The trip across to Wainfleet, our Lincolnshire base for two nights, seemed to take ages by train as having left Derby at just after 16.00 we were not in in our pub/hotel accommodation until 19.00. Three hours to travel around 80 miles! The Woolpack Inn in Wainfleet gave us a fairly compact but adequate room that had views over the market place and was five minutes walk from the station. After our evening meal at the pub we were entertained (?) by the Friday nig...

It was probably five or more years ago that we agreed with friends, Simon and Linda, that we should visit Paris with the aim of also taking in the show at Moulin Rouge and in 2017 we managed it! Our Friday evening journey began with a trip on Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord - the 19.01 departure was a 'classic', or old, Eurostar which we much prefer over the modern trains that are being introduced. Simon and Linda had travelled to Paris ear...

This is my third visit to Majorca, one of the Spanish Balearic islands in the Mediterranean Sea, and hopefully it will not be the last either as it seems to have just about everything needed for a fabulous holiday including great weather for our week away. Temperatures of low to mid 30s by day, dipping to around 20°c at night was the regular pattern of weather experienced. My first holiday in Majorca was in 1974 and is only really a memory from photographs as I...

Having been told by Heather to be at Derby railway station for 16.30 on the Friday afternoon for my 'surprise' birthday weekend away I had already narrowed possible destinations down to a few options based on the departure board - we were soon on board the 16.36 train to Cardiff Central. We were also staying on the train for the whole journey so would be arriving into the Welsh capital at a little after 19.30 and just in time for dinner . . . . having thought abo...

Windhoek is fairly small and has a population of just over 300,000 people and we felt that we should at least have a couple of nights here before flying back to the UK. Our guest house was located in the northern area of the city called Eros, about 2.5km from the central area. As seems to be the norm for Windhoek some high fences, electric gates and other security measures were in place. The Monte Bello Guest House was really nice and given all advice is not to w...