New Zealand – South Island2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - October 26, 2017April 24, 2018 South Island, New Zealand proved to be as idyllic as we'd expected. Apart from our fleeting but gorgeous visit to Cape Cod, the bit of our adventures I'd most been looking forward to was New Zealand. Unfortunately the journey there, all 13 hours of it, had to be borne first. We had the cheapest round-the-world flights we could find so weren't expecting an upgrade. Nonetheless,
Route 66 – Over the Hump2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - October 14, 2017June 19, 2018 Gallup was an unremarkable pivotal point in our Route 66 journey. Our trip switched from a westerly route to a northerly diversion off route. It had been our intention all along to head up into Utah to see the landscapes that had featured on so many books, films, album covers, postcards etc..It's funny how different it becomes leaving one of the main trunk roads and
Route 66 – The Middle Bit2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - October 1, 2017May 20, 2022 Oklahoma behind us, we got back onto Route 66 to see what 'the middle bit' had to offer. An overnight stop in Elk City on the western fringes of Oklahoma was the start of our journey over the plains; miles and miles of flat, straight roads with nothing to see from horizon to horizon except for an occasional grain silo and rows and rows of
Route 66 – The First Few Days2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr and Mrs C - September 29, 2017April 24, 2018 To a soundtrack of The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and other stalwarts of the soft-rock world on ‘The Bridge’ at Sirius XM, we mosied on down Route 66, stopping off to take pics of 1920s petrol pumps and to drink coffee in diners which looked like they hadn't changed one iota since the late 60s.Other than a simple stop over in a little hotel outside
Route 66 – The Beginning2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - September 26, 2017April 24, 2018 I don't particularly like driving. I just do it to get from A to B. Mr. C, on the other hand, enjoys it! So whenever we go visiting Daughter No. 1 up at the opposite end of the country in Aberdeen, he's more than happy to drive the entire journey himself. Mad, I know. Ok so I suppose you're wondering where I'm going with this?Well since I've
Niagara Falls2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - September 24, 2017April 24, 2018 We just had an overnighter at The Knight’s Inn in Liverpool, Syracuse and what a difference to the grubby Lamie’s in Hampton! Immaculately clean, a huge comfy bed and just as importantly for this stop, a laundry room for us to wash and dry our first week's worth of washing.We were on the road super-early after the carb-fest that is the complimentary breakfast in these
A Little Inn on Pleasant Bay2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - September 21, 2017April 24, 2018 There's always a risk when you go to a place you've yearned to go to since forever. What if it doesn't live up to your expectations? What if it was all a hype?Well I'm pleased to say that Cape Cod, even off-season and with Hurricane José on the way, was every bit as special as I'd hoped it would be. Ok, a bit more sunshine,
Beginning in Boston2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr and Mrs C - September 17, 2017April 24, 2018 Our American road-trip has been on the agenda for many months now, but we've finally started. I don't know if it's an omen or not, but the very first step on the journey was our flight from London Heathrow to Boston with Virgin Atlantic. All seemed to be going well until just before we were about to step onto the plane at the gate when
The North Coast 5002017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr and Mrs C - June 27, 2017September 17, 2017 The North Coast 500 - A driving tour of the coast of ScotlandMrs. C …...So we checked out of the Inverness Premier Inn after a not-so-good night's sleep and set off on the road for the North Coast 500. After a swelteringly hot Edinburgh on the Sunday, at Helena's Wedding Party, we weren't expecting the 14° temperature or the sullen grey skies and pouring rain!
The Italian Lakes2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - June 10, 2017August 21, 2017 Somewhere around 10pm our EasyJet flight landed at Milan Malpensa and we hopped onto the hotel shuttle taking us to our overnight home, the Crowne Plaza. The single receptionist did a very good job of ushering our bus full of arrivals to their rooms in record time. Ours was actually quite a nice room, but having been up and about most of the day we
