Day 13 Bath Bit of a relaxing day today with a late start. After lunchtime we headed to the Sydney Gardens just outside the city and from there we walked to Aqua Glass Bath. Here we watched a demonstration of glass blowing and production. It was quite amazing and the warehouse was warm which was a welcome place as it was cold and rainy outside. Renee and Maddy had a go at glassblowing. Special memorial pieces later we headed out of town to Castle Combe, a small h...

Day 12 Bath From the lush Cornish countryside to the Georgian terraces and ancient Roman baths of Bath. Today we have moved into a different experience of England. After arriving in good time we couldn't check into our hotel so we left the car and headed off to the city of Bath. We were on the lookout for somewhere to eat and found a place that did Sunday roast and a drink for 6 pounds. This wasn't your everyday Aussie roast. This included a gravy boat on each pl...

Day 10 Liskeard Today we drove to beautiful Cornwall. The drive was long and monotonous as we covered miles and miles of farming land and edges of cities. The traffic was heavy in places and in some respects this area seems like the Gold Coast of Australia. A popular holiday destination. It has been raining off and on during the drive despite the fact that we awoke to a fine morning in Wales. As the forecast is for rain all weekend we decided to go to Port Is...

Day 11 Liskeard Today we had a lovely day exploring the Cornish countryside. As it started off raining we decided to go and look at the Eden Project. It is a huge centre with gardens and controlled environments called biomes. There are two indoor biomes. One rainforest and the other Mediterranean. They were amazing. There are so many different types of plants and environments. It was a very worthwhile experience. There are a few photos of the plants and the bio...

Day 9 Llangollen I am sitting here in our first floor room looking out onto the Welsh countryside in the twilight. It's 9:45pm and the sky is still blue even though the sun has gone down. It's beautiful here amongst the hills of this quaint village. We arrived at 5pm and there were still hundreds of tourists lining the streets and tourist buses trying to leave through the narrow lanes. We walked down the main street and crossed over the river that is in rapids ...