Life's about experiences. These are mine.
I’d forgotten just how long it can take to reach a destination with so many forms of transport involved. Today was no exception leaving home just after 8am and not arriving at our hotel in Rome until 4pm local time. A journey that included trains, planes, automobiles, Shank’s Pony and pods! The pods are the …
Once a year places of historic interest that wouldn’t normaly be open to the public throw open their doors for Heritage Open Days. I read somewhere that these places are obliged to do so annually as part of the conditions of government/lottery funding, although I can’t find any evidence to back that statement up. Either …
As a birthday treat we went to the glamorous setting of the outskirts of Watford at the weekend to visit The Making of Harry Potter at the Warner Bros. Studios. There was much excitement! Caution – spoilers if you read on. The tickets are for a timed entry that ensures that there isn’t an overwhelming …
We’re incredibly lucky in the UK to have many wonderful museums that are also free to access. Last weekend my Dad and I went to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History which has recently reopened following a £2M restoration of the roof. It is an amazing space full of light and interesting exhibits, as …
Continue reading “Oxford University Museum of Natural History”
Yesterday was the National Gardens’ Scheme annual open day when gardens all over the country are opened up with the proceeds going to charity. We had chosen to go to Inhomes, just outside of Newbury as it was close and, more importantly (to me) is the home of Sir Frank Williams founder of the Williams …
In this post I was expecting to bore you with a trip to the top of the viewing area of the Shard in London and some marvellous pictures of the view. Instead this is what we saw: Lots and lots of fire engines and other blue light …
BA have added a neat page to their website allowing executive club members to see how far they have travelled with the airline in an engaging way. When you go to the site you see a snap shot of your stats at the top, this is mine: Below which, in a view that is very …
It has become something of a tradition to do a round up post at the end of our Florida holidays and so this is it. Here I group together all the posts to allow you to quickly find the post most relevant to what you are interested in. If you want to do a comparison …
Given that the flight back to the UK is late afternoon this gives us plenty of time for one last hurrah. Even though we had only been there yesterday it was decided to go back to Hollywood Studios today. I have to admit that this was done on a majority vote basis and like the …