by Helen Kain | Oct 22, 2023 | Abbeys, Monasteries and Churches, Castles & Stately Houses, England, Home, Recent
Our travel to England revolves around finding unusual places to stay within reach of castles, cathedrals and stately homes we want to visit. At the end of Week #1, we bid goodbye to the Russian Cottage on the Chatsworth Estate. From there, we drove north to Bamburgh...
by Helen Kain | Oct 8, 2023 | Abbeys, Monasteries and Churches, Beautiful Towns, Castles & Stately Houses, England, Home, Recent
We’ve been back from England for a few weeks now and are now fully recombobulated. I was determined to promptly process all the photos I took on the journey and set myself the task of going through all 1693 photos at the rate of 100 a day. That’s done...
by Helen Kain | Sep 29, 2022 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Entertablement Abroad, Recent, Scotland
The Big Family Trip has been long in the planning. Originally on the docket for 2020 (sigh), it was pushed out to 2022 so as not to overlap with the Clans and Castles train journey Glenn, and I had booked for 2021 to celebrate our respective significant birthdays (you...
by Helen Kain | Jan 8, 2022 | Beautiful Towns, Castles & Stately Houses, England, Entertablement Abroad
Following our time in England in the Autumn. Determining which train to take to Chichester was more complicated than I had envisioned. Staff shortages, line repairs, and similar disruptions ruled out the usual route from Victoria Station. Lauren and I eventually...
by Helen Kain | Nov 7, 2021 | Beautiful Towns, Castles & Stately Houses, Cathedrals, England
The long-awaited, oft-rescheduled trip to England was a heady mix of emotions: apprehension as to how difficult it might be to navigate changing requirements, elation at the freedom of travelling again, disappointment and frustration with the National Trust, amusement...
by Helen Kain | Apr 19, 2020 | Castles & Stately Houses, England, Entertablement Abroad, Medieval (1066–1485), Tudors (1485–1603)
Most of the grand manor houses we see in England have a history involving a lot of ups and downs. Sudeley Castle is the veritable Snakes & Ladders of the genre. The tale began innocuously enough with a commonplace event: William le Boteler of Wem married heiress...
