Category: Vacations

We went over to Oxfordshire today, which wasn’t actually that far, to Blenheim Palace. This is a World Heritage Site because of it’s importance in terms of why it was built, it’s gardens and as it is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. The money for the Palace and the Dukedom of Marlborough was given…

Another relaxing day today. We donned the walking boots and had a wander out to some of the quaint Cotswold villages there are around here. The walk took us into the local village of Bourton on the Water, and then up towards the two ‘Slaughters’, Lower Slaughter and Upper Slaughter. We then dropped back down…

Seems like we have a welcoming committee in the morning, as soon as we opened the curtains downstairs along came the two Labradors outside the door for a fuss!! After a long drive yesterday we thought it would be good to find some local food, and have a look around the two towns/villages nearest to…

We left Devon and Greenway behind to travel up to the Cotswolds. With us not being able to get into the next cottage until 4pm, we decided to have a look if there was anything of interest on the route. We found a National Trust property which sounded very impressive, and it certainly was! The…

Last day in Devon and the weather wasn’t too cracking! We decided to have a drive up to Buckfast Abbey (http://www.buckfast.org.uk) and then call to a couple of smaller castles on the way back down to Greenway. However, when we got to Buckfast we were very impressed. It’s a lovely layout they have for visitors…

Today was Greenway (http://tinyurl.com/ntgreenway) day!!! Even though we’d popped down a couple of times already (mainly for cream teas) we spent the entire day in the gardens and house. We went around the house first. This was superb as the rooms weren’t barred off and nothing has changed since Agatha and Max Mallowan lived there…

Today we decided, as the weather was glorious, to have a walk. We decided to follow roughly a South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty walk across from Greenway to Churston, and then back again through the close village of Galmpton. The scenery was stunning and we had a lovely walk. It was particularly great…

There are many firms doing various tours around the area, especially with the River Dart being so long and beautiful. We chose one which seemed to be firstly the most professional and secondly included the steam train and a river cruise. The journey started on the 9.45 steam train from Paignton to Kingswear. As well…

Today we tootled up above Totnes to visit firstly a Butterfly and Otter Sanctuary (http://www.ottersandbutterflies.co.uk/). This was a very enjoyable visit. The butterflies come from various countries and are many were hatching from their chrysalis. Outside the otter sanctuary had a number of mostly rescued otters. There were some British ones whose cubs are then…

Decided to have a day in Torquay today. As well as a nice seaside resort there are many locations special to Agatha Christie or places which appeared in here books. We took in the Torquay museum (which had a special Agatha Christie section), Torre Abbey (a ruined Abbey which had been transformed into a Georgian…