Very much like the Cruise History page that’s also on this site, this page will serve as a list of dated grouping of trips we’ve taken but which didn’t involve cruise ships. I know! We actually do sometimes travel and don’t stay aboard a ship. Almost unthinkable!

These won’t be day trips, or likely even overnight stays unless they’ve been involved enough to need more than a single write-up on the site. Also, some of the highlights mentioned here won’t necessarily be on the site when you (if you) read this page (but they should appear eventually). Although I tend to write cruise travelogue accounts up in chronological order (rather delayed), other trips will often appear at random occasions just to break things up. You’ve got to keep those human and automated systems on their toes, you know.


DateDestination Highlights
May 12th – May 14th
2010

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Warwickshire National Trust Houses
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Wakefield, England
September 12th – September 16th
2010

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Liverpool, England
Lake District, England
Maryport, England
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Blackpool, England
March 25th – March 29th
2011

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Skegness, England
Scarborough, England
York, England
Leeds, England
Whitby, England
Wakefield, England
Leicester Space Centre, England
September 5th – September
2011

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Birdland, England
Portmeirion, Wales
Anglesey, Wales
November 19th – December 1st
2011

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Reston, Virginia, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
New York, USA
June 4th – June 9th
2012
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Salou, Spain
Tarragona, Spain
Reus, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
October 30th – November 9th
2012

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Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
May 3rd – May 5th
2013

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Bletchley Park, England
Rother Valley, England
Manchester, England
June 30th – July 3rd
2013

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Weston-super-Mare, England
Bath, England
Bristol, England
Tyntesfield, England
Dyrham Park, England
Cheddar, England
March 21st – March 24th
2014

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Hastings, England
Dover Castle & Cliffs, England
Deal, England
Margate, England
Herne Bay, England
September 13th – September 14th
2014

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Calke Abbey, England
Wakefield, England
Hepworth Gallery, England
November 3rd – November 6th
2014

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Lyme Regis, England
Exmouth, England
Dartmoor, England
Paignton Zoo, England
Torquay, England
Exeter, England
September 5th – September 9th
2015

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Southend-on-Sea, England
Cambridge, England
Leeds Castle, England
Margate, England
Whitstable, England
November 3rd – November 6th
2015

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Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Reyjavík, Iceland
May 21st – May 23rd
2016

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Newcastle, England
Hadrian’s Wall, England
Rookery Hall, Cheshire
October 29th – November 1st
2017

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Bristol, England
Tintagel, England
Weston-super-Mare, England
Avebury, England
Stonehenge, England
November 29th – December 3rd
2018
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Reyjavík, Iceland
Vík, Iceland
September 19th – September 25th
2020

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Plymouth, England
Eden Project, England
Sidmouth, England
Weymouth, England
Beaulieu, England
November 1st – November 8th
2020

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Kos, Greece
April 15th – April 17th
2022

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Salisbury, England
Wilton House, England
August 26th – August 29th
2022

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Oxford, England
Stowe House & Gardens, England
Abingdon, England