KARLCLARE@GMAIL.COM THE CLARE’S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD 2023 – August – That big ole London It had seemed a good…

And so, it was time to go home or more correctly time to get Karen home. I had pre booked…

This morning Karen was feeling no better and if anything, slightly worse despite having a long, good night’s sleep. She…

Today was moving day and the plan had originally been to take an early slow drive up the causeway coastal…

It was another late start as Karen was still suffering with her cold. Breakfast was as good as yesterday and…

A not so early start to our first day in Belfast after we both got a really good nights sleep…

Wow – I cannot believe it is October already and the nights are already rapidly drawing in. Already I am…

Today was a more relaxed start to the day. We have planned to leave the car behind and walk into…

Another early start day but this one was different as it had blue skies. On the road at 8.30am we…

We think that Cornwall for us is getting like the Allan Sherman song – Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh’. For anyone…

As the day was forecast to be wet for the most part but hopefully getting out later, Karen had decided…

Todays plan involved driving up to the North coast of Cornwall for the first time and walking around St Agnes…

After over 260 blogs (equivalent to more than 2 decent novels) written over 3½ years I now find myself having…

Today I am going with a new attitude and to try and really enjoy Cornwall. There must be something I’m…

Flipping heck, Cornwall is a long way from Norfolk. We were on the road for 8.30am ready for the 419-mile…

Well those few few weeks flew by as well. The drive back from Dorset seemed long but uneventful. We arrived…

A planned early start to beat the crowds today start ended up not much earlier than normal, as Karen slept…

Well, that was another hot night. Actually, another exceptionally hot night although eased somewhat by the fan, although I noticed…

Well, that was a hot night. An exceptionally hot night. When I eventually got to sleep, we were woken by…

Blimey doesn’t time fly when you are having fun. A simplified idiom that dates to the 1800’s probably based upon…

As I laid in bed this morning I wondered why we had booked 2 nights in Oxford. The plan was…

Breakfast this was noticeably quieter with not so many excitable brats running around. We were more leisurely to today as…

A lovely cool nights sleep in a big comfy bed. What an improvement from the last place that shall no…

Another hot night which was worse than the night before in that it was really hot in our room despite…

Our third night at Bannantyne’s gaff and another hot one. It may have been slightly cooler or that we were…

Despite sleeping with the window wide open it had been a very warm night in our room. Karen thinks the…

Perhaps I should have ended the last blog post with ‘We are going home now, we may be there sometime’…

They say a week is a long time in politics, but a month at home during March seemed even longer…