I hope you enjoy my England travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) I offer tips for diabetic travel which can be valuable for people without diabetes as well. Safe and healthful travel is great for all of us!
In June 2017 we finally made it to England for a two week road trip.
We started in London for four days, then headed out to Bletchley Park, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cotswalds, popped over to Caerleon, Wales, (just to say we’d been to Wales!) to Bath, Salisbury, Tintagel, Penzance (both in Cornwall), Lands’ End.
Then we headed directly east along the Kentish coast to Portsmouth, Brighton and Birling Gap. We spent our final night in Canterbury. This trip included only the southern counties of England! We can’t wait to go back to the North and Wales.
My biggest regret in my London planning is that I didn’t allot enough time for Westminster Abbey. I squeezed it in between arrival on the tube, and our Parliament visit at 10:20. Parliament required a timed visit, and there were very long lines in front of Westminster. Lesson Learned –
I was somewhat suspicious of the Jurassic Coast England as a destination option. I bumped into it on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and learned that its unique characteristics are its fossils and cliffs. Cliff and beach erosion have exposed a fantastic amount of fossils. Although I have an
England, 2017 Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devonshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Kent – all names from the mystery novels I’ve read over the years. We spent 12 days traveling the southern counties of England, wishing we had more days to spend. The first 4 days of the trip were spent in London
London, England, June 2017 What a wonderful city to visit! We stayed in South Kensington, near the Waterloo Tube station, at the Bailey’s Hotel. It was superbly located for getting into the central area quickly. In four days we visited Westminster Abbey, Parliament, took a boat ride, visited Old Greenwich
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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