of Pooh and his friends. Turns out there really was […]