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01/11/2026

Well that’s it. It’s a wrap on our time in the UK.

What a journey it has been. From spending time with family in northern England, Edinburgh, Inverness and lots of Scotland. Blackpool, Yorkshire and Hull, meeting school friends of Steve’s, his cousin Paul, the south coast and Falmouth where my Nana was born. The Cotswolds, Cornwall (this is not in order hahaha) then over to Wales and on to Ireland. 7 days seeing the most spectacular sights and loving it, then spending the last few weeks in London. We have had extra time because we didn’t make Paris which is disappointing, but good to have time to slow down and rest whilst unwell.

We have seen so much beautiful scenery, magnificent churches, beautiful old architecture of different times, lots of museums, parks, gardens and don’t forget castles. Stonehenge and a few stone circles. Disaster memorials, Madame Tussaud’s, statues, the list goes on. Special call out to the lovely people we have met, the food, the ice cream and the dogs 🐕

So many wonderful memories. Thanks to everyone who has followed along, made suggestions and commented on our pics.

Tomorrow we fly out at 5.50pm and land in HK for 5 days around 2.35pm Tuesday - so we will be a little quiet. We will however take you on our HK journey so stay tuned.

And if you’re disappointed it’s coming to an end, don’t be. We fly to NY mid Dec for a White Christmas ⛄️❄️🏔️ including a short trip to Alaska and the North Pole. And of course you will be coming with us 🩷

31/10/2026

We had plans to walk to Boston Manor House today, another huge mansion built around 1632.

It was very misty this morning and the house didn’t open until 12pm. As the day progressed though I felt a bit unwell. Nothing bad but enough for me to think I should take it slow to ensure we can do what we want in Hong Kong. So I rested.
Steve not being able to sit still however went for a long walk around lunch time, and then another late this afternoon. So he is happy 🩷

Tomorrow is our last day so we will go see how the other half live, Debsie being well 🤣

As a bit of a flashback, this pic was taken on one of our train journeys. Steve was purposely trying to annoy me 😱🙊😅 so he got the look hahaha 🩷

30/10/2026

Today we had nice weather, but we we’re tired from the last few busy days.

So we basically have done nothing other than walk to the shop. We fly out Monday afternoon to Hong Kong for 5 days, so we will spend the weekend going for walks and relaxing as we prepare to pack and start the trip home. Sad to be leaving but we have had such an amazing time. It will be good to get home to our things, and our family and friends 🩷

29/10/2026

It finally happened 👏🩷

We got up early, got the bus, and then 2 trains, and found ourselves queuing up for the 11am Changing of the Guard inside Windsor Castle.
Buckingham does it better of course, but this was still super good. The guards, the band, the Castle backdrop…..awesome!

Following the ceremony, we went to St George’s Chapel, the Staterooms, North Terrace, the coffee shop for an Apple Pie Chai Latte for me 😋 and Icecream for Steve of course 😉 We wandered the grounds, the surrounding shops and walked part of “The Long Walk”. It is a long walk and I was tired 😪 and we also wanted to catch the 3pm train lol.
Such a lovely walk. Such a lovely day, such wonderful memories 🩷

28/10/2026

Today was meant to be bright and sunny so we got up with all our motivation to head out.

We got to the bus stop and waited, and waited, and waited lol. By now with about 20-25 other people. So we were off to a flying start 🤣
Eventually the bus came, everything worked as it should and we got to Little Venice as expected 👏 it’s a pretty little town with the waterways so we walked around, took some snaps, and we’re aiming to get the 12.30 canal cruise to Camden to tour the markets etc and then head home.
We got to the cruise at 12.25 and there were a lot of people already boarded. There was a little gate closed and a woman holding a microphone. She saw us come and chose to ignore us. Steve asked loudly if we can come on board. She said because the “gate” was closed we had to ask the guy at the back. We walked to him and asked and were told “if the gate is closed it is closed and you can’t get on”. I said it was a 12.30 tour and by now was 12.26 with empty seats. His response was “sometimes we close the gate early” So they wouldn’t let us on hahahaha
It was starting to get grey and overcast so rather than wait another hour for a tour with another company, we decided to call it a day and head back to our hotel.
That was fun 🤣

27/10/2026

When we got up this morning, it was drizzling and grey. So we went to breakfast deciding to see how it goes a bit later. Today was meant to be Little Venice day.

After breakfast etc it was no longer drizzling, and looking better, but still like it could rain. We have to catch a bus and two trains to Little Venice, and then mostly be outdoors, so we decided not to risk it, but to go to Kew Gardens instead. It was on our list of places to go, and not far if we had to Uber it back if things took a turn.

We took off on foot, walking part way along the Thames. The tide was out so it was a mucky river bed littered with old tyres 🤣

We crossed the Kew Bridge and then walked to the gardens. Our first shock of the day was that it was £28 each to get in which translates roughly to $112 AUD altogether to enter the park. Given things we have seen elsewhere for far less it would have been a hard no. But then we were told it was £10 Tuesday which meant we could get in for $40 AUD. So much better. That was our 2nd shock hahaha 😝

The park has many sculptures in it by Henry Moore.
Henry Moore (1898–1986) was an iconic English modernist sculptor best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze and stone sculptures.

It also had an Orangery (glasshouse type structure to grow Citrus and other fruits in UK weather), the Great Pagoda, a Palm House, Lakes, Treetop Walk, Conservatory, Kew Palace (closed and you couldn’t get access due to works being done), different gardens and so much more. So it was definitely worth a visit. Maybe even full price.

We did and saw as much as we could, then headed back to the hotel. By now the sun was disappearing and the cold breeze had set in. Just around the corner from our hotel it started spitting with rain, but we made it back dry and grateful.
Given none of the forecasts here seem to be consistent we will pencil in Little Venice again but decide in the morning 🙏. We will sleep well tonight 🩷

26/10/2026

It’s raining again……..☔️🌦️🌧️

So we were a bit stuck as most of the things we want to do are gardens and outside things. So we were lazy for a bit, and then Stephen came up with the brainy idea of walking the stairs so we can at least keep our steps up 🪜😓😩😥💨🏃‍♀️⌛️

So he bravely tackled the first lot on his own whilst I didn’t 🤣 however I said I would later on once breakfast had gone down longer.
So later in the day it was still raining, our clean washing had just been delivered, so I decided to give it a shot. And Steve did it again.

It was slow and messy but I reached my goal 👏

Then we went for a walk to get dinner and some supplies that were not in the shop we went to yesterday. They also were not in the first shop of today, or the second shop, but finally third time lucky, we found our coffee mate - yippee 🥳

By now we had had quite the walk so we got back to our hotel and have now had dinner.

And I have jelly legs hahaha 🤪

Let’s see how we go tomorrow 🩷

25/10/2026

We woke up this morning to blue skies, the birds were singing, but the trees were doing more than swaying! And daylight saving ended.

With wind gusts of over 45mph predicted, we rugged up warm and headed for Gunnersbury Park and Museum.

Well it was far more than we expected. Lakes, mansions, a temple, a bathhouse, Orangery, gardens, museum, playgrounds, ruins, and people and dogs enjoying the fresh air and sunshine.

We had such a lovely walk and look around, and chats with all the dog owners of dogs all shapes, sizes and colours 🐶🐾🐕

Eventually though the winds got too high so we decided to head back. Was a great way to get our steps and move 🩷

Tomorrow’s rain again but then the week gets better, so we are planning to go to Little Venice Tuesday all being well 🙏

24/10/2026

So we had good intentions today. We got up, got ready, had breakfast and then went outside to go for a good walk. It wasn’t too cold so great.

We got probably 10m out the door and it started sprinkling
lightly. It continued worsening so we decided to go to the garage nearby, see what they had food wise, then see how the rain went.
It kept getting worse so we returned to our hotel to wait it out.
Well here we are, it’s rained all day, and we have sat sitting most of the day again. We both feel the rest has been good, but are more than ready to move.

Tomorrow is forecast to be a bright sunny day so tomorrow we walk to the gardens and have a good look. The rest of the week will not be too bad so we will make further plans to travel around. The only pic is out of our window again. Same view but more rain and no sun at all🙏🩷

23/10/2026

We changed hotels today so we had a slow start, lazy breakfast then packed and checked out around 11.50am (checkout is 12pm) 😅

We then got transport to our next hotel out of Central London. It rained and poured all the way there, after a storm hitting some parts of the UK today, causing power outages, trees and power lines down etc.

We got to our next hotel early so had a coffee and chilled until our room was ready. Once ready, we unpacked and got settled, and there we have sat! With no particular plan, and no inclination to go out in the rain, we sat sitting 🤣 and it wasn’t that cold today 🤷‍♀️

So we have only one pic, which is of the traffic and sunset through the window with the rain drops on it.

Let’s see if we do anything tomorrow haha

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