Sunday 10 April 26C - Madrid, 20C - London Our flight is at 12.35 today so we left for the airport just after 9 this morning.It is quite warm at this time of the morning so it'll be quite hot in Madrid this afternoon.Also, they don't turn on the air conditioners until July 1 so it seems warmer than it really is and it's also quite stuffy in the shops, restaurants, the airport etc.We boarded the plane and then had to wait on the runway for about 30 mins.We a...

Saturday 9 April 12-26C Sunny This morning we had a bit of a sleep in (8.15) as we don't have to be anywhere at a set time.It's the last morning of the tour and on the way to breakfast we saw some of our fellow travelers who are leaving Spain today to either head off to other destinations or home.After breakfast we went to find the post office to post some stuff back home.Well, we finally got back to the hotel….3 hours later!!And the post office was only...

Thursday 24 March 54F Sunny After a good nights rest and a hearty English breakfast we started off for St Austell in Cornwall at around 9am to have a look at the Eden Project. Aaargh.....more tiny lanes, slow speeds, round abouts!!! Arrived at around 10am and had to park at what seemed like a mile away. They do supply busses to take you back and forth to your car but we decided to make the walk after driving. A guy called Tim Smit turned a huge disused ch...

Sunday 20th March 14C Yesterday we caught the ferry from Rosslare in Ireland to Pembroke in the UK (actually it's in Wales). It was a pretty uneventful 4 hour trip and embarking from the ferry and finding our way was easy enough. About 10 minutes up the road was Carew Castle so we stopped to have a look around. I love castles! Carew's history spans over 2000 years and over that time it has changed from a Celtic fort to Norman stronghold, from feudal castl...

12th March -7C Brrr....it's so cold. It was so hard to get up this morning. Not much happening today. Arrived in the UK at 11.30am to a 14 degree day and l tell you, it felt so warm l almost had my t-shirt and thongs on!. By the time we went through customs, collected our luggage and picked up our hire car it was past 2pm. We are driving north to the town of Hollyhead to catch a ferry over to Dublin. We've stopped about an hour away at a place called Hol...