Looking Back to 2022 - Places Visited.

 It was great to be out and about again after the previous 2 years of restrictions.

Not far into 2022, we had a quick break to Gloucester in February as David wanted to go to the Waterways Museum, which turned out to be closed due to unforeseen circumstances, which was a shame, but had a meander around the city, cathedral and off the cathedral square a shop dedicated to The Tailor of Gloucester. My brief post about it is here.

These two pictures show views around the docks in Gloucester, above is a little chapel. Below are the houseboats moored in the canal basin.

In April we had a day out in London with my brother in law and his wife. Initially it was to find a grave in a cemetery in north London, but because it is more than 75 years ago the plots are reused, so what we were looking for is no longer there.  But we made the most of the day by visiting Stratford Olympic village, travelling on the Underground and the Docklands Light Railway to Canary Wharf. 

In May we went and had a week in Guernsey and a chance to spend some time with distant relatives (on the Wild side).  I’ve posted about this here.  Living in Poole there is a Condor Fastcat service that links with the Channel Islands and St.Malo, France, so it took no time at all to get to the port! Before COVID we often had day trips to Guernsey (well, a few hours, most was spent on the boat journeys) so it was good this time to spend a bit more time on the island.

David in Trinity Square, where we think his dad once posed in the same place

The back of Victor Hugo's house, a little bit of France (it is part of the Musee de Paris) on the island

August saw us go to Bromsgrove to stay around the Midlands for the Festival of Quilts, which I haven’t visited for 3 years.  We went exploring the area and visited the Needle Museum in Redditch, the British Motor Museum near Stratford Upon Avon, Hanbury Hall and locally the Avoncroft Outdoor Museum. Before going home we also went to Wightwick, near Wolverhampton.  I’ve written a post about our trip here.  A separate post about Festival of Quilts here

Above is one of the many displays of needles by one of the companies in Redditch

A life size Lego model of a Mini at the British Motor Museum

Tudor chimney pots at the Avoncroft Outdoor Museum

A china collection at Wightwick Manor.

On to the end of September, beginning of October and a stay in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.  A chance for me to go to Yarndale, a wool festival in Skipton, amongst other things.  We went back to Skipton again on one of the days to take in the rest of the town, but also visited Eden Camp, Harrogate Fountains Abbey as well as exploring Knaresborough itself.

The crypt at Fountains Abbey

Play area at Eden Camp (no, we didn't take exercise there!) the huts where the exhibitions are displayed at a bit dark inside.

Skipton Castle

At the Embsay and Bolton Abbey railway, this is the first electric railcar from 1901.

Looking up at Ripon Cathedral.

That was a lot of time away and things have been quiet on the run up to Christmas.  We had intended to go away somewhere in November, but that was put on hold, but think we’ve done pretty well on the exploration front this year. Lots of memories to look back on.

Future plan is to go away to Scotland in early summer this year and David has sort of worked an itinerary, but I am hoping we may get away before then, well I'm pretty sure we will.

So thats it for my look back at 2022.  I hope you've enjoy these last 2 posts.  Now onward to January.