ITALY – SIENA I

The next leg of our journey is spending four nights in Siena, staying in a wonderful old building that once accommodated popes. Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico, Piazza San Domenico, Siena, …

ITALY – PISA III

Clicking on an image will open it in a new Tab/Window. Birthplace of Vincenzo Galilei at the junction of Via Mercanti & Borgo Stretto in Pisa, Italy Vincenzo Galilei (3 …

ITALY – PISA II

Ruins of Largo del Parlascio, Largo Parlascio, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy Porta a Lucca, Largo Parlascio, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy Monument to Paolo Savi, Orto e Museo Botanico, Via Roma, Pisa, Tuscany, …

ITALY – PISA

We caught a train from Rome to begin the planned part of our holiday. We will spend the next four nights in Pisa. Our hotel was wonderfully located a very …

ITALY – 2024-2025

The beginning of our trip to Tuscany, Italy. We had booked flights to take us to Pisa to begin the trip and thus made all of the arrangements around this. …

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

After all this time, this is the final post of our 2023 sojourn. After a night in Birstwith we spend a couple of days in historic Banbury and Bath  before …

FOUNTAINS ABBEY

It’s taken a while to get here but unfortunately, other pressing issues have had to take precedence. As you can probably guess, I have a bit of an obsession with …

MOVING ONWARDS

After leaving Holy Island, we are heading towards Banbury with just a couple of stops on the way. A quick stop for coffee in Alnwick, Northumberland, a visit to the …

BAMBURGH CASTLE

Whilst staying on Holy Island, it was a short drive down the coast to the village of Bamburgh where we were able to visit the historic castle. Bamburgh Castle, is …

LINDISFARNE – HOLY ISLAND III

This post is primarily the ruins of the historic Lindisfarne Priory. English Heritage – The history of the priory. Headstones, St Mary’s Churchyard, , Holy Island, Northumberland, England UK Hope …