A Busy Day in Sevilla
re 15/12/17 At the end of our day in Seville our mobile devices told us that we’d walked over 9 miles, which I can believe as my feet were aching…. Read more »
Category: Heritage
Roman Ruins at Italica
14/12/17 From Aracena we decided to head south towards Seville, on the way we were planning to visit Italica, a Roman city that has been partially excavated near the current… Read more »
In the Footsteps of Columbus
11/12/17 – 12/12/17 We crossed the border between Portugal and Spain, passing into the province of Huelva, an area of Spain I had never heard of before. There is a… Read more »
The Special One
30/11/17 – 01/12/17 The next couple of days were spent around the Setubal area, birthplace of Jose Mourinho, the Special One. Setubal is just south of Lisbon and we skirted… Read more »
Underground, Overground
23/11/17 We spent the night of 22nd parked at Batalha in preparation for a visit to Batalha Monastery. We wanted to visit one monastery while we were in Portugal and… Read more »
Roaming Roman Walls
04/11/17 – 05/11/17 We had been watching the weather forecast for a couple of days, tracking a low pressure system that looked like it would hit Portugal and Spain. It… Read more »
The Stairs to Dragonstone
03/11/17 The reason for our slight back-track was to visit San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, a small islet with a chapel on the top, linked to the mainland with a man… Read more »
A Quick Trip to Bilbao
02/11/17 The following morning we set off for Bilbao, the Dutch couple next to us tried to persuade us that the journey was easier and more enjoyable by bus and… Read more »
Border Crossings
31/10/17 Crossing the border into Spain was barely noticed, no large signs declaiming the point at which we moved from one country to another, just a gradual dawning of realization… Read more »
Suffolk Coast
11/10/17-12/10/17 We moved from our overnight parking spot to the National Trust parking at Dunwich Heath ready for a stroll around the heath. The heath to the north and inland was… Read more »
Studley Royal And Fountains Abbey
02/10/17 The cockerel that had been strutting around the previous evening decided to give full voice at sunrise so we were up bright and early. With the dawning of the… Read more »
Border Lines
30/09/17 Having crossed the border back into England we thought it was only fitting that we visit Hadrian’s wall to see how the Roman empire managed the border with the wild lands outside it’s… Read more »
Final Days in Scotland
28/09/17-28/09/17 Over the last week we have started to feel a little unsettled as we realised our time in Scotland was coming to a close – what should we do… Read more »
Fabulous Falkirk
27/09/17-28/09/17 I would never have thought about visiting Falkirk if it wasn’t for Facebook. I will admit I have a bit of a Facebook addiction, accessing it far more than… Read more »
Bimble Around Brodick
02/09/17 After a day on the mountain we didn’t feel like doing anything too strenuous so we headed to Brodick. We parked up in the car park by the Mountain… Read more »
The Cock of Arran
31/08/17 Lochranza is a village on the northern coast of Arran, set alongside a small sea loch. I don’t know when a bay or inlet becomes a loch, but the name… Read more »
Never Ending Antiquities
30/08/17 We had parked at King’s Cave deliberately … to visit King’s Cave of course. So the next morning we took a stroll down to the coast to see one… Read more »
Maritime Irvine
27/08/17 We took the plunge and booked our ferry to Arran for Monday. The weather for Monday was going to be pretty dire (again) so we thought we might as… Read more »
Last days in Wales
By this time we knew we would have to be heading back to the south west as we had a music festival to attend in just over a week’s time…. Read more »
Last day on the Lleyn
Our last stop on the Lleyn peninsula was at Nant Gwrtheyrn on the north coast. This heritage centre is home to the National Welsh Language Centre as well as having some… Read more »