My Happy Travels
From little trips to big, this blog shares the adventures of Amy Colley along with her companions, most often her husband Wayne.
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Goodbye Big Bertha, Hello Windsor
An early start with Big Bertha cleaned out and suitcases packed. We had a two hour drive to return our temporary home on wheels to the place from which our journey began. It was mostly highway driving so not much to report though the countryside either side was it’s usual bright green with the odd…
Keep readingSherwood Forest and the Gathering of the North
Our last full day in the van was going to be a simple day, a quick visit to Sherwood Forest because our camp for the night was nearby at the Robin Hood Retreat. Again, because of the long weekend finding a place for our last night in the van was a challenge and I initially…
Keep readingSwim, Castle, ye olde York
We started the day with a loey drive along the coastline. One of the fellow campers at last nights stay said we should see Bamburgh Castle. Now this massive castle jumps out of the landscape sea side. The former stronghold of the ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, it is an impressive structure to lay your eyes…
Keep readingBon Scott statue goals
In our house we have 2 framed LPs, one is Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the other is AC DC, For Those About To Rock. I obviously got to live out my Beatles fan experience so it only seemed reasonable that we should visit the Bon Scott statue while in Scotland. Not…
Keep readingSouth from Inverness
We slept a little longer than our usual 8am start but once we shook off our night out we started the unfortunate return south from once we came. Of course we were not following the same route back to London and this part of the journey was relatively unplanned except a few vital stops, the…
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