Travel Destinations for 2020 – Chris’s Selection

Review of 2019 2019 has been another busy year for travel. We started the year off as usual in Barbados, click here for a link to my 2019 Trip Report. In April we celebrated my…

Cartmel – a hidden gem on the edge of the Lake District

Cartmel is a beautiful village on the southern edge of the Lake District. We visited Cartmel last year when staying in Coniston. This year we decided to make it our base for our annual visit…

Review: L’Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria

Just returned from a great week in Cartmel situated on the southern edge of the beautiful Lake District National Park, for more on our trip click here. One of the reasons we chose Cartmel as…

Where Next? – Chris’s 2018 travel plans in the UK

2017 is nearly over, some great trips, Barbados, Dubai x 2, the Lakes, the Cotswolds, the Algarve, Tuscany and Kenya.   Some of the highlights from 2017 It’s time to start thinking about 2018 and…

The Lake District – a favourite destination, closer to home (Part 2)

The Lake District is fairly compact so wherever you base yourself providing you have a car you can easily get to most places very easily. On our recent visit we stayed near Coniston but also…