Steaming Up North
Catching up a bit here, from the end of March/beginning of April, which saw Heather and I heading north to my home city of Newcastle, with a bit of an elongated weekend.
Things Tagged: holiday
Chester Valentine
A long delayed trip to Chester Continue reading
Seaside Stretched
Let’s go to Hastings for a short little break we thought. What a good idea! And then the bloody train strikes got announced, for the day we were supposed to be going and the day we were coming back. So a short break turned into a longer break by the Continue reading …
The Many, Many Churches Of Easter
It’s been a long time and a different life since I last visited Norwich but Heather and I returned there (it had been even longer for her), mainly thanks to a game of “where are the trains actually running to” over Easter. Turns out there are way more churches than Continue reading …
Doing The Duck
It’s summer, so another trip to Hastings was of course forthcoming for Heather and I. This time there was a wonderful art trail to catch our attention too, so we headed down to the coast for a week, to Follow That Duck.
Lifted In Chester
An eventual return to Chester, with open air theatre, and a boat lift! Continue reading
An Outlaw Break
Sometimes one ends up taking a break somewhere almost at random, or at least because it’s somewhere the trains seem to be running to across Easter weekend. Hence Heather and I found ourselves heading to Nottingham on what turned out to be a gloriously sunny long weekend. Continue reading
Metro Seaside
Heather and I had been in York, but instead of heading south back towards life we headed north, to my home town of Newcastle! Continue reading
Mainly Trains
Having been to Hastings, and home long enough to see some music, Heather and I headed off into the world again. We were visiting old haunts, starting with good old York. Continue reading
Seaside Seaside
It’s summer, so after a trip to some , it was time for some proper seaside, and our normal journey to Hastings.