Our 2025 Remembered - Part 2, From July

Continuing this website’s review of last year...

we move to July, when a trip on the truly amazing Sea Cloud was in the diary. Which meant flying to Naples and spending the night there before embarking on the remarkable sailing ship.

Who doesn’t like Naples? It must be one of the most exciting and vibrant cities in Europe.

Unfortunately we were hit by a freak rainstorm while there, but it did not spoil our enjoyment of the place.

Then it was home to the West Country for some

vintage cider tasting

And we’re talking VERY old ciders…

We also visited numerous seaside locations of the more untrodden and unvisited kind…

BBQ season lasted months

There was a memorable stroll along England’s new coast path from Portishead to Clevedon.

And a cycle-ride around the lovely Exe Estuary

On the Exe Estuary Trail

And then it was off to the wonderful Malsters in South Devon…

The Malsters, on the River Dart

And a stay at the Royal George at Tintern

The Royal George, Tintern

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Next up was a fabulous stay at Boringdon Hall on the edge of Dartmoor near Plymouth…

Boringdon Hall just outside Plymouth

After that we popped down to Cornwall to stay at the Bassett Arms, a really good newly refurbished pub in Portreath.

Portreath in late summer

Next I joined the British Guild of Travel Writers to discover the lesser known parts of the Algarve.

Monchique in the Algarve

While there we stumbled upon a magical chestnut festival held each autumn in a lovely little town in the mountains.

The chestnut festival ion Monchique

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And all was rounded off by a trip to the wonderful Pedn Olva in St Ives