Author Archives: Barry

We both suffered a bout of jet-lag, but managed to get through it! The hotel has a restaurant with an all inclusive breakfast, it is open from 7AM to noon! Even better, although there is a buffet, they will also … Continue reading →

Well, here we go again! This trip coincides with our 50th Wedding Anniversary on Oct 23rd! After a very quick trip, just over 6 hours, we arrived in Paris from Ottawa. Top ground speed I saw was 1086 km/h, for … Continue reading →

I have some time to kill before the airport shuttle arrives so I’ll close out this adventure. Overall we had a great time, BUT we are slowly beginning to realize that too much activity is not good these days. The … Continue reading →

Well, I said yesterday that we were making a rare visit to a museum! Well it wasn’t that one!! It was this one. After breakfast we headed out to the local bus stop, we had tickets for the Hop-on Hop-Off … Continue reading →

Yesterday we drove from the Cotswolds to Gatwick Airport. We weren’t sure what time to leave as part of the route involved the M25 motorway. This ring road around London is often referred to as the largest car park in … Continue reading →

We woke up to another great summer’s day. This is our last day of touring as we have to get to Gatwick Airport tomorrow for the flight to Iceland. After breakfast we headed off to the South West this time. … Continue reading →

Yet again I managed to avoid the “Full English”! Our plan today was to visit a wild life park to make a change from driving. After breakfast we headed out to the car park to find the damaged wall from … Continue reading →

Last night we noticed a large BMW in the parking lot, in front of the BMW was the remains of a stone wall. Hanging around the BMW were an elderly couple (beyond my age!) and a collection of walking sticks. … Continue reading →

Settled into the hotel OK last night. We’re now just getting our head around the price of things over here, they are HIGH! At breakfast (price included with the room) the first item on the menu was a “Full English”, … Continue reading →

After docking at Southampton we took an Uber to the train station. then by train to Gatwick airport to pick up the car. When I first looked at cars it was around $1200 for 9 nights, sort of what I … Continue reading →