Category: Travels

Thursday, September 12, 2024 Out of Clean Clothes This morning we slept in until 8:00ish. At 9:00, we took 2 reusable grocery bags full of dirty laundry around the corner to a laundry service. Everything is a trade off. We decided to trade $50 so we could have the whole…

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Ahhhh! Last night I was in bed with eyes closed at 10pm and slept until almost 7am. How good it felt! After another delicious hot Full English Breakfast downstairs, we checked out and headed an hour and a half to Durham Cathedral. This is a place…

Tuesday night, September 10, 2024 Addendum: As I was finishing up the blog, I realized the faint “music” I had been hearing wasn’t from another room. It was the church bells! We had forgotten that the Change Ringers were practicing ringing the bells at St. Aiden’s tonight! Darn! I really…

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Sunningdale B&B, Bamburgh, England Today was a restful and relaxing day since we don’t have to pack up. Sunningdale B&B is a family-run B&B is the perfect spot to slow down and enjoy the moment. Breakfast is served between 8:00-9:30 so no running out the door…

September 9, 2024 Correction: First things first. My husband gently encouraged me to actually do the math from yesterday’s post. St. Andrews school was begun 611 years ago. Not over 1,000 years ago, as I had said. So sorry! Goodbye, Scotland This morning we began heading south. After taking the…

Sunday, September 8, 2024 Foggy Sunday The fog was as thick as split pea soup this morning. It had lifted enough to not inhibit driving, but we went over a very long bridge and saw nothing but the road and the cable-stays going up into the clouds. A perfectly lovely…