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Hawkeshead, Cumbria – a delightful village worth visiting

FoodfiftyfourandcountingJune 24, 2021

Off to the west of Windermere sits Hawkeshead, a pretty village with good parking. It’s clean and has quite a few shops to choose from. Our favourite place though was The Little Ice Cream Shop. The ice cream here is superb! I had the caramel flavour whilst my wife had Kendal mint cake, it was…

Coffee shopsfiftyfourandcountingJune 21, 2021

Thyme Out, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria – a Greek coffee shop the Greeks would be proud of.

We arrived in the North of England and took a detour to Grange-over-Sands. It’s located on the North side of Morecambe…

BritishfiftyfourandcountingJune 21, 2021

Manor House Restaurant, Oxen Park – Good food in a remote location

A short drive from our accommodation in a Newby Bridge stands Oxen Park. You can reach it down the narrowest of…

Guest HousesfiftyfourandcountingJune 21, 2021

Hill Crest Country Guest House, Newby Bridge – boutique accommodation with a homely touch

Driving to the lakes from our home in Manchester we found sign posts in abundance for this popular national park found…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingJune 14, 2021

Mezzaluna, Whitefield – Good food, service a little too casual

The weather was warm, COVID still with us and an evening with friends was on the cards. We chose Mezzaluna and…

BathroomsfiftyfourandcountingNovember 23, 2020

When the smallest room gets the Michael Scott touch

Incredibly the smallest room in the house is often the least pampered when it comes to home improvements. Our downstairs loo…

BritishfiftyfourandcountingOctober 15, 2020

The Bridge, Prestbury – Probably the Best Fish and Chips I have ever had!

Just had lunch in The Bridge in Prestbury, Cheshire on a chilly but sunny day with my wife. We were determined…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingOctober 9, 2020

Sanity, Abnormality and an Escape from Reality – Porto Sani, Halkidiki, Greece

2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic. A time in humanities history when the planet was hit by a deadly…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingApril 4, 2020

You’ve gotta laugh!

During the Pandemic of 2020 and during the lockdown, increasingly I have received from friends and family humour to help through…

UKfiftyfourandcountingApril 3, 2020

When Compensation isn’t Compensation!

I recently had a need to send a parcel and so decided to use MyHermes. I’ve used them in the past…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingMarch 29, 2020

2020 Global Pandemic, is this really happening? Thank Goodness for the NHS!

Panic buying, people die-ing, the army on standby, schools and shops closed, self-isolation, hardship and all because of a virus disease…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 23, 2020

I amsterdam city card – Amazingly convenient and great value!

We planned a four day leisure weekend in Amsterdam in part because we’d not been to the Netherlands and because a…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam – 1000 years of history in one place

Our final museum stop before heading back to our hotel to collect suitcases was in a former orphanage and now the…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 20, 2020

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum, Amsterdam – A canal-side home frozen in time

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum was left by Sandrina Louisa Geertruyda Holthuysen in her will in 1895 to the city of Amsterdam. Visiting…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 19, 2020

Dutch Verzets Resistance Museum, Amsterdam – Everyone should visit this moving record of history

On our final day in Amsterdam, the weather was damp, cold and miserable, but this didn’t stop us using our I…

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