Over the next couple of days Cass and Luke joined in with us on most of our excursions though sometimes, as with Stomp, Gwendols and I would leave them to it and go off on our own. One of those times was a day I really wanted to visit the British Museum as I hadn’t been there last time I was in London. I really wanted to see the Elgin Marbles, so cruelly destroyed when ripped from the Parthenon, even though I feel somewhat conflicted about seeing them there...

Off to London……whilst on one hand this was to be our last stop on our overseas jaunt so there was a sense of the "winding down, clock ticking until home time" feeling, it was also going to be pretty jam packed as we had such a limited time there and so much to try and fit in. We left our hotel in the dark for our morning flight and we set off for this last leg with great excitement, mainly I think because as much as we had SO loved our time in Greece ...

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...