Frank's travels around
Britain 2010.
The year started badly. A death in the
family, financial crisis for most people, including me & mine, dreadful
early snows followed by heavy rain!
On the travel front, decisions had to be
made. There was no way I wanted to stop my breaks, but with long distances
came higher fuel prices, which meant more servicing of the car & probably
additional costs. Now was the time to think about exploring nearer to home.
On long runs the Yaris was giving 50 mpg. It was
utterly reliable & as good as I was going to get. On my doorstep are the
Yorkshire Dales & Moors, The Lake district & to the east, Northumberland.
The accommodation became harder to get. Very
inexpensive Travel lodges are available but difficult to find up here. The
odd inexpensive days are linked to very expensive ones. Now was the time for
other ideas. First, cut out going every month & then consider what other
alternatives are there? The first trip was to try a self catering annexe.
Very good to keep food costs lower but they're not cheap & not available in
season. The other plan may be to just take some day trips out & save the
cost of an overnight stay.
Up to now, three trips are planned. Check out the
first one!
2010 has got worse. Due to extended illness, I
had to cancel two trips, one to the Lake district & the other to the City of
Durham. Frank's 2010 travels are going to be a very short read!
Finally, I became well enough to take up another
trip at the end of September, to North Wales. Luckily my luck held out again
and the Gods shone their sunshine on me for most of the time.
