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Costwolds, UK 16.03.2024

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  Next stop, Cotswolds, United Kingdom . Day1 (16th March 2024)  Next trip is to the Cotswolds and again not solo but of course documented, Saturday morning up early and ready to go! Picked Sarah up at about 8.15am then onto Julie's to pick up Karen, Claire and Julie, sat nav now set to Diddly squat farm which is run and owned by Jeremy Clarkson.  Took about an hour just over, was a lovely drive despite almost missing a turning, wooppps not used to so many people in my car 😂. Diddly squat was busy already, we got parked, had a quick look round the shop before having the first pint of the day, not realising at this point it was still only 9.45 !!! Oh well we are on holiday.  Back to the car, nearly drove off with Claire half in and half out 😂 . 45 mins and we arrived at Stow on the Wold , we parked up and went to a cafe for some brekkie, which wasn't that great but Sarah and I loved the sausages. Went into an old sweet shop and down to the tap room to grab a few bee...

Brussels, Belgium 29.02.2024

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  Brussels, Belgium  Travel day (29th February 2024)   Now although this trip isn't solo as I am going with my dad and his GF it's still a new adventure, 28.2.24, we travelled up to London for the night, got a really cheap, pretty rubbish room for the night cost us £79 so only like £25 each but done the job just to sleep before catching the early Eurostar train, to London we caught the 18.48 train direct to London, walked round to St Pancras from Euston Station. The hotel we stayed in for the night was called The Belgrove Hotel and it was directly across from St Pancras so was perfect for location. We got up at 4.30am ready to go check in for the train. Was easy enough, go to departures, through security and 2 lots of passport control, ours and then the French. There was plenty to eat and drink in and around the train station, We got on the train and it was comfy, plenty of space and only took 2 hours to get to Brussels, only 1 stop on the way and that was at Lille. Once...