Annabel's Travelblog

 Home. I had set the alarm for 06:00 this morning, and we got straight up, showered, dressed, and had a quick cup of tea; we were away befor...

Heightington, Shropshire The Swan Whisperer went for a short run this morning before breakfast, along the Lancaster canal! After breakfast, ...

Claughton-on-Brock, Preston, Lancashire We had to start heading south this morning, but before we did so, we the Swan Whisperer went for a w...

Gairlieston, Dumfries & and Galloway This morning after breakfast I stewed up the plums and cooking apples I'd bought the other day ...

Kilkerran, Maybole, Scotland First thing, the Swan Whisperer went for a run round the lake in Strathclyde Country Park, which I don't th...

Strathclyde Country Park, Glasgow We had arranged to meet our friend J at the John Buchan museum in Peebles this morning, so we had no need ...

Peebles, Scotland I slept extremely badly, as my glasses have been rubbing my nose and made the whole thing hurt - not just while they rub. ...

Backworth Miners' Welfare, Backworth, Newcastle. The Swan Whisperer went for a short run this morning before breakfast, which was our us...

Ashfield Touring Caravan Park, York A long and rather dull day's driving up the M11, A14 and A1(M).  We set off at about 10:00 and first...

Coopersale, Epping, London Normally, once the schools have gone back, we try to get away for two or three weeks on an early autumn holiday. ...

  London So we are home!  I was too tired to blog yesterday by the time we had got  home and unpacked everything, so am catching up now. Get...

Blériot-Plage, Calais, Hauts-de-France The last full day of our holiday started rather well, with a champagne tasting at Boulard Bouquaire, ...

Cormicy, Grand-Est, France Today has actually been pretty fine and warm, apart from a few spits and spots of rain, but mostly sunny.  Which ...

St-Avold, Grand-Est, France Once again it was not raining this morning - we have had rain today, but nothing like the past two days.  I went...

Karlsruhe, Germany It was a bit dreich this morning, but the Swan Whisperer attempted a run anyway - not a success as he got a twinge in wha...

Somewhere in Germany I'm not quite sure where we are tonight - I think it may be somewhere called Kissing, which seems unlikely. We had ...

Maurach-am-Achensee, Tirol Today was the last full day of the official holiday, although several people have already left.  The vast majorit...

Maurach-am-Achensee, Tirol. We were up very early this morning.  We were going to have to catch the 09:10 to Jenbach if we were to make the ...

Maurach-am-Achensee, Tirol The planned excursion for today was a trip up the Gramaialm, in a tractor-trailor outfit called the Huttopia Expr...

Maurach-am-Achensee, 22 July 2205 Today was, for me, a rest day.  Many people were going into Innsbruck, but the Swan Whisperer wanted to do...