Travel - 5 Places to visit in York

 5 Places to visit in York

Mallard on the famous trains on display at the National Railway Musuem in York, with its bright blue engine, parked under a bridge in the museum, with a brown carriage at the back

A couple of years ago I did a series on things to see in different places, I did not quite finish it, so here is finally the 3rd post in the series of 5 places to visit in certain places in the UK for a staycation, first being Coventry in the West Midlands, the second a guest post by Envirolineblog about   Bournemouth in Dorset, so here is the third post about York

Other - 8 Things I have learned from blogging

8 Things I have learnt from blogging

Photo by Nick Morrison on Unsplash

Blogging can have its challenges, as I found out for the past few years, I was looking back through my Insta archive and realised I had been blogging for 8 years! So I wanted to do a post celebrating my 8 years of this blog and its various names and the lessons I have learnt from it, which I have never done

Travel - Destinations Show

Destinations Show

Show planner

 Travelling can be fun, but we all need a little inspiration, so going to a travel show, to get brochures, buy a travel destination book or listen to a speaker giving a talk on a destination can be great, recently I went to the Times Destinations Show in London.

Travel - Top 5 Day Trips with Horses

 Top 5 Day Trips with Horses

 Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash

Seeing animals on a day trip, can make the difference between a calm day out for most people, esp. people with some health conditions and provide a different experience. These are my top 5 day trips that involve my favourite animals horses.

Travel - Things I have learnt from Travelling

Things I have learnt from Travelling

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

 I have travelled across most of the world, I though the things I have learnt over the years

Travel - Kew Gardens - Orchid Festival

Kew Gardens - Orchid Festival


Orchids

Recently I visited Kew gardens in London to see the Orchids, this year the theme was Cameroon, the first time an African nation had been featured

Other - Gifts to get the person that does not want a Gift

Gifts to get the person that does not want a Gift

Photo by Leonardo Wong on Unsplash

 My parents recently celebrated their 50th Wedding anniversary, they did not want gifts, just our presence. I'm not convinced by people that don't want gifts to celebrate big occasions so, I thought I would produce a list of presents you can get for people that don't want gifts