England

By Dianne

Romsey Town, Cambridge

We have settled into our little Victorian Terrace in Cambridge. It’s in Romsey Town, a development dating from the late 1800’s. It is full of narrow streets with terraced houses fronting right onto the road – hardly anyone has a front garden and if they do it’s tiny. More of a place to store the wheelie…

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By Dianne

The Cotswolds

This post is part of a series called Snap Shots After leaving Ffald-y-Brenen we travelled south through the beautiful Welsh countryside, then took the A40 east towards Cheltenham, our destination in the Cotswolds. The A40 winds its way along the northern edge of the Black Mountains and then through the Brecon Beacons to the English…

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By Dianne

Stowmarket – the big smoke!

Not a lot of adventures to report. Continue to have little walks around the village – starting to know our way around. Lots of little walkways and back alleys – short cuts to different places and handy back entrances to peoples houses. Still walk over to Stowmarket – the big smoke – for a little…

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By Dianne

Visitors!

We’ve had family to stay. Leonie – Reg’s sister – and her partner Charles have had a little stopover with us. They’ve been in Europe for a month; first visiting friends in Switzerland, then France, family in Sussex, and then us in Suffolk. They are now checking out Paris before heading home via Dubai. During their…

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By Dianne

Columbine Hall

I have cheated! Below is a copy of some information about our recently visited Columbine Hall. We ended up having a personal tour by Kate the gardener, so were very spoilt! Kate has worked at Columbine Hall for 18 years after applying for a job as a young girl just leaving school. She just wanted to…

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