Hi all, I'm writing this having just had a relaxing swim and jacuzzi session in our luxury hotel just south of Boston, well deserved me thinks after our mini tour of New England this past week! After we left Manchester in Vermont last Saturday we headed northeast to New Hampshire and the White Mountains for more hiking/trees/beautiful countryside. On Monday we then drove south all the way to Rhode Island and the seaside town of Newport - very different from the Newport in Wales! Lovely and sunny when we arrived with long sandy beaches, clifftop walks and big mansions. We thought the hotel we stayed in there was pretty luxurious but this one might top it. The next day was blinking freezing though so we went for a bit of a drive then watched a film ... read more

Hi All My turn to write this blog! Well we made it out of Boston OK and have now arrived safely in Manchester, Vermont. It felt a bit sad to leave Boston as we were just beginning to get to know the place, but this is a roadtrip after all so it had to be done. We're staying in a little motel just outside of town. Though it is in amongst beautiful scenery of different coloured mountains and woodland it's best feature is that we have a bathroom all to ourselves, as opposed to sharing with all comers in Boston! Weather is a bit rainy and the Fall has mostly passed it's peak here, but NewsFlash I have actually been driving! Haven't crashed (yet) so fingers crossed. When we do finally return to the UK expect ... read more

We're here at last! After a long flight and struggling with our bags on the tube we made it to our 'hotel' in Boston last night - the Ritz it ain't but the YWCA (like YMCA but for women) isn't too bad and certainly has a few more characters than you'd find in standard hotel lobbies! Funnily enough, the first thing we should see when coming out of the airport was sports pitches and people playing footie - can't get away from it! We (or rather I) had a bit of a blonde moment too, when it was discovered I had booked the hotel for the wrong dates!! We were worried we'd have to trawl the streets late at night searching for another place to stay but luckily the hotel could accommodate us. Today we have ... read more