Is Rotterdam an ugly city? Our local guide alluded to this on a very damp and chilly Easter Sunday morning as we left Uniworld’s River Queen and headed into the city centre. He elaborated...
Uniworld Tulips and Windmills River Cruise: Dutch excursions
Our Uniworld Tulips and Windmills cruise was a 10 day affair covering a fairly small region of the Netherlands and Belgium. This meant we had the chance to see lots of towns...
Uniworld Tulips and Windmills River Cruise: Keukenhof and Kinderdijk
When we booked our Uniworld Tulips and Windmills river cruise we realised most other passengers would be choosing this particular trip in order to see the tulips and windmills. It’s in the name,...
Uniworld Tulips and Windmills River Cruise: Amsterdam.
What better way to celebrate Dougie’s 60th birthday than a 10 day Uniworld Tulips and Windmills river cruise in the Netherlands and Belgium. We’ve cruised with Uniworld before: a fabulous trip down the Seine...
Mum’s Gone to Bavaria: Hintersee and the magic forest
I’d done a little planning before our trip to Bavaria so my first ‘must see’ was Hintersee, the nearest lake to Ramsau. We could have made use of our Berchtesgaden guest card and hopped...
Mum’s Gone to Bavaria – Rambling around Ramsau
We had only just touched down in Salzburg after our flight when Dougie’s phone rang. It was our taxi driver asking us to let him know when we had cleared customs. We rang him...
Mum’s Gone To Lake Vyrnwy
In the days before the internet, if we fancied a short break in the UK, we picked up a brochure from a travel agent. Dougie and I would choose somewhere based on one photo...
Walking along the Basingstoke Canal, Surrey
Fundraising for Neuroendocrine Cancer UK isn’t all about the exercise bikes, although our morning cycling sessions do make up the bulk of the mileage. As The Proclaimers sing about walking 500 miles and 500...