I am not about to write a critique about the Eagles album of the same name, but this is about a week away for us in the lovely village of Usk on the border of England and Wales. Usk sits on the river of the same name and is located in the south east corner…

Occasionally I try and participate in a Landscape photography workshop in a part of the country I have never visited or am not familiar with.  This year I joined a workshop on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast and the base for this workshop is Swanage.  I have a very  vague memory of a family holiday here over…

Sadly we only had one full day in Vancouver before moving on to the next stop in our short visit to the west coast, this time to Tofino on Vancouver Island. This involved a 90 minute ferry crossing and a three hour drive across the island to reach our destination. Tofino is a small village…

Having arrived in Vancouver on a high after the Rocky Mountaineer experience we have a little time to explore Canada’s third largest city, before heading off on the last leg of our road trip.  For those not too familiar with Canada’s geography Vancouver is a coastal sea port in western Canada in the lower mainland…

Why visit Jasper in early Autumn?  It is the end of the summer season; one local  shopkeeper told us that “…….in a month’s time summer will be switched off and winter will start, almost overnight” Our reason for being here is that it is the start point for our two day journey on “The Rocky…

Before anyone gets any ideas, this is not a suggestion for a remake of that most famous of road trip movies, “Thelma and Louise”.  No, this is something far too mundane for Hollywood, but wonderful for us, the next two destinations on our Canadian adventure. The resort of Lake Louise lies sandwiched between Trans Canadian…

It has been a while since we headed west on our travels (other than to Winchester) so time to correct this.  So where to go?  Friends had told us of their trip to Canada a few years ago and this really appealed, so borrowing their itinerary we laid our own plans. “Welcome to Calgary where…

Nestled about 5 miles off the Southampton coastline is the Isle of Wight, the second most populous island in the UK. It has been a popular holiday destination for many years; Queen Victoria built her own bijou holiday residence there she called Osborne House. We had been invited by friends to visit them in Shanklin…

Once again I have been fortunate to attend the Royal international Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford.  It took place over three days on 19 – 21 July with changeable weather conditions.  On Friday the British summer arrived as usual with heavy rain for most of the day which rampaged through the flying programme leaving…

Lyn has a saying about certain things, “it was not meant to be”.  Certainly, looking back now, Cleveland Way was not meant to be. For this years point to point walk we had planned a leg of the South West Coastal Path along Dorset’s Jurasic Coast. However when we came to organise our accommodation we…