Queensland trip cont: Atherton Tablelands - Our trip to Queensland seems so long ago but I do want to tell you about the other places we visited, including the rest of our day out with Louise in the super comfortable black Mercedes. After the quaint town of Yungaburra, (see my posting by scrolling down the page if you missed it earlier) […]
Escaping Cold Perth: Palm Cove, Queensland - Our plan was to spend a couple of days in Brisbane catching up with family, then head further north for the warmth. Flying to Cairns from Brisbane, we were picked up in a very comfortable Audi and taken to Imagine Drift apartments in Palm Cove. The accommodation, booked at least six weeks earlier, overlooked a […]
Natural History Museum and Goodbye UK - This week marks the end of my Travel Tales for a while. Susanne and I left York after our one night stay in the hotel and caught the direct train back to Banbury, where we had booked three nights in Whately Hall, the local Mercure Hotel. They responded to my request for a quiet room […]
Return to York via Bolton Abbey: The Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert - After several weeks of writing things other than Travel Tales (which I hope you enjoyed) I will now tell you about our return to York on the 9th June 2016. We were supposed to make our way to Stratord-on-Avon, see a Shakespearean play, enjoy the town, then return to Banbury by a series of trains […]
Wordsworth’s Cottage and a Monster Storm - We had planned for our last day in Ambleside, to visit Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum, Ruskin’s house at Coniston and generally enjoy driving around the picturesque countryside. Mary Mary Quite Contrary (our name for the GPS system that came with the hired car) behaved quite well; only one little detour […]
Holehird Gardens: Lake District UK - When Susanne and I received our tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show we were also given a year’s membership of the Royal Horticultural Society which included information about, and free or reduced entry into, amazing gardens all over the UK. Discovering that Holehird Gardens was nearby, we had to take a look and as you […]
Lake Windermere Cruise: 2016 - The whole of the Lake District in England is noted for its beauty – blue water lakes, mountains, gardens, elegant architecture and lots of rain to make the countryside green. Ambleside, our chosen town, is at the northern end of Lake Windermere, a perfect place for boarding one of the ferries that carry tourists around […]
Lake District: Ambleside - It’s so long since I posted anything and too long since I promised to write about our visit to the beautiful Lake District in the UK in 2016. Well, here we are. It was about 5 pm by the time we arrived and the parking area was full, but our hosts were charming, very helpful […]
Harlow Carr Gardens near Harrogate UK - Leaving York on the 4th of June, we were excited to be on our way to the beautiful Lakes District, with a stop at Harlow Carr Gardens. Our hire car from Hertz was a very comfortable Mercedes. Susanne did most of the driving while I navigated. When making the booking, back in Australia in March, […]
Mystery Plays 2016 York UK - The 2016 production of the Mystery Plays was one of the most impressive pieces of theatre that I have ever seen. I know that for some of you, the idea of a religious performance in a religious venue conjures up images of an evening spent in the most boring possible way. Believe me, this was […]