This was another four-hour driving day which we had decided to break into two halves. Two hours to Chedworth Roman Villa where we spent a little more than two hours and then the final two hour drive to Kington. Our Citroen C4 is so big and has so much grunt, it couldn't be referred to as a she. He gave us a hell of a ride across country from the Chiltern Hills to the big sky country of north-west Herefordshire. He drops into hidden dips (to which Ches responds...

What a brutal day! 30c+ and humid. Tempered by a breeze, however the humidity making it very uncomfortable. Go easy on the Brits, it's very uncomfortable. We had another late start, and we're more into a Slowtrav routine now. No driving for four hours (that's coming again tomorrow). We decided to just visit three places nearby and with no more that 45min driving … total. We didn't leave until 11:30 and made straight to Aldbury. Pretty much narrow...

The only way we are ever going to get through this is with one step forward and two steps back. That means, I have to write this blog about our day traveling from Biddenden (Kent) to Asheridge (Buckinghamshire) while it's fresh in my memory. A memory that is seared from spending 2 ½ hours on the M25, traveling 130km…. skirting London from the southeast to the northwest. You think you've been in a traffic jam? When I finish this blog, I'll then...

At some point, I will catch up with the last week. For now, a brief revisit to yesterday. I've come down with a "summer cold" … I haven't a clue what it is. Sinuses blocked, chesty cough. Bloody uncomfortable. Anyway, were not to be slowed down but maybe a little today. We decided to make it another "hair wash day", which means a quiet slow morning and then just an hour at Smallgythe Place, the home of Ellen Terry. Ellen Terry you...

Of all the natural beauty spots that we had put on out list of places to visit, Beachy Head is the one that exceeded expectations. Only the day before we left Brighton with Littlington and Beach Head researched in detail, did I appreciate that many photographers have said that they couldn't pick between Dover and the cliffs of Beach Head. As for Littlington. What's at Littlington? Nothing as far as Ches and I know. There is supposed to be one of the giant ...