Well here I am checking out more property. This time the day was spent with the usual cast of Pippa and Rod, but long for the ride came Amy. Amy use to play football with Pippa in Australia and is living in the UK now for a couple of years and becoming a very seasoned traveller. This is one of the day trips Rod keeps planning. This time we went to Battle, near Hastings. It is the site of the battle of 1066 between King Harold I of England and William, Duke of No...

Pippa, Rod and I decided to head off for a few days together. It was the first break we had had together since Rod returned from Australia. Katharine was off to a conference for the weekend so someone had to look after her dog Maisie. Thus I was the candidate so I got Pippa and Rod to drive me to Culmstock in Devon for the weekend. In return I allowed them to come with me to Corfe Castle in Dorset for a few days on the way back to London. The drive over was a di...

Last weekend Pippa, Rod and myself went for a drive in the country. We all felt like a bit of fresh air. We were attempting to get to Brighton but the weather got progressively worse the further south we drove. After we hit full rain we stopped at a little town called Ardingly in the Ouse Valley. Basically Rod was looking for a pub for lunch and to warm up, so he decided to try this town because there seemed to be a hand full of tourist attractions marked on the...

Well this is the first blog of the Sequel to 'Rod in Arabia & England'. As I am not a huge fan of Facebook (being a dog) and several friends and family back home don't have Facebook I decided the best way to keep in touch was to start another travel blog. Of course the destinations wont change so often and I will probably not write as frequently. And I have decided to make this through the eyes of Anouk. Rod and Pippa will contribute as regular journos and ph...