Tuesday, December 13, 2016

HAYSTON, PEMBROKESHIRE, WALES


This 'award winning' cottage set in the heart of Pembrokeshire, in the small hamlet of Hayston, just 1 mile from Johnston, the cottage has easy access to many beautiful beaches, together with the stunning historic Preseli Mountains and the world famous Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and Coastal Path. Neyland and Milford Marina’s offer fabulous facilities for boat lovers and are just a few miles away. The area boasts many delightful cafes, restaurants and pubs together with the Torch Theatre for those who wish to enjoy a good night out! The picturesque harbour and golden beaches of Little Haven and Broad Haven are always popular with children and are just a 15 minute drive away.
Pembrokeshire provides a perfect location for a holiday or alternatively as a romantic break away from the hustle and bustle of busy city life. The County is rich in opportunity for a taste of outdoor pursuits including coaststeering, horse riding, sailing, surfing, kayaking, climbing and much much more. Pembrokeshire is also famous for its excellent restaurants and pubs.

Sunday, October 02, 2016

RHOSSILI BEACH, WALES


Rhossili beach on The Gower Peninsula in Wales is absolutely breathtaking and is regularly voted one of the best in the world! Come and see for yourself and take a walk out towards Worms Head. Park your car next to Worms Head hotel and follow the path until you reach the old coast guard look out above the worms head causeway. From there you can carry on and walk out to Worms Head itself, but please be careful as the Head gets cut off by the tide. The causeway is exposed for a maximum of 2.5 hours ether side of low tide and if you do become trapped, do not swim or wade back. It is extremely dangerous. Just chill out and wait for the tide to drop again or call the coast guard!!

Tuesday, August 09, 2016

BATH, THE PULTENEY BRIDGE, SOMERSET


Pulteney Bridge, with its sweeping horseshoe-shaped weir, is one of Bath’s most famous images. The bridge, which incorporates shops, was built by Robert Adam in 1769. The estimated cost of the bridge was £1, 000. It ended up costing £10, 000 which, over 200 years ago, was the equivalent of several million pounds today. Boat trips leave regularly from here going above the weir upriver to Bathampton. There are several cafes on or overlooking the bridge.The bridge was originally a toll bridge and boundary between parishes, built on condition that fresh water could be piped across it from the hills to the town houses.

Monday, July 25, 2016

THE MINACK THEATRE, CORNWALL



Unbelievable but this is Cornwall. It is called The Minack Theatre. It is an open-air theatre constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at Porthcurno, four miles from Land’s End. The Minack is a unique theatre perched on the cliffs high above the Atlantic ocean. They put on a full programme of drama, musicals and opera every summer, together with music, comedy and story-telling. But they are open all year round for you to come and explore this amazing place and discover the incredible story of Rowena Cade who created the theatre.

Sunday, May 29, 2016

NORWICH, NORFOLK


Summer is the perfect time take a beautiful walk slightly to the south of Norwich city centre and experience the River Wensum. If you go past the Adam and Eve pub and St James’ Mill you will eventually arrive at Fye Bridge – this is where women would be punished for rowdy or drunken behaviour by ‘ducking stool’.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

SAINT MICHAEL'S MOUNT, CORNWALL


St Michael's Mount is a small tidal island in Mount's Bay in Cornwall. The island is linked to the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water. The population of this parish in 2011 was 35. The earliest buildings, on the summit, date to the 12th century, the harbour is 15th century and the village and summit buildings were rebuilt from 1860 to 1900, to give the island its current form.
Its Cornish language name — literally, "the grey rock in a wood" — may represent a folk memory of a time before Mount's Bay was flooded, indicating a description of the Mount set in woodland. Remains of trees have been seen at low tides following storms on the beach at Perranuthnoe, but radiocarbon dating established the submerging of the hazel wood at about 1700 BC.
Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France (with which it shares the same tidal island characteristics and the same conical shape, in spite of being much smaller), when it was given to the Benedictines, religious order of Mont Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

RIBBLEHEAD VIADUCT, YORKSHIRE


The Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales is an example of Victorian engineering at its very best. At 1,320 feet long and 104 feet high, this spectacular viaduct spans the Ribble Valley and can be seen from miles around. Today it still carries the Settle-Carlisle Railway, and is one of Yorkshire's most distinctive landmarks.

Friday, January 08, 2016

STOWE, OXFORD BRIDGE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE


Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of Stowe School, an independent school and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust who have spent more than £25m on the restoration of the house. The gardens (known as Stowe Landscape Gardens), a significant example of the English garden style, along with part of the Park, passed into the ownership of The National Trust in 1989 and are open to the public. The house is open to the public on 280 days a year with tours during the school holidays, and during term time. The parkland surrounding the gardens is open 365 days a year.