South West Archive

One of our regular favourite places to visit as a family, in spring and summer particularly, is St James City Farm in Gloucester. It is a very small farm, in a built up part of the city, where you’d least expect to …

The Great British public has once again collectively chosen the very best beaches in the country, as revealed by Trip Advisor. And if there was ever any real doubt about it, Woolacombe Beach has wiped the floor with the competition to come …

Just before Christmas, Joy and I, went to enjoy a girly night at The Hallmark Hotel and Spa in Gloucester, which is a three star hotel and spa, situated four miles from junction 11A of the M5 motorway or three miles from Gloucester railway …

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 …

Heythrop Park Resort in Oxfordshire is set on a huge 440 acre site – a proper country estate. There are two hotels on site – the DeVere Venues Heythrop Park Hotel is set in the old building, which looks a lot like …

The Godney Gathering is a family friendly music festival on a farm near Glastonbury in Somerset. The festival hosts 4999 people, 6 stages and over 75 acts over one day. I was thrilled to be a big part of The Godney Gathering in …