Category: Road Trip UK
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Road Trip Day #25, A Harrowing Hike in the Woods.
Today we plan on doing another hike on the south west coast path going from our Airbnb barn to Lynmouth, but this time Sandy is smart and buys maps of the route from the tourist information shop in Porlock. Unfortunately Jim leaves the best map behind when we set out from our barn on this…
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Road Trip Day #24, North Cornwall Coast to Exmoor National Park, North Devon.
Today we have a 2.5 hour drive to the Lynton/Lynmouth area of North Devon. We took the fast route as the coastal roads would have taken forever and the narrow windy roads would have been too much for Sandy. Our last two days of our 25 day road trip will be spent in Oare where…
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Road Trip Day #23, Hiking the North Cornwall Coast.
This morning we decide to take a coastal hike on the Trebarwith Strand over the Treligga cliffs to Tintagel Castle which is the alleged birthplace of King Arthur. The Trebarwith Strand is part of the 630 mile South West Coast Path. The hike was quite long and strenuous with many steep switchbacks up and down…
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Road Trip Day #22, Sidmouth to the North Cornwall Coast.
Monday morning in Sidmouth we go to Somewhere Someday which is Sandy’s good friend Janine Raby’s sister Jamie’s tearoom. Jamie is an amazing person and her tearoom is relatively famous in this very precious seaside village. She is such a free spirit and has traveled extensively and has even climbed to the base camp of…
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Road Trip Day # 21, Sherbourne, Cerne Abbas and Sidmouth.
We are in a serviced three bedroom apartment at the Hollies Hotel in Martock. It is very modern and comfortable with a back yard and patio but nothing that we would recommend unless you are desperate as we were when we booked. After a fairly short morning run we pack up and head out for…
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Road Trip Day #20, Salisbury
We leave Bath and drive to Salisbury arriving just in time to grab the last two tickets for a tower tour on this Saturday at 1:15pm. We had a nice light breakfast in the cloisters before taking an 11:15 tour of the cathedral floor given by the usual volunteer docent. We have found these volunteer…
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Road Trip Day #19, Bath.
Day two in Bath we take a nice 5K run along the river Avon and the Kennet & Avon canal which is an extensively locked 87 mile canal system linking London with the Bristol Channel. Our Airbnb host in Gloucester had highly recommended a visit to Sally Lunn’s Historic Eating House in Bath so we…
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Road Trip Day #18, The Cotswolds to Bath.
Following Anthony’s itinerary we leave Gloucester and head directly into the Cotswolds heading for The Butcher’s Arms pub via Painswick. The 2.5 mile drive from Painswick to Sheepscombe was the most hair raising drive of our trip for Sandy. See the video below, but thank you Anthony, it was all worth the terror once we…
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Road Trip Day #16, Tewkesbury and Gloucester.
After spending one day exploring Wales we have decided to head back into the English countryside to resume out original itinerary. We really needed a run this morning but there is no place to run in this Italianate tourist town of Portmeirion so we take another quick walk about the town before having breakfast in…
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Road Trip Day #17, Gloucester.
We have a full day in Gloucester as we are staying two nights. The day started with a run along the River Severn which ended at the Gloucester Cathedral. We arrived at the cathedral just in time for a guided tour which was given by a volunteer who was a retired GP(Genera Practice doctor). He…
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Road Trip Day #15, Wales
Liverpool has been fantastic but we have already stayed one night more than planned and it is time to move on. We have been following our friend, Anthony Howick’s itinerary but decided to deviate from it and take a drive through a bit of Wales. This is the only UK country we have not been…
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Road Trip Day # 14, Liverpool.
It’s Sunday morning in Liverpool and we have a big exciting day planned, starting with a lovely run along the river Mersey which will end at the Liverpool Cathedral. When the service ends we head immediately to the tower climb and are the first ones up to enjoy the view all by ourselves. Liverpool Cathedral…
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Day Trip # 13, Liverpool
The tour guide gave a good mix of informative narration and playing of Beatles songs. We drive by Ringo Starr’s house at 10 Admiral Grove in Dingle Liverpool. He lived here with his mum Elsie who was a barmaid at the nearby Empress Pub. This pub was immortalized in 1970 by being featured on the…
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Road Trip Day # 12 Yorkshire Dales to Liverpool.
We awoke early and ran 1.5 miles along the river Swale to another ruined Abbey in Easby. We returned to our hotel room, showered, packed and hit the road again. Another incredible ride through the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Whew, that was very fun for Jim and terrorizing for Sandy. She mostly kept her head…
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Road Trip Day #11, Rievaulx and Richmond.
Our plan for today is to drive from Lastingham to Richmond which is only two hours away. We drive through a scenic countryside of varying shades of green fields, amazing stone cottages and farms passing through cute little villages where we sometimes stop and explore. Rievaulx Abbey was the first Cistercian Abbey in northern England…