Today we had a lazy start before heading out into New Mills for a bit of shopping. Christmas dinner is going to be Mexican flavoured this year, just for something different. We purchased food and wine for tomorrow and then walked back to the house for a bit more relaxing. The guys over the valley […]
Easter with Jenny and Darren
We spent Easter with Jenny and Darren up in Grantham (east midlands). We travelled out each day and visited locations such as Sherwood Forest and Lincoln Cathedral. You can see photos and read about them here.
Sunrise from Mt Sinai
No, we didn’t just go back to Egypt for a day, this is a photo you may have seen before from our travels last September. On top of Mt Sinai we watched the sun rise and it was a peaceful, beautiful experience. Or at least it should have been. Fighting your way through crowds of […]
What we did on our holidays
Another quick update to say that yes, we are still here. Also thank you for all the good wishes over the holiday period. We spent Christmas with my sister Patricia and her husband Sam in the Swedish city of Stockholm, photos can be seen here.
Technicolour
My brother has complained than Venice seems to be without colour. Hopefully the following will dispel such rumour. Detail from the end of a Gondola Lamps outside a resturant Another one of the masks found for sale all over Venice The Bridge of Sighs Click here for more information on the Bridge of Sighs. The […]
Easter in Venice
Our Easter in Venice was very relaxing, for once we took a holiday and didn’t spend most of it rushing around. We only had vague plans of what we were doing each day and enjoyed ourselves wandering the streets of Venice and visiting the outer islands such as Murano where the fabled Venitian glass is […]
Prague for Christmas
A lamp as found all over Prague Prague was lovely and we had a great time. I’ve got a bunch of photos to upload, as soon as I can decide on how the page will look. Thanks to all for Christmas gifts and well wishes, we’ll attempt more personal replies over the New Year break.
More of the Honeymoon
It wasn’t always sun on our honeymoon, as these shots show. On this day, the 8th of October, we had driven all the way up to Fiskardo at the top of Cephalonia. On the way back coming down the west coast we stopped off at Assos and then Myrto. Myrto Beach is reputedly the most […]
Honeymoon in Greece
We’re back now and are slowly getting back into the swing of normal life. We’ve got thousands of photos to go through from our honeymoon, here are three to keep you going. Week one – The Monasteries of Meteora Week two – The Acropolis in Athens Week three – St George’s Castle on Cephalonia
On Honeymoon
Hi All, So far we have see lots of things, and managing to relax too. We are currently in Athens and we head of to Cefalonia tomorrow. Our first week in Pelion was great. I was a little disappointed with the car at first, at the airport were all these nice new cars, but ours […]
A weekend around Loch Lomond
Right, here’s some photos from our travels in Scotland on the weekend. Friday night we drove up, leaving Watford at 4:30pm and arriving at our B&B, near Glasgow, just after 1am. Saturday morning we met with John Hendry at 9am and had a nice, enlightening talk about the wedding day and what needs to happen […]
Wedding photos
Posing for the official photos, a cheap hack like myself takes all the opportunity he can get Christine, posing alone