Category Archives: Britain

Back in the USSK.

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Clive Best

A lot has been happening since the summer. Firstly we sold our house in Laveno and moved back formally to the UK. Now we are living in Godmanchester which is a small village on the edge of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. Since the … Continue reading →

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Return Italy

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Clive Best

Just arrived home in Italy after a 2 day drive from Tunbridge Wells.  Fabulous weather once you reach further south into the high pressure area in France, although today that may change as a cold front moves through. We stayed … Continue reading →

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Godmanchester

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Clive Best

We are leaving Godmanchester today to pick up our daughter Naomi in Potters Bar before the long trip back to Italy. Godmanchester is a pretty village just outside Huntingdon which is more or less unspoilt.  We have a little flat … Continue reading →

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Sudbury & Cambridge

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Clive Best

Headed first for Sudbury which is a very pleasant market town. We found a wonderful English tea shop with a selection of different coffees and teas – full of women. I had some Mount Kenya fresh ground coffee which was … Continue reading →

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Safron Walden, Colchester, Clacton

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Clive Best

Yesterday we headed east mainly to revisit Saffron Walden, a town I particularly liked from a previous visit a couple of years ago. It is a reasonable sized historic town with local butchers, bakers etc. and with some interesting craft … Continue reading →

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Guildhall London, Graduation

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Clive Best

On Tuesday my daughter Naomi graduated as a vet from the Royal Veterinary College after 6 years of hard work. The college is the oldest vet school in Britain and was formed around 1780 first in Camden and later with … Continue reading →

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Stamford

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Clive Best

Stamford is a wonderful town on the Lincolnshire border, only about 40 minutes from where we are staying in Godmanchester. The whole town is completely built in stone and unspoiled for over 400 years. Somehow it escaped the development disease … Continue reading →

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Bury St. Edmunds, Lavenham, Suffolk

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Clive Best

We visited a beautiful area of Suffolk today especially the medieval village of Lavenham (see above). Our first  stop though was in Stowmarket for a coffee – a pleasant town with river but with an encroaching shopping centre. From there … Continue reading →

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Godmanchester, East Anglia

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Clive Best

  Arrived in Godmanchester for a night before heading to East Anglia, somewhere I have never been. Thursday morning we head out first to Wisbech which was a bit disappointing . The town centre had been homogenised by the major … Continue reading →

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Stratford and the Cotswolds

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Clive Best

We left Shrewsbury this morning and headed finally for the motorways with first destination Stratford (pictures above). I think I have only once been in Stratford when I was a child so decided it really was time to check it … Continue reading →

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