After a long wet Summer and no holiday since February we decided to take a short break at the end of October. The chosen destination was a lovely hotel near Woodbridge, Suffolk, which we used as a base to tour the coast and countryside - so beautiful dressed in autumn colours! Visted all the usual tourist haunts - Aldburgh, Snape Maltings, Framlingham, Southwold and Thorpness. We came home via Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge taking advantage of the 'Park and Ride' to get to the heart of the city without the hastle of parking.
Here are a few pictures!
This short break was so successful we decided to take another one at the end of November. This time we chose Winchester as our destination to take advantage of the Christmas Markets, including the lantern parade and official opening on the Friday night and a beautiful Advent carol service at the Cathedral on the Saturday. Once again the hotel had great facilities including a Spa, gym and pool. We chose to eat out sampling Italian, Thai, a pub-lunch and a dim sum banquet.
We are now counting down the days until we fly out to visit the family in Australia - less than three weeks now! I just hope I will be a bit more mobile as I damaged my knee very badly a few weeks ago being over-zealous in the gym! I have torn/strained/pulled tendons, ligaments, muscles and possibly (though hopefully not)cartilage. Have had X-Rays but am waiting to get an MRI scan to assess the extent of the damage. in the meantime it lots of visits to the Osteopath, ice-packs and plenty of rest with the leg elevated!
No comments:
Post a Comment