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Guernsey Travels

By Charmaine Hallmark / June 12, 2013 /

GUERNSEY TRAVELS My first surprise, as I prepared for a visit to Guernsey was the plane! It was ever so small! But it’s just a short flight over the English Channel to Guernsey, so it was fine. From the taxi to the hotel, I looked at the views and wondered what the next couple of…

Why not Wales?

By Charmaine Hallmark / June 12, 2013 /

WHY NOT WALES Just a few hours from the hustly-bustly south of England is Wales! A perfect retreat for a weekend getaway, good food, great countryside, and a guaranteed wind-down from daily stress. If you’re looking for somewhere to stay, try Milebrook House in mid-Wales’s county of Powys. Just on the border, this eighteenth century…