From St. Andrews we drove over to Loch Lomond where we were staying in a remote cabin on the water, in Rowardennan. It poured during the drive, a lot of it down windy single track roads, but cleared up in … Continue reading
We loved our trip to Cornwall last year, but having split time between St. Ives and Padstow last year, and some dubious weather, meant we didn’t get to see as much of Padstow as we’d have liked. It’s an excellent … Continue reading
With number two arriving in August, so being on UK lockdown during the summer, we looked to sneak is come late summer sun at a kid friendly place that we could take the expanded family to. If you google these … Continue reading
Leaving Lake Bled in Slovenia we drove south-west (about 3 hours) to the coast to the historic town of Rovinj, in Croatia. There are a lot of beautiful smaller, lesser known coastal towns in the north of Croatia that are … Continue reading
Last year we finally got round to exploring Croatia, where the secret seems to be well and truly out, but during our research Slovenia kept getting mentioned. After doing some digging we decided it looked worth an extra week and … Continue reading
With a wedding in Oxford on the horizon and some interior walls about to be knocked down at home, we decided we had to get out of town for a week in August, but late planning and the school summer … Continue reading
Don’t you love it when friends organise weddings in places you’ve always wanted to go – what a perfect excuse for a holiday – so when we got a save the date for July in Lake Como we were pumped … Continue reading
After St. Ives we spent a weekend in Padstow, often referred to as Padstein due to the abundance of Rick Stein restaurants in town. We sampled a lot of great food and drink whilst in town and also explored Rock, … Continue reading
Having never been further south or west than Devon we planned a week exploring Cornwall; probably the quaintest part of Britain (apart from the Cotswolds). We AirBnB’d a cosy, but practical, one bed flat in St. Ives harbour with sea … Continue reading
A couple of friends of ours got married this May bank holiday weekend in Trebinje, Bosnia in Herzegovina, setting up the perfect excuse for a little jaunt to Dubrovnik, on the Dalmatian coast, in Croatia first. Unfortunately, the bump is … Continue reading
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