Sunday Road Trip: Weston-Super-Mare

Back in July, we decided our Sunday road trip should take us to Weston-Super-Mare where they were hosting a sand sculpture competition. The weather was a bit hit and miss, but we did get a few moments of sun during our adventure.

They have a long boardwalk area with arcade games and amusement rides. We didn't bother as it was rainy and blustery at that point, but we did like the ferris wheel.

We preferred the gardens we stumbled across while walking around - very pretty area.

Road Trip: York, England

Our final stop on our July roadtrip was York, England. A beautiful old town with lots of history. The main attraction is the York Minster (Cathedral) which was quite nice, but expensive! I tell you, the Brits definitely know how to make money on tourism. :)

This was actually a random Abbey we ran across when we stopped for lunch and missed our turn! Couldn't go in to explore, but it was beautiful from the outside. And our first bright sunny day of the trip!

 A bit of York.

 A bit more - and a random Yorker who photobombed my picture!

This was just outside a cute little wine bar we found on TripAdvisor. Nice tapas, good wine and a super friendly owner who "loved our accent".

Old town York and the original gates into the city.

A couple of views of the cathedral.

A bit of the city walls and the tourist trap, err, I mean train that rides around part of the city.

And that was it - we headed back to Bristol with a few more miles on the car and a bunch of new UK adventure under our belts.

Road Trip: Glasgow, Scotland

The next stop on our road trip was Glasgow, Scotland. We'd been to Edinburgh a few years prior so decided to explore Glasgow this time. I have to say I do prefer Edinburgh, but Glasgow was a great adventure too.

Beautiful architecture.

One of our waiters suggested we check out the top of The Lighthouse, which is an art gallery tucked away down a side street, but with one of the best views of Glasgow. We never would have found it without his tip.

We ended our day in Glasgow at the Botanical gardens. You can see it was another rainy overcast day, but the colours of the garden sure lightened the mood.

Road Trip: Keswick Lake District

I promise we do actually work most weeks, but that's not very interesting to blog about so here goes another few posts about our July adventure. We decided it was time for a multi-day road trip so planned a 5-day excursion north through England's Lake district, up through Glasgow, Scotland and back down again through York. It was a beautiful road trip - although a bit longer driving than expected due to traffic.

Our first night was spent in Keswick (pronounced kessick) which is a quaint little town in the English Lake District. Due to heavy traffic, we had a lot less time here than planned, which was disappointing. We'll just have to go back, I guess!

This is a little walking path I found the following morning while out and about. Cuts through a farmer's sheep pasture. It was a rainy and overcast morning, but that didn't detract from the gorgeous countryside.

I love the contrast here of the old building with the new truck out front - that really sums up a lot of England for me. Such rich history surrounding my modern day comforts.

I think much of the reason the rainy weather doesn't bother me much is because the result is this green, green, green almost all year long. I never get tired of it.

Cut little church.

Definitely need more time to explore the little villages and winding roads.

We stayed at a country inn, complete with multiple sitting rooms - every on with a fireplace, full made to order breakfast, and really nice people. On this rainy day, we would have been happy to plonk down here and laze the day away, but we had adventures to chase so got back on the road.