Adventures With Harvey

Imperial Cities here we come! It’s fair to say that, in the past, taking a guided tour hasn’t been the style of travel preferred by your two faithful correspondents.  We have done them twice in the past, but both in countries where self-guided is more difficult and/or there is a load of history which you may miss much of the detail and context without a guide (Egypt and Turkey).  However on this occasion it’s actually a really nice break from navigating, driving, and constantly having to figure out where you’re going next.  This tour also takes in huge amounts of history which you would never be able to research yourself so, at the end of the day, we’re rapt to be underway with our Imperial Capitals Tour, currently in Prague with 31deg outside! The day after our last blog edition started in rural South Wales and ended in Munich - it was a long day with a bus, 2 trains and a delayed flight however we finally fell into bed just after 2am.  There was less than half a da...

A holiday from our holiday Greetings once again from the land of leeks, sheep and rugby.   Yes the Woodies are back in South Wales & having a few days to catch our breath before the next phase of our adventure begins.   It’s now been almost exactly 3 months since we left home, and previous editions of this publication will attest that the pace between then and now has been reasonably frenetic.   We’ve seen such a lot and had so many amazing experiences however of late we travelling Woodies have been feeling a little weary.   Which may sound odd, we’re not working and are on holiday after all - in fact I think we've concluded that the main wearying factor has been the lack of a Harvey and spending such a lot of time making alternative plans, sorting out where we're going next, accommodation, rental cars, ferries etc.   Not that any of these items on their own are particularly difficult or troublesome, it’s just a lot of decision making and things to figure ...

British Naval History… and garden parties For those of you who like history (and in particular naval history) this is the blog for you.   For those less inclined, I’d encourage you to hang in there because we also have some garden shows and parties to report, as well as the final resting place of a famous New Zealander that I think will surprise you. I will apologise in advance if this edition goes into a little too much detail at times, however as well as an account of our holiday for you, our faithful readers, it also doubles as a travel dairy for the Woodies.   Therefore, a fine balance needs to be struck between recording, in sufficient detail, those aspects of the trip that your author (and his faithful editor-in-chief) find interesting, whilst also maintaining enough brevity so as not to put you lovely lot to sleep 😊 .   The aforementioned editor-in-chief points out that the museums covered in today's edition were also in fact some of her favourites so far… ...