Bodiam Castle
Moated Castle anyone? Moated Castles just look beautiful, don’t they? I am a lover of all types of castles, but a castle surrounded by water looks so romantic. When I first saw Bodiam Castle my heart melted. Okay, not really but it was a pretty damn good sight. The week I visited with my best […]
Herstmonceux Castle
Back to exploring castles I’m back on the castle trail, this time in the south of England. As I alluded to in my Hastings post visiting Herstmonceux Castle was an intended destination during our stay in the seaside town. In a giant Castles in Britain book I have, I remember highlighting this castle as one […]
Hastings
Why Hastings When I told people that I was visiting Hastings for a few nights, almost everyone had displayed an expression of “oh really, why go there?” I can understand why because it’s not really a tourist place where people flock to (no offence to anyone from Hastings). So why was I choosing to go […]
London Duck Tours
First sightseeing What I love about being a Londoner is that there is so much to explore. Fun and culture are in plentiful supply if you look hard enough. But no matter where you are in London a place of unique history is always close by. Despite doing many touristy things in London, I have […]
Cocktail Journal June 2017
June Welcome to June’s Cocktail Journal. It has been a bit of an indifferent month for various reasons. I have done some lovely things but what I have not done well at is keeping to my blogging schedule. Two posts a week hasn’t been much of a stretch over the past few months but in […]
Night Sky July 2017
Heat Wave How great was it to finally have summer weather in June? For the UK at least, we had a heat wave! It was rather appropriate that the hottest day of the year so far fell on the day of the summer solstice, 21st June. However, with more daylight, we are at that time […]
