Doth my eyes deceive me? We reached Swanage on Sunday evening, and were greeted by the strange sight of a burning ball of fire in the sky. Rumor has it, this thing is called a "sun!" We spent the day driving down from Swindon, stopping at the usual attractions along the way. Stonehenge was impressive, as expected. Divining itself the best 'henge I've ever seen. Old Sarum was possibly more impressive. It's the ruined site of an old castle/fort dating back 5...

Well, what can I say about Swindon? Rain - but I guess I could say that about most places we've been so far. Traffic - that at least is a bit more unique to Swindon, specifically the Magic Roundabout. It's either one of the most elegant traffic control devices in modern memory, or it's the devils own handy work. What it is, is a collection of five roundabouts, arranged to form a single, larger roundabout. However, in practice the five roundabouts form more of a ...

Our two days in Cardiff passed by in a flash. I won't go into too much detail, because the last time I tried to write a post, I got the end of a very large essay, and then the website crashed and it lost all of my finely crafted words! We spent our one, whole day in Cardiff at Cardiff Castle. We had planned to take in the National Museum Cardiff or St Fagans open air museum as well, but we ran out of time, and just decided to send the entire day at the Castle...

With not a small bit of sadness, we had to say goodbye to Hebden Bridge this morning. While the weather leaves a lot to be desired (I promise I will try not to go on about the weather any more. Much.) I have enjoyed our time in the Calerdale immensely. There was so much to do and see, and so much we didn't get to do. On Sunday we explored Heptonstall, a small hamlet up the hill from Hebden Bridge. We drove up in the morning, and explored its wonderful old c...

Yesterday we reached the one week marker - we've been in this country for over a week now, and it feels simultaneously too short and like we've been here forever. We've been to so many places, done so much driving, and done so many things, it would be impossible to blog about each one of them and do them justice. So instead, I'm going to create a list (I'm good at lists) - at the very least it will jog my memory about what I've done here in Yorkshire, and it mi...