Pages, Places, and Ponderings
Pages, Places, and Ponderings
When I began writing about castles and gardens, I intended to wrap it up as a two-part series. However, as I sat down to finally draft a long-pending post, I realized that we’ve visited 10 National Trust properties around London…
Last September, we spent a week on holiday in Suffolk. It only made sense to travel further north and visit Norfolk this time. Ashwina booked us into a National Trust cottage on the Blickling Estate in Norfolk. Journey from London We left our home on…
You might have read that we had some fun visiting castles and gardens. If you haven’t, then go ahead, click those links and come back here. I shall wait. In September, Ashwina, Baby and I embarked on our annual holiday…
Ashwina reminded me that I hadn’t posted the sequel of my award-winning, must-read blog post titled Stories about Castles and Gardens. Ah, well, umm, it might not have won any awards, but it’s definitely a must-read for all of you,…
In April this year, after we returned from Mumbai, Ashwina and I restarted our visits to castles, gardens and houses around London. Our National Trust membership provides us with access to these locations, as well as free parking, making it…
It’s September, and September means Ajay and Ashwina set out for their annual holiday. This year was no different. We don’t take a holiday in August to avoid the mad rush and crazy prices. The raging pandemic made it a…
Our last holiday was in Somerset, but that was so long go I’ve almost forgotten about it. We had a holiday planned in November 2020 but had to cancel it as the UK went into another lockdown on the day…
This update has been on the charts for more than two months. While everyone knows that this year has been unpredictable, Ashwina and I have tried to get out when we could. Unfortunately, not as frequently as we hoped. On…
We’ve been home since our last trip to Dover a few days before the UK went into lockdown. That’s about 4 months of being at home and 6 months since our last holiday. Needing a much-deserved break, we filed for…