This Christmas, when I was in America, my cousin phoned me and said "I was watching the Family Channel and I saw a commercial for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; it's on at 7:30. I'm coming over to watch it ( Read more... )

[Okay, so here, over a week later, is the first part of my road trip to Yorkshire. I've decided to split it up because (1)It's getting quite long, and (2)I'm growing rapidly bored/tired ( Read more... )

Today, I returned from a most fantastic road trip the Scottish borders and the Yorkshire Dales. I'm not sure what the logic behind our choice of destination was other than its relative obscurity, the fact that it was within driving distance (although, I suppose, arguably, you could say the same thing about France), and that it catered to our ( Read more... )