One of our favourite family days out is at Garsons Pick Your Own in Surrey. We have spent countless days picking fruit, the teens were toddlers when we first came and it is still a…
Houghton Hall in north Norfolk is one of the great English country houses. Centuries old. Yet the sculpture at Houghton Hall is modern. Late twentieth century at very oldest, most of it twenty-first century. Viewing…
Exploring Langley Vale Centenary Wood is what I have enjoyed most during lockdown. If you are looking for somewhere new to explore off the beaten track and yet within the M25 Langley Vale Wood is…
Every journey begins with a book for me, my books to read in California are the books that inspired me to visit in the first place. The first time I drove across the Central Valley…
Shakespeare’s London was a bustling City, wary of large gatherings that might spread the deadly plague. Much like now. Join me in discovering Shakespeare’s London. Shakespeare’s London Theatres Back in the sixteenth century the fear…
Nobody is going anywhere at the moment. Making it the perfect time to read the best travel books to inspire wanderlust. I’ve always been a keen armchair traveller, here are some of the books that…
London is in lockdown but London virtual tours mean no barrier for the incurably curious to peek behind closed doors. London is waiting to be discovered. Some of the tours are places that always off…
