VIEWS OF VIEUX LYON Founded by the Romans in 43BC Lyon has a 2,000 year history that’s still visible today in the city’s architecture and cultural heritage. Walking around Vieux Lyon today we saw everything from Roman ruins to Medieval homes; from Gothic cathedrals to Renaissance palaces. Very […]
OH WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE… There is something quintessentially English about a spending the day at the seaside. It’s nothing like spending a day at the beach Aus-style (that involves swimming in the warm waters of the Indian or Pacific Ocean, with the sun […]
ROMAN* AROUND NORTHERN ENGLAND Hadrian’s Wall stretches across Northern England, from Wallsend in the East to Bowness-on-Solway in the West. This 2,000-year-old, 135km-long stone barricade winds its way through some of the loveliest countryside in England and attracts hikers and history buffs from all over the world. Today […]
THE LONG WAY ROUND – ULLAPOOL TO LOCH ALSH If you like to stand in awe of Nature, then the Scottish Highlands are for you. If you enjoy peace and quiet, and like to drive for hours, seeing nothing but glorious scenery and the occasional sheep, then the […]
MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, LOUGHS, RUINS & CASTLES OF CONNEMARA Connemara is a district in the northern part of County Galway. The landscape there is a mix of peat bogs, starkly empty valleys, deep black loughs (i.e. lakes), and glacier-carved mountains. The name Connemara comes for the Gaelic for “inlets […]
Wandering Soles 