Traveling Pez

Days 22-26 We left Cockermouth headed for Muncaster Castle on the western coast of Lake District National Park, however on arrival we discovered it did not open till midday, lack of planning on my part, so we kept driving to Holker Hall & Gardens on the southern end of the Park. This was a terrific find, the old mansion & gardens are immaculate, hosting many Queen's, Lord's & Lady's through the 17th Century, a lovely morning tea of scones & tea before leaving for our next destination of Sedbergh & Hawes (again) through the top half of Yorkshire Dales National Park, once again, narrow country lanes across the top of the mountain with plenty of roadside sheep & cattle to dodge. Fought the traffic into Ripon and onto Harrogate for the night. A Friday night in ... read more

Days 13 - 17 So the last week has been interesting, leaving Glastonbury we headed to Abergavenny in Wales, unfortunately it was extremely busy, and although we found a car park, couldn't get the meter to work, so left there and trotted off to Ross-On-Wye, a great little historical village for a look around, onto Hereford and Ludlow for the night. Leaving Ludlow the next morning I managed to strain my back, the next few days were just driving to the next destination with minimum stops. Ludlow to the quaint village of Much Wenlock for lunch, to Ironbridge for the first iron bridge built in Britain and into Shrewsbury for the night. Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and onto the freeway to Melksham for a night, then back through the Cotswold's & Dartmoor National Park to St Neot, back ... read more

Day 7 - Today has turned a little miserable weatherwise - rainy, foggy, cold - so slight change to our plans. Headed to Padstow, best known for Rick Stein, everything is his, from restaurants, cafes, deli's....etc. Great village on the river, which has massive tides. Had lunch in the pub and then off to our next destination of Port Isaac. Now for those who watch the ABC television series, Doc Martin, this is actually Port Wenn in the show. Photos around the tiny laneway's and in front of Doc Martins television home. A casual drive home through the fields and tiny laneway's, and as I was driving today, a little challenging with having to reverse back into a wider point or driveway as other vehicles approached. Day 8 - Another lazy start to the day, heading ... read more

DAY 1 - HEATHROW TO CHIPPENHAM We arrived on time into Heathrow, made it through customs in good time and hopped on the shuttle bus to pick up the car from Hertz. We have a Suzuki Swace wagon, which is a terrific car. If they had them at home, I'd get one tomorrow. So with Google maps running we headed for Reading. We did a few laps of Reading before I gave up on finding a place to park, and hit the M4 and found a quaint little village of Hungerford. A very old place as the photos show. A nice walk around town and across the river with plenty of long boats and locks. From here it was off to Marlborough, on a suggestion from a lady we spoke to by the river. Marlborough is ... read more

Day 25 - On our way to dinner last night, the two young people on the desk had been so helpful and chatty with us, we left them with a sachet of Vegemite each. Ange advised them on how to enjoy ? it and the guy was looking forward to it but the young lady was a bit apprehensive we think. They weren't on this morning when we left, would like to be a fly on the wall when they try it. Just a short ride into Page today, 100 k's, a quick stop at Glen Canyon Dam, then off to Horseshoe Bend again for some more pics. We headed off to our favorite Page restaurant State 48 Tavern which Jac & Snap found on our 2016 trip, however joy was short lived as the service, ... read more