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Haworth and the Bronte Parsonage was everything I thought it would be and the short local bus trip from Hebden Bridge was a great way to acess the village. I stopped myself from shouting out “ Heathcliff, Heathcliff” as the bus rolled over the moors, so as not to alarm or amuse my fellow...

I had a great 4 days in York despite still being under the weather from the cold I caught in Scotland. So much history in a compact area inside this wonderful walled city. In the summer I like the way the streets and pubs are decked out with colourful flower baskets. If you like gardens...

So was I, It had some innovative exhibits, lots of staff on to engage with and that little train ride experience was fun.

I agree that many of the guests in 5 star hotels can be less open to engaging in conversation. My husband is not a great traveller so I have often travelled alone and many years ago was booked into a top hotel in Auckland. However I found there was little opportunity to share a drink and...

York .. time for some train cough at the Railway Museum just a short stroll from York Station. A wonderful way for train enthusiasts to spend an afternoon. Over the next few days I wandered around the city walls, took a walking tour .. as there is no need for one of those hop on and off bus...

Time to leave my people watching pursuit of the ladies and gentlemen who scored invites to Holyrood for the cucumber sandwiches, strawberry tartlets and cups of the special Royal blend of tea, and head to Waverley Station, Edinburgh, taking the coastal route to the iconic Railway station at York.

Final days in Scotland spent seeing the quaint village of Falkland and Falkland Palace c 1500. The village has been used for the filming of the “Outlander” series. The owner of the gift/craft shop was telling me that they paid him for a week while they used his shop to film what amounted (in...

Back to finish off this TR. From late June till early August I travelled around Scotland and England by train, stopping for a few days in towns that I had missed on previous shorter visits. I stayed in a mix of small hotels, airbnb and marvellous Keble College in Oxford, as it was Summer break...

Beautiful Castlemaine, country Victoria - View of a possible DIY project for a handyman ?

Thanks - great report from our intrepid adventurer, AFF’s own Ranulph Fiennes ? Although I doubt I would ever venture into that area of the world, I have enjoyed reading about it and have been very surprised at the variety of unusual flowers.

Country Victoria on a warm sunny day. The historic towns of Castlemaine, Chewton and Maldon.

Glad to see it is warm and sunny everywhere else in Oz... meanwhile on the Bellarine Peninsula

Saw Cosmopolitan Colac this afternoon .... now on holiday in Glamorous Geelong ! Photo showing journalist reporting on tonights cancellation of Xmas lights and fireworks event due to hailstorm. Fun, Fun, Fun...

nearly as cold as Hammerfest..well it feels like it when you come from Perfect Perth ! Melbourne grey and rainy one day- Bloody freezing the next.

Next day it was onward to the Balmoral area despite coming down with a cold. I don’t normally take vitamins at home, but when I am travelling I have a multivitamin tablet a day....it didn’t help and I could not shake this cold for a couple of weeks which made sightseeing and being on the go all...