CRICKET ST. THOMAS HOTEL
THE EDEN PROJECT
Three nights at the Plymouth Travel Inn followed by two nights at the Taunton Travel Inn
We travelled to Plymouth, having not visited for many years, to visit the Eden Project and the Lost Gardens of Haligon (which were both well worth the visit). Then it was back up to Taunton so that we could visit Exmoor and the North Devon Coast, especially Lynton and Lynmouth. The Travel Inns certainly offer good value for money and are always located next to a restaurant of a good standards.
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We had driven through Bath on visits to the West Country but had never stopped and
had a look round. This two-
CHESTER’S MAIN STREET
CHESTER : May 19-
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Having only ever visited this area of the North West once before (when I was about 14) it was all new scenery to us. The hotel was situated just north of Chester in about 27 acres of wooded land and it was perfect, especially the food. Chester itself is a very interesting and historic place with plenty to do and see and is also an ideal loaction for visits to North Wales, Liverpool and the Wirrel . . . visits that we indeed made. All in all a great break from the stresses of a retirement life!!!!!!
PLYMOUTH & TAUNTON : June 24-
BATH : February 18 and 19, 2004
STOURPORT-
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Another first for us in this area of Worcestershire in the beautiful River Severn Valley. After booking into hotel we travelled down to the City of Worcester for a good look round there and then on the next day we travelled northwards up the valley into Shropshire and to the village of Ironbridge where the first iron bridge in the world was built over the Severn more than 200 years ago. Lovely scenery, lovely food . . .!!!
THE BULLRING
CUMBRIA : September 19-
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This was an excellent trip by coach with everything included. We travelled with the
sisters from Oz and brother and sister-
NORTH DEVON : September 25-
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This hotel is owned by the WA/Shearings Holiday company and our trip was booked through
them. Travelling with brother Rob and sister-
IRELAND : February 2008 (strictly speaking this was not a UK holiday)
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The main purpose of this short break was to attend a surprise 70th birthday party
for Simon's mother-
YORKSHIRE : July 25-
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We travelled up to Yorkshire for this three-
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We travelled down to for this three-
We travelled to Northumberland for this four-
NORFOLK : August 13-
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We travelled to Norwich on the Friday and on that day I had a golf lesson and 18 holes of golf whilst Mary visited Norwich. We enjoyed two great evening meals plus two full English breakfast served buffet style. This is a very comfortable hotel set in beautiful surroundings and close to the lovely countryside of the Norfold Broads.
THE COTSWOLDS : June 8-
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As usual the accommodation, food, entertainment was excellent and although the weather
was not the greatest for June we enjoyed a very pleasant stay. We had a good day
at Warwick Castle and as well as seeing the sights at Stratford we visited Coventry,
Worcester, Cheltenham, Stow-
SOUTH WALES : June 9-
Another five-
We drove down to Cardiff on the Sunday arriving at midday and spent the afternoon visiting this City for the first time and then on the Monday morning we travelled on to Tenby via a stop at Swansea and a visit to the National Botanic Gardens near Carmarthon. During the week we toured around Pembrokeshire and the weather was reasonably kind to us and we enjoyed some excellent meals and entertainment at the hotel.
NATIONAL TRUST VISITS : Throughout 2014 to present
Simon and Mary have gave us a joint membership of the National Trust for Christmas for the last couple of years and we have enjoyed visiting several of their sites during the year.
So far we have been to Ickworth House near Bury St Edmunds and to Angelsey Abbey near Cambridge and Wimpole Estate near Royston. We also had an afternoon out at Hatfield Forest which is also run by the National Trust. There are a couple of places up in Norfolk that we intend visit before too long and we have also visited a couple of places down in Devon and Cornwall.
THE MIDLANDS : June 1-
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This trip enabled us to visit Birmingham, Leicester and Coventry, three cities that we had bypassed but never really been into the city centres. Another three Marks and Spencers for Mary to visit!!! The hotel was great and the food excellent and all in all it was another very enjoyable break during which we also celebrated my 69th birthday with a nice bottle of wine!!!
SOMERSET: October 17-
NORTHUMBERLAND : June 15-
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EAST DEVON & SOMERSET : June 12-
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We drove down to Taunton on the Sunday and after having a look around that area we stayed overnight at a Premier Inn before carrying on to Exeter for a look around that city before checking in at our main holiday hotel, The Imperial, at Exmouth for four more nights. During our stay we drove down to Plymouth and also to Sidmouth and Axminster and on our last day we had a river trip up the River Exe to the old port of Topsham before heading back to Exmouth on the train.
WEST COUNTRY : June 14-
A five-
Travelling down on the Sunday we took our time on the 300-
THE ROYAL CRESCENT
THE IRON BRIDGE
LAKE WINDERMERE
LYNMOUTH SHOPS
POWERSCOURT HOUSE, DUBLIN
NIDD HALL HOTTEL
ANGEL OF THE NORTH
SPROWSTON MANOR
THE IMPERIAL HOTEL
WARWICK CASTLE
TENBY
ICKWORTH HOUSE
POLPERRO HARBOUR
IRELAND : October 19-
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The main purpose of this break was to attend an 80th birthday party for one of Mary’s uncles.This time we stayed in an apartment in Wexford and Simon had hired a car so that we could have a good look round in that part of Ireland as well as catching up with all the Irish reles before flying back home from Dublin.
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