Published on 12, July, 2020
I just wondered what the best sort of holidays people have had?
When I go on holiday, I like to go to somewhere there are lots of historical buildings/monuments/sites of interest that I can explore. My best ever holiday was in Egypt, I absolutely loved exploring the Valleys of the Kings and Queens; The Pyramid complex at Giza and various Temples. These days I tend to stick to UK holidays and am slowly working through the English Heritage catalogue of castles.
One thing to be careful of. Is that many historical places are closed on certain days or even over the winter months.
I missed out on Donegal castle, Totnes castle because I was there on the wrong day of the week.
The Hadrians wall bus service only ran April to October.
The moral is check before you travel.
Yes the opening hours of castles and historical places of interest can be sketchy to say the least! I always check first before I set off on my journey and select a plan B if the plan A is closed.
Oh no! Yes, sometimes the best laid plans can still go wrong! I find with the English Heritage cards that there is usually 'somewhere' that I can visit, even if it's not my first choice.
Ennerskillen sounds interesting, what was it like? Likewise, the Lake District. I've never been to the Lake District myself, when I was in year 9 at secondary school (back in the early 90's) I had the choice between Snowdonia or the Lake District for the year 9 trip and I chose Snowdonia. Is the Lake District worth a visit?
I hope that your sunburn wasn't too bad when you finally got to visit Hadrian's wall?