May - our favourite month in the UK for getaways, with 2 public holiday Mondays giving us lots of opportunities for short trips around the UK! So, the first one of the month took us out to an area about 3 hours drive north west of London, known as the Peak District, a great area for hiking. We set off on Saturday morning and after some minor traffic we arrived in the area just in time for some amazing lunch at a small, hidden away vegetarian/vegan cafe in Matlo...

7 Day UK tour - Part 3:We arrived in Blackpool in the evening on Tuesday and after checking into a classic old hotel, which reminded Nat of the hotel in The Shining, we headed into town as a group for some Chinese and then tenpin bowling, which was a great night. Creepy highlight of the night was returning to our hotel and peering into the venue room where music was playing, only to be spotted by the solo singer/entertaininer, who then called out to us to come...

7 Day UK tour - Part 5: Our final night of the tour was spent in the town of York, in the mid-north of England. After checking into our B&B at about 7pm that night, we wandered into town to check things out and grab some food. We came across an awesome Vegan/Vegetarian Cafe that did a lot of AMAZING food, including some vegetarian sliders (america style mini burgers) which Ant absolutely destroyed, and perfect coffee and walnut cake which Nat inhaled! After ...

7 Day UK tour - Part 4:Day 5 found us still in bed at 10:30 with angry hangovers and only 30 minutes to make it 3 blocks away for our free breakfast! We made it just in time to order massive cooked breakfasts with all the extras which was another impressive element of the amazing hotel we were staying at, the Grassmarket Hotel. After breakfast we slumped back to our room for most of the afternoon to recover from the epic night before, until about 4pm when we s...

7 Day UK tour - Part 2: Waking up in Wales on Monday we headed off fairly early and plunged through the middle of the Brecon Beacons national park, seeing some beautiful hilly scenery and thousands of happy looking sheep and goats munching on some of the greenest grass we've ever seen (guess all that rain is good for something!). After a brief walk to a 360 degree viewpoint and a few photos, we headed out of Wales and back into West England, where we made for St...