The flight to Athens was of the "through the night" variety so we had already had a full day on the run before we left London as we'd been leaving Broadway, visiting Blenheim Palace, dropping the car off at Oxford etc then getting to the airport for our flight which arrived in Athens 4am local time. It was crazy in one sense and we were pretty tired and wiped out by the time we arrived in Athens but it had actually been thought out......This way we were picki...

I'm in Nafplio as I write this and it's the morning after the night and the day and the night before which sounds exhausting to read and was to live as well. We left Broadway around 10am after having to strip the beds, empty the bins, wipe out the sinks and vacuum according to the "rules". We thought the vacuuming was really a step too far and quite honestly I don't do that much housework in my own home so to participate in cleaning this three story, ...

Our last full day in the Cotswolds was spent mainly driving the gorgeous little country lanes enjoying views and stopping here and there. We visited Stow on the Wold which seems to get rave reviews from lots of people and yes it’s quaint and all the rest but we all found it too busy after our “back road” kind of experience generally in this area. The big highlight of the day was definitely Sudeley Castle. This was a “must visit” of L...

We are visiting a castle today so I will start this by saying……Once upon a time……as in….. Once upon a time there was a girl who didn’t drive a car until she was 23 and her eldest son Patrick started school so she had to learn to drive just to be able to get him there….. And I have to admit as an embarrassing aside that one of the very first times I drove him to school I then took Oliver to pre-school and when I went back...

Neither Liane nor I slept well on the first night; I know she ended up with a dodgy bed but I had no real reason as my bed was comfy and it was really quiet etc…. all the right ingredients were there but yes my brain kept going so whilst I got a good initial 3 hours and then 2 hours of drift off, wake up over and over, around 3.30am I eventually just gave up and wandered downstairs. Down here I discovered Larn in the same boat so we commiserated together an...