Visiting the Taittinger Cellars in Champagne France is a must when in Reims. This was a phenomenal tour and tasting which delved into the history of the champagne house as well as the house style. Taittinger is one of…
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One of my favourite things we did when completing the NC500 was visiting Dunrobin Castle. Dunrobin Castle is the most northerly of Scotland’s great houses and the largest in the Northern Highlands with 189 rooms. Dunrobin Castle is also…
Paris is one of those cities that will never be over-rated to me. I absolutely adore it and I’d go back in a heartbeat every single time. So when there is the chance to visit Paris in April, I…
When we were in Reims for the partner’s birthday, I wanted to plan something really special. (Or even more special than having a week in France could be. So I booked a Sunset Vineyard Tour in Champagne, France. When…
Last summer I was very excited to do the NC 500 (North Coast 500) with a detour to the Isle of Skye and the Orkney Islands. I did a combination of wild camping and pre-booked campsites. One word of…
Last summer I did the entirety of the North Coast 500, plus visited Orkney and Skye. This was my second visit to Skye and I absolutely adore the island. At 640 square miles, Skye is second only to Lewis…
When I was in Reims, one of the things that I wanted to prioritise (other than visiting a vineyard) was visiting some of the champagne houses for a tour. After doing a lot of research, the Ruinart tour –…
I absolutely adore the Musée d’Orsay. It is my favourite museum in Paris – which is a pretty big shout. The architecture of the museum itself is beautiful. The Musee d’Orsay is in an old railway station (Gare d’Orsay).…
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (110 acres). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figures in the arts buried at Père Lachaise include Frédéric Chopin, Édith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Marcel Marceau, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, and Sir Richard Wallace. Père…
Lyveden New Bield is an unfinished Elizabethan summer home near Aldwinkle in Northhamptonshire. Sir Thomas Tresham to symbolise his Catholic faith, Lyveden remains incomplete and virtually unaltered since work stopped on his death in 1605. There are tranquil moats,…