I was on the U1A bus to the airport at 7.30 am to pick up our rental car for the next week. A large MG hybrid. Back to our Dover St. airbnb to collect the "girls" and off to the New Forest. The first thing we noticed was the distinct lack of roaming horses and donkeys. Perhaps they "winter" somewhere else. Beaulieu isn't as scenic in winter, and with the exception of the buildings around the water, not a lot to keep us for long. If you absolutely want to kn...

Just over a week ago, that's last Friday, we left our cottage at Coombe Florey and headed back to Southampton via three sites we had planned to visit. We hadn't been overly busy while there in Somerset. My grandmother used to travel to the UK in the 50s and 60s and always said that Somerset was her favourite county. I'd be hard pressed to choose between Somerset, Dorset or Devon. I mean, where does one end and the other begin? The countryside and cottages, v...