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Clyde full day cruise

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 1, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This was a hurriedly planned trip in and around Glasgow. We left on Saturday evening, our bus from Victoria terminus was at 10.30 PM. It was a overnight journey we reached Glasgow around 8.30 in the morning. Our ship MV Balmoral was supposed to depart from Glasgow Science center at 10.30 AM. The weather was not great , it was cloudy and started drizzling soon after we reached Glasgow. We used rest rooms at bus terminus to freshen up and went for our ship. This was her last cruise for this…

North Ireland – Giant Causeway

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 16, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Landscape Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We left Derry in the morning to Ballymoney . On the way we saw Dunluce castle. The iconic ruin of the castle sitting on a rocky outcrop , connected to mainland via a bridge. In the 17th century Dunluce was the seat of the earls of County Antrim and saw the establishment of a small town in 1608. Our next stop was Carrick-a- rede (rope bridge). Connected to the cliffs by a rope bridge across the Atlantic Ocean, Carrick-a-Rede Island (home to a single building - a fisherman's cottage) is the final destination.…

Sunday Cycling from Northwood to Uxbridge

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 8, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 This was a 27 mile linear Chilterns bike ride starting from Northwood tube station (zone 6) at 10.50am taking in Rickmansworth, Sarratt, Chenies, and Denham before finishing at Uxbridge tube station on Sunday 3rd September. The route was on a mixture of country lanes, minor roads, parks and canal paths as well as cycle paths. The ride also included a couple of hills which is unavoidable in the Chilterns. There was an early coffee stop at Batchworth Lock cafe Rickmansworth then a short climb to the village of Sarratt where we…

North Ireland – Derry

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 1, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿󠁧󠁢 We had an early morning flight from Stanstead to Londonderry . Our hotel was next to river Foyle , with a great view of the other side of the river. It is the only remaining complete walled city in Ireland and one of the finest example of a walled city in Europe. Our first stop was walking over city walls. The Walls are approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) in circumference and which vary in height and width between 3.7 and 10.7 metres (12 and 35 feet), are completely intact. There are 7 gates out of which…

Seahouses – Puffin trip

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 21, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧Wild Life

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We arrived Seahouses in the afternoon. We were staying in The Olde School house. The weather was very nice . Latter in the afternoon we went for a stroll along the coast. This is basically a large village. There are some of the best fish & chips are available here. Next day we went for all day bird watching trip to Staple Island and Inner Frane. It was breeding season ,the tour departed Seahouses harbor in the morning. We spent around 2 hours at Staple Island. We had to pay a…

Swansea ,Mumbles and Gower

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 17, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We started early on Sunday. This was our first trip with the little one so I planned to take it easy. We reached Swansea around 12.30. It was a long walk of 2 mile to our hotel, South View Guest house. Though three adults and one child were supposed to fit comfortably , the room was really small and one double bed and another single bed were somehow cramped in. I did not realize that bathroom was shared either. The day was cloudy and windy with light rain at times. Others…

Sunday walk to Lavender Farm

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 8, 2017
Post category:Adventure Europe 🌍travel Trek UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 This was my first meetup. We met at Clapham Junction and then took a train to Chipstead village in Surrey via Croydon. We walked around 14 miles through lovely landscape of Surrey . The Lavender farm itself is in Banstead. It is a family run business named Mayfield Lavender. Weather was perfect and it was a very nice day out.

Gibraltar

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 29, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Spain 🇪🇸travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇮 🇬🇮 🇬🇮 Day 1 I started early from Ronda. It was 9.18 train to Algeciras from Ronda. Weather was not good , it was raining incessantly from morning. At Algeciras I had to wait for sometime to catch a local bus to La - Linea. From La - Linea bus stop it was 10 min walk to the border checkpoint and then another 15 mins walk to my hotel in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a tiny patch of land (less than 10 Sq Km) still part of British oversees territory. It has its own…

Edinburgh

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 9, 2015
Post category:Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We started in the evening from London . This was a night bus from Victoria terminus to Edinburg. We reached Edinburgh in the morning . Our first destination was Calton Hill , one of Edinburgh's main hills, set right in the city centre. It is unmistakable with its Athenian acropolis poking above the skyline. There are two observatories . Nelson monument is situated on top of Calton hill which was constructed to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Latter in the day we walked across…

Dalby Forest and Whitby

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 23, 2015
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We stayed at YHA Dalby Forest. This is located at Locton village which was the starting point of 5.6 Mile Bridestone walk. The walk started from Lockton and then dropped into Stain Dale on the edge of Dalby Forest before entering in Bride Stones Moor and then Dovedale. The route took a climb up to the High Bride Stones and then crossed the valley to visit the Low Bride Stones. The walk back to Lockton provided magnificent views in all directions. Dalby forest is part of North York Moor National forest in…