The last week-end of August we went to visit Highclere Castle (the 'real' Downton Abbey) on the Sunday, and as we had a car we went down to the Kent coast on the Saturday ( Read more... )

Yesterday it was a Bank Holiday and it rained cats and dogs ( Read more... )

England is now the most crowded country in Europe !

Apparently, the population density is now higher than in The Netherlands (of course this applies only to England - it's a totally different story for the other 3 countries in the Kingdom).

Memo to myself: "as you don't like crowds, next time you emigrate find somewhere with a bit more room".

The trip on the Kent and East Sussex railway with Adrian (
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