On Sunday 27th July, the Huby and Sutton-on-the-Forest Agricultural Show was held in the grounds of Sutton Park, in Sutton-on-the-Forest in North Yorkshire. We went along for a day out in the local area around York, and were pleasantly surprised and impressed with the Agricultural Show which was well-attended and popular with all ages, probably [...]
It is not until having driven in Haute Provence, France for the last 12 days that I appreciate how important it is when renting a hire car to make sure you have the most suitable car for the environment in which you are driving.
In all honesty I think we were very lucky with the car [...]
Having now been in the Haute Provence region of France for ten days, I can safely say that some of the D roads are nothing you are likely to experience in the UK.
The motorway and nationale roads are pretty much the same and as you would expect, it is the country roads between the Alpine [...]
The Dignes-les Baines to Nice Railway line run by Les Chemins de Fer de Provence is probably one of the most enjoyable and scenic train routes in Europe. The narrow gauge railway line worms its way round the mountains following the path of the river Var for a considerable part of the journey from Digne-les-Baines [...]
Leeds 1 Carlisle United 2
If you are a Leeds United fan, then the place to be this Thursday is Brunton Park, Carlisle, for the second leg of the Coca Cola League One Play Off Semi Final. Last night’s game at Elland Road finished Leeds 1 Carlisle 2 in front of over 36,000 fans. It could [...]