Kyle of Lochalsh is the last town on the mainland before you reach the Skye Bridge which provides access to the Isle of Skye. It’s the end of the rail line from Inverness and, before the bridge was built in 1995, it was where the ferry would take you to[…]
Jersey Saint Malo Pontorson Mont Saint Michel Bayeux Arromanches Juno Beach Carentan Bayeux Tapestry Getting There Covid had previously impacted our 2020 Travel Plans, so when we saw a window of opportunity to do some travel in France we jumped at it, but we were also a bit wary of[…]
We were the only ones on the morning section of the American D-Day Beaches Full Day Tour from Bayeux, which meant that from Saint Marie Eglise, through to the Museum at Utah beach we had Adeline all to ourselves. We’d started from the pickup point in Bayeux, the Covid briefing[…]
We didn’t spend nearly enough time at Chateau des Monts, a lovely old chateau five minutes from Bayeux in the heart of Normandy. The approach is up a tree-lined driveway, the branches above forming a canopy which perfectly frames the first views you get of the main building of the[…]
You can’t do better for location than the Churchill Hotel in Bayeux. It is perfectly positioned across from the Information Centre, literally beside the local Carrefour if you want ready to eat meals, directly opposite takeaways and bars if you want cheap eats and on the main road with a[…]
Arnaud is a friendly sort. I like to think he’s always smiling but it’s hard to be sure because of the mask as we stay with him for two nights under Covid conditions. We’d received good communications with him leading up to the stay at his AirBnB in the small[…]
Overlooking Weighbridge Square, adjacent to Liberation Square, the Royal Yacht is a hotel/restaurant in downtown St Helier on Jersey. The original building on the corner has been added to, with restaurants on the ground and first floors – super popular from lunch all the way through to the small hours[…]
In early 2020 the coronavirus hit and lockdown began. News stories started using the word unprecedented because a global pandemic causing such an impact on humanity’s health and economic well-being was certainly not within most people’s living memory. The earliest precedent being the 1918 Spanish flu. As time went on,[…]
We’d only just got back from the Bernina Express when the opportunity arose to head up to the Highlands of Scotland to enjoy a little snow. While the views from the train between Chur and Tirano on the Bernina Express had been stunning, the brief hands-on encounter with snow at[…]
Aviemore is the gateway to the Cairngorms, the UK’s snow and alpine playground. A short 5 minute stroll from the train station, in the centre of town, sits a complex that includes three of the Macdonald chain of hotels, one of them being the Morlich Hotel. Arrival The most direct[…]