SoCal Summer (final part)

From Palm Springs we were headed for San Diego and the original intention was to visit the Palomar Observatory on the way but a wildfire called Bonny near Aguanda put an end to that idea. Instead we decided to go via the town of Julian, a former gold-rush town that is famous for its apple …

SoCal Summer (part 2)

After a couple of hours delay getting away from Santa Barbara (waiting for someone to turn up and open the shop so I could buy the Aloha shirts mentioned in part 1) we finally hit the road and headed for Las Vegas. It doesn’t look far on the map but it’s a six-hour drive so …

USA East Coast trip – coronacancelled

When I said this “Coming soon! This summer, 2020, we will be adding new chapters to the Scattergood’s American Adventure – Washington DC, Boston, Salem, Cape Cod, Newport, Mystic, New Haven, Philadelphia & Chesapeake Bay. Seven new hotels, some flights and a road trip – so watch this space.”. What I meant was this “This …

Catching up – trips

I see the last post about any kind of trip or holiday was summer 2015 when we were in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, so here’s a quick catch up on where we’ve been since then. Athens – Feb 2016 USA – August 2016 UK – December 2016 Lisbon – Feb 2017 Suwałszczyzna – May 2017 Paris – …