Visiting the Eden Project is a must-see when you are in Cornwall. The Eden Project is sometimes dubbed as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”. The history of the Eden Project is fascinating. The project is located in a…
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Wistman’s Wood is located out in the Devonshire countryside. A stones’ throw from the Duchy of Cornwall, the moss covered and twisted branches could be the entrance to a different realm. Wistman’s Wood is a rare example of a…
Boscastle has long been on my bucket list to visit. Partially because it is called “the Salem of the UK”. I was so thrilled when we went for my birthday. I was bouncing up and down in the car…
An ancient woodland that surrounds the River Trevillet and a holy site that has connections to Celtic Christianity, King Arthur, faeries, piskies, nymphs, and the veil into the otherworld. It is named for a holy man, Saint Nectan, who dug…
South East Cornwall’s best kept secret, Lantic Bay is a quiet sheltered cove with white sands, feeling more like the Mediterranean, than Cornwall. David and I were not far from Fowey and we were due to get on the…
The side-quest to Orkney was one of the best decisions I made whilst doing the NC500. It’s about an hour’s ferry ride from Scrabster (not far from Thurso). I stayed an amazing eco-farm on Orkney called Wheems Organic Farms…
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…
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…
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,…