Andrew and I walked to Goldhawk Rd. Station to catch the Hammersmith and City tube line to Euston Square where we had to catch our train to Carlisle. Our train departed at 10:30am and we timed it perfectly having 10 minutes spare. The journey lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes so we arrived in Carlisle at 1:50pm and we only had to wait for 10 minutes until Anne and Richard's train turned up. We spotted them on the platform and we all headed out the front of the sta...

We had breakfast at the Hotel again and talked through our plan for the day. Andrew and I packed up our things because we were heading back to London on a 5pm Bus from Bristol so we wouldn't be back. Anne and Richard were staying one more night here because they had to return the rental car on Monday morning. First stop today was Castle Combe which was probably my favourite little village we visited over the weekend. Simply stunning! It has been called 'T...

We had some breakfast at the Hotel before setting off on another day of exploration. We had discussed a rough plan of attack and Andrew had it pretty sorted so he was our navigator once again. We travelled North to Barnsley and discovered that there was a village festival happening but it was going to cost £8 each to get in so we gave this a miss and continued on to Bibury. It was time for a coffee so when we spotted 'The Catherine Wheel' pub as we were com...

Andrew and I headed off to Hammersmith station at about 8 o'clock this morning to catch the Picadilly Line tube to Victoria Station, where we had to catch our bus to Bristol. Our bus was departing at 9:30am so we allowed plenty of time because neither us had ever been to Victoria Bus Station. When we got there passengers had just started hopping on the bus so it was perfect timing and we got a seat right at the front of the bus. We were off for another weeke...

Andrew and I caught the tube to Heathrow Airport on Saturday morning to meet Anne and Richard off the plane. Excitement was in the air and it was the first time Andrew and I had both travelled out to Heathrow together since we first arrived in London so lots of memories flooded back! We didn't have to wait long before Anne and Richard walked through the arrival gates and we hopped on a train back to Hammersmith. When we got back to our flat we decided to have ...