scenery Archive

A few years ago, I undertook the challenge of walking the Cotswold Way, a 104 mile cross country walk. This walk, was not for the faint hearted. A variety of different terrains and more hills than I care to recollect. Some so steep …

I’ve only been to Scotland once in my whole life. I went to Craig Tara in Ayr with the girls and their dad about two years ago. We drove the journey and despite being a country girl myself, I was amazed at …

In 2014 we went to Ladram Bay in Devon, just for one night at the end of the season as I was judging their end of season talent competition. I wish we’d been staying longer, but we had literally just stepped off …

Yesterday I had the bright idea of going out for a drive through the countryside to find a rapeseed field to take some photographs of my children. My oldest daughter just turned 9 years old last week and my twins turned 4 …

For this weeks #CheckOutThatView I am sharing a photo of Southampton Docks, which I took from my balcony on board the Norwegian Escape in October during its inaugural cruise launch. This is currently the newest cruise ship on the ocean and is the …

Most of my #CheckOutThatView posts feature a long distance shot of a large area or horizon. This week I thought I’d do something a bit different and share a close up photo, which still depicts part of a pretty view. On a recent …

I’m pleased to announce that Check Out That View, my travel photo linky, is now back after an unscheduled break! Unfortunately, due to personal reasons (which you can read more about on my family lifestyle blog), I had to take a break from this …

In 2009, my oldest daughter Bunny and I went on a little four day road trip exploring France. We caught the ferry to St Malo and travelled to Rennes, Nantes, Poitiers (and the Futuroscope) and finally down to La Rochelle. My highlights …

One of the places we’ve been to recently is the beautiful, picturesque Cotswold village of Bourton-On-The-Water. It’s a lovely place to go for picnics, walks by the stream, traditional giftshops, old fashioned tearooms and local ice-cream. We’ve had a few days out …

You may have seen my recent post about an art sculpture trail called The Scrumpty Trail. Having completed that trail, we’ve started on the Bristol part of the Shaun in the City Trail, after doing the London trail back in February. We …