Sunday mornings are my favourite time of the week. There’s just something about the peacefulness of them that I love. I love those moments of quiet before the world has woken up and on this particular Sunday, because of the clocks changing I had an extra hour to play with. I was in the mood for heading out somewhere with my camera and I’d narrowed it down to either Croome Court or Snowshill Manor. ...
Walking near Ellenborough Park Hotel
Walking the fields around Cheltenham Racecourse is one of my all time favourite things to do. Stomping about those ground is like my therapy. It’s one of a handful of places I go to when I’m feeling out of sorts or I’m seeking an answer to something or simply when I need to put my thoughts back into order. On this day, after what felt like months of bizarrely mild and miserable Autumn weather, ...
Apple Day at Barrington Court
Whenever I’m visiting family in Somerset I try to get out and explore some of the stunning countryside there and during this trip I’d decided to make the forty-five minute drive across to Barrington Court. That is the beauty of having National Trust membership, wherever you roam you can always find a pretty property to go and explore. It was a bright and sunny Sunday morning (my favourite kind) ...
A Pittstop at Roadford Lake
On a nice steady run, the journey from Hayle, Cornwall where we were staying back to my Mum’s place in Somerset takes around 3 1/2 to 4 hours. For some reason in the Autumn time I seams to struggle with travelling more and get travel sick more easily. So to help break up the journey I had taken a look at the map to find the halfway point to see if there was anywhere there worth stopping. Just ...