We’re going to be going on another road trip sometime during the up and coming school holidays. We’re visiting places that we’ve never been to before because there’s so much of Britain that we haven’t seen.
So the list of places we’re definitely visiting this time consists of:
Grantham
Lincoln
Stamford (where they filmed Cranford)
Cambridge
Then as we’ll be so far south by then we decided to re-visit Braintree in Essex to see how much it has changed in the 33 years since we bought our first house there. We only lived there for a couple of years and ended up going back to live in Scotland for quite a lot of reasons. My dad was very seriously ill so I had to help with caring for him but apart from that we were very homesick anyway, me in particular and it was very annoying that whenever we opened our mouths people commented on our accents. It’s true that there weren’t many Scottish accents around in deepest darkest Essex in those days but it was a bit like being a circus act as people asked us to say something!
Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see the place again. If anybody who knows the above towns and areas could give us information on ‘not to be missed’ places to visit there, please leave a comment!
I’m hoping that I’ll be able to blog whilst on the trip but you never know really so I’ll probably schedule some posts, just in case.
I hope you have a terrific trip and I’m looking forward to your photos and blog. Back in the 1980s, when we travelled a lot, we visited three of the four places you mentioned. Have never been to Stamford.
Joan,
Wow, you certainly got about a lot in the 1980s. I’m sure you know England better than I do! We certainly intend to have a good time and I’m esp. looking forward to seeing the changes in Braintree.
I think Belvoir (pronounced Beaver) Castle is near Grantham. A great friend’s dad worked on that estate years ago. The Castle is pretty nice.
Lincoln Cathedral has the Lincoln Imp!
Enjoy the trip.
Evee,
We got to Grantham but not Belvoir, might go there in the future but Grantham was the only place we visited which we didn’t like. Lincoln was nice but very wet, I think the rain followed us down!