Thom Bedford

Traveling to Aalst in Belgium

2023-09-11 Thom Bedford 2023-09-10 - Belgium

Arrival Date: 2023-09-10
Departure Date: 2023-09-17
Accommodation: Keizershof Hotel, Aalst

This is our first holiday abroad since we first started seeing each other over twelve years ago except for Ireland, which doesn’t really count because they all speak English and drive on the left.

Winchester Cathedral and Wolvesey Castle

2023-04-14 Thom Bedford 2023-04-09 - Winchester

Continued from part 3…

Our penultimate day in Winchester started in a local cafe called Josie’s for some breakfast. I had a full-American, Helen had chicken benedict with crushed avocado. A great find, delicious food, would definitely recommend.

Portsmouth, HMS Alliance, HMS Victory, The Mary Rose, and Hayling Island

2023-04-12 Thom Bedford 2023-04-09 - Winchester

Continued from part 2…

Many things planned for today, we had breakfast in our room (Helen bought us some cereal and milk last night so we didn’t have to spend another extortionate amount for a hotel breakfast), then got on the road South towards Portsmouth.

Romsey and Southampton

2023-04-11 Thom Bedford 2023-04-09 - Winchester

Continued from part 1…

On Tuesday, we had planned to go to Portsmouth to see the boats and submarines, but while eating breakfast we checked their opening times and found out the submarine was closed on Tuesday’s, so that would have to wait until tomorrow. Today, instead of Portsmouth, we decided to visit Romsey (a small nearby town), and Southampton, since neither of us had ever been to either.

Salisbury and Winchester

2023-04-10 Thom Bedford 2023-04-09 - Winchester

Arrival Date: 2023-04-09
Departure Date: 2023-04-14
Accommodation: Mercure Winchester Wessex Hotel

We left home at around 9:30 on Sunday morning, bound for the South of England, arriving in Salisbury at lunch time ready for some food. We stopped in at the Ox Row Inn for a lovely friendly lunch and had a walk around the city.