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We are home and (sort of) unpacked after a great 9 days in the Cotswolds and Bristol. So as I sit down to watch the closing cereymony of the London 2012 Olympics here is a wee recap of our week that was. Friday – arrived into Bristol airport, and relived some happy memories as we…
William Morris described Bibury as the most beautiful village in England, and this row of picturesque 17th century cottages called Arlington Row definitely lived up to expectations. As our house swap in the Cotswolds continues, we explored the area today, dodging the showers (mostly) and Arlington Row was definitely a highlight. Here are a few…
On our first morning of our house swap near Stroud, we needed to buy some groceries, and combined a visit to the supermarket for the basics with a visit to Stroud’s famous Farmers Market. I was so impressed with the quality, variety and freshness of the produce on dozens of stalls. Many provided free samples,…
We usually arrange our home exchanges through www.homeexchange.com So far in the last few years we have been to Dublin, Boston & Cape Cod, Galway, France and Donegal. This summer however, we have arranged a swap with an old school friend of mine, who now lives in an historic old mill in the Cotswolds. It…
I have had fun remembering some of the places I have travelled – here are a selection As kids we spent holidays in Portrush (in N Ireland), and Achill Island (west coast of Ireland) and then to “the Continent” with my family – we started in a rented tent in France, then we progressed to…
1. Back to relative normality after the kids having 2 weeks of holidays over Easter, and we headed to Donegal for a week of it, doing our house swap thing again. You can see the other posts from Donegal HERE and HERE These are a few of my favourite photos from the last couple of…
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