Category Archives: travel

Louvre

Posted on October 28, 2010 by nobeatenpath

Yesterday we made our pilgrimage to the Louvre. I say pilgrimage because it seems to be a siren’s call, a necessity – visiting Paris? Must go to the Louvre. Well, for us anyway. As to be expected, it was packed. … Continue reading →

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Musée de l’Armée and Musée Rodin, Paris

Posted on October 27, 2010 by nobeatenpath

Yesterday we put our Museum Passes to good use and visited two very different locations really just over the road from each other. First we visited the Musée de l’Armée. Our first stop was  the Tomb of Napoléon, one of … Continue reading →

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Discovery Centre, Dundee

Posted on October 22, 2010 by nobeatenpath

On our trip north to Aberdeen we stopped in Dundee to visit the Discovery Point, a former Antartic explorer ship and the centre built around it. The father of the household and I had visited it a few years ago … Continue reading →

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Whew

Posted on October 20, 2010 by nobeatenpath

On Monday I drove 591.7 miles – that’s 952 kms for you sensible people who use metric – in 12 1/2 hours, including three meal breaks. That is how far it is to drive from Aberdeen to Medway. I learned … Continue reading →

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Heading North

Posted on October 15, 2010 by nobeatenpath

Well, I have proof the travel gods read my blog, and they have a nasty sense of humour. Last post I wrote: we have stuck to the motorways for the main, so have avoided that British curse of trying to … Continue reading →

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Road Trip

Posted on October 13, 2010 by nobeatenpath

Those of you who know me ‘in real life’ are probably aware I really don’t like driving. And I am usually an advocate of green/sustainable travel. So  you may be bemused to read that on Monday I drove from Medway … Continue reading →

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Travelling through history – Eltham Palace and Lullingstone Villa

Posted on October 10, 2010 by nobeatenpath

The other day we had one of those amazing time-travel experiences where we managed to go from the present day to art-deco opulence, then Tudor times and further back to Roman Britain. And all this by travelling to only two … Continue reading →

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Dover Castle

Posted on October 9, 2010 by nobeatenpath

(Yes, I am back to using our own photos – credit to the husband of the household for these.) Yesterday we took a trip down to Dover Castle. If you had to name one place that encapsulates great swathes of … Continue reading →

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Brighton en famille

Posted on October 2, 2010 by nobeatenpath

(Note: yesterday was a very wet, windy, gray day, so we didn’t take any photographs. Sorry about that – you are just going to have to do with images from elsewhere.) Yesterday we all headed to Brighton. ‘We all’ consisted … Continue reading →

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London tour-a-rama

Posted on September 28, 2010 by nobeatenpath

So last Saturday we did the ultimate in London tourist goodness and took an open-topped bus tour, as well as the free river cruise. And it was fabulous. And in case you don’t believe me, I have included a slide-show … Continue reading →

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