We are travelling home tomorrow, and so today was the last day of exploring the area around Suffolk. The forecast was supposedly cooler, but it felt a lot hotter today (weirdly!) 28C/83F - there was no breeze, so maybe that was the difference ( Read more... )

We've had a busy day! It's been hotter again at 28C/83F - I know many of you think that we are moaning unnecessarily about the weather here in the UK, but last week I was dressed in sweaters and socks! The weather changes so fast sometimes that we can't get used to it. Fortunately the AirBnB is cool (despite no air con ( Read more... )

Today it has been even warmer - 26C/77F - with clear blue skies and sunshine all day ( Read more... )

Today's forecast - dry, with some cloud 23C ( Read more... )

We were up annoyingly early as the wild ring necked parakeets were screeching outside our bedroom window this morning. People think they are exotic - they are just annoying if you have to live near them ( Read more... )

Another changeable day and not warm at 19/66F with rain showers. We got up and had breakfast and then popped into Salisbury Cathedral's gift shop to buy a couple of things as small gifts for our cat sitters ( Read more... )

I have little to show for it as this morning we treated ourselves to a very delicious brunch and then wandered around the local antique shops ( Read more... )

After we’d been to Montisfont House and had some lunch we walked to Salisbury Cathedral. It’s big!


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Friday was reasonable - not too cold and dry. Saturday the weather was like winter with torrential rain all day! It was cold too - barely 14C/57F. However we had decided to visit lots of interesting places so it wasn’t too bad. I’ll split these up as I have lots of photos ( Read more... )

On Friday we got up later than usual (bliss), packed our suitcase and set off to drive to Salisbury in Wiltshire for a long weekend ( Read more... )