Earlier this month, we had a wonderful tour of north-west France on our Honda Deauville. We took Le Shuttle to Coquelles and headed off down to the Hotel Aguado in Dieppe for a couple of nights. The weather was great (I swam in the sea) and the food amazing. Our next stop was the Ibis in Port-en-Bessin, a picturesque fishing port near Omaha Beach. It made an ideal base for Bayeux and the Normandy Beaches so, after viewing the tapestry, we headed for Juno Beach (where Debbie's grandfather landed in the second wave) and reflected on the brave men who began [View Full Entry]

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Tintern Abbey is set on the banks of the River Wye in Monmouthshire. It was founded by the Cistercian order in 1131 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Wordsworth wrote about it; Turner painted it; the photos tell their own story. [View Full Entry]

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Just had an amazing week on the Nile, visiting various temples, the Aswan Dam, the Collossi of Memnon as well as generally chilling out on the boat. [View Full Entry]

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