We hadn't managed to make a game in Cardiff so decided to do a tour of Wales instead and chose the Haggis tour Welsh Explorer. We got to cover a large area of Wales and also fitted in a few walks so it was ideal for us. We left London on a bus with 12 others and our tour guide Ed and set off for North Wales. It was a long day driving but we managed to fit in a stop at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct which is 40ft above the valley below. Fortunately for us there were ...

We had a week between finishing work and our tour of Wales so decided to tick a few more England destinations off the list. Most of our destinations around England came highly recommended. First up was Whitstable, a lovely seaside town east of London and finally one without a tacky pier! We dined at the amazing Wheelers Oyster Restaurant which has only 4 tables but the most amazing, freshest seafood and some very good oysters. We had our Oysters Bloody Mary style...

It was a gorgeous English spring day so we decided to do a London Walks Tour in the Cotswolds. We met up with Kelly and took the train from Paddington and arrived in Kingham where we jumped onto a chartered bus. We got a bit of a run down on the history of the Cotswolds and arrived just outside our first town - Chipping Campden, so that we could do a short walk into the village via a public bridleway. This was a reasonably sized village and we walked around the t...

Another bank holiday weekend, another chance to explore some more of the UK before we head back. This time it was the Yorkshire Dales - starting point for the 2014 Tour de France. We headed up on the train to Leeds on the Friday where we picked up a hire car and headed to our B n B in Skipton where were staying for the weekend. Saturday morning we picked up some very nice (and expensive) road bikes for the weekend. The weather wasn't very nice but we headed off u...

We had been meaning to get to the Lakes District for a while and finally made it up for the Easter 2014 long weekend. We headed up with Sally and Whit on a very packed train on Thursday night (it was so heavy they couldn't take the breaks off in London!). We were staying at an amazing B n B in Windermere with the nicest owners for the weekend. Good Friday we drove into the North part of the Lakes District where we took a nice leisurely walk through Whinlatter For...