Well, we were supposed to go to Scotland in August 2020, had to postpone that trip to 2021 due to Covid, and then had to postpone it AGAIN, so maybe we'll get to Scotland next year. In the meantime, back in June 2021 we were freshly vaccinated and full of optimism for the Hot Vax Summer in store for all of us (cue sardonic sad laughter). We booked ( Read more... )

( Days 10-14: Megers Trudge On Into The Midlands )

( Days 7-9: Wales, Wales, Wales )

( Days 3-6: Dartmoor, Cornwall )

This is getting obnoxious, but we are Anglophiles, and we needed a good vacation. So, we went to the UK again! For almost 2 weeks! With a bunch of my college friends and their families! The whole trip went smashingly well, we had a fantastic time.

Here's the play-by-play, will try to add pics and/or links later:

( Days 1- 2: Dorchester & Exeter )

Days 8-11,( onward, after the cut )

Days 4-7, onward, ( after the cut )

We went to England again! At the end of August, again! It feels obnoxious to have gone to England two years in a row, but it was amazing, and as usual, I'm going to memorialize it here. ( More after the cut! )

Day 9- August 30 (Drew's b-day!). This was the only rainy day of our entire vacation. It started out just gray, got misty, then became a full-on downpour ( Read more... )

But wait, there's more ( Read more... )