Road Dogs

We decided to tackle the rental car return early- rather than try to navigate through London rush hour traffic on the day of our flight. Wit...

Time to depart Lowestoft. John managed to get us some coffee – after an hour of walking the town. We headed off, watching the traffic jams h...

With our records in hand, we headed to the Church of St Margaret. We had some idea of the gravestone locations, so we wandered about Section...

We got up to catch the train to downtown Lowestoft- a short 4 minute train ride, but worth every penny – avoiding the traffic and the parkin...

We checked out of the hotel and did a walk-around of the Barns Hotel. The property is on lands belonging to the Whitbread estate on the Rive...

After our regular breakfast at the garden center, we looked at our options for the day. A trip to Althorp, Lady Diana's home, was one po...

Rather than an 8£ pound continental breakfast ($16 US), we drove to the local garden center where they have a large café. Breakfast- fried e...

Gordon was off to China early in the morning- and we were off to Bedford. We were sad to say our goodbyes to ‘the Brits”. We arrived to typi...

A visit to “ASDA” (sounds like "mazda")- the British Walmart. Well, like Walmart, except they have wonderful things like: spotted ...

We woke up to the news that Countrywide Bank in the States was facing a possible financial collapse. Since we had serious money in the bank,...

Gordon had to work today, so Jean suggested a trip to Newcastle (home of the Geordies!)- just a short Metro ride away. We got in to this bea...

One of the most amazing sites anywhere was just miles away from Sunderland- the city of Durham. The city itself is gorgeous- But the centerp...

We had another library Day in Sunderland. With 2 inches of rain and major wind gusts projected, it wasn’t such a bad day to spend in the li...

We were a bit skeptical when Jean and Gordon suggested a vist to Beamish Open Air Museum – it sounded like a British Williamsburg or a Renai...

In the morning, we drove up the coast to Lindesfarne, the “Holy Island”. A causeway connects the island to the mainland of Northumberland so...

We got to experience a “Bacon Butty” at the café just down the street from Jean and Gordon’s house. Interesting the difference in bacon –fro...