Restless Prairie Girl

Yes, it's time to hit the road again for my annual multi-month adventure.  This time I will be away just less than three months. I don't normally take a big trip in the summer but I have a good excuse...well I think it's good!  July is the only month I have never been in England AND I have always wanted to spend my birthday in London. (mid-July)  Well those two things sounded good enough for me to extend my visit anyway...but then I can justify anything I put my mind to!   So what am I getting up to on this journey?  Lots!!!   I am doing something different this time - I have a travel companion!  My cousin Joanne will be accompanying me for the first three weeks!   When we arrive into London Gatwick we will immediately head north to the city of York for two nights.  Plans include visiting beautiful Yorkminster, walking the ancient city walls and hopefully having a cream tea at Betty's tea room.   York is my second favourite city in the UK and I never grow

It's been over a year since my week in Guernsey so let's put this post sequence to bed once and for all.  After visiting Castle Cornet  the day before I headed over to the Occupation Museum on the bus.   I found the museum so very interesting and I learned so much more about the German occupation of Guernsey during World War II.  Here are a few of the highlights.   Times were very hard during the German Occupation of Guernsey.  Livestock was taken to the continent to feed the German forces so the residents attempted to survive on the vegetables they could grow (when they weren't confiscated by the Germans) as shop rations gradually dwindled and soon a barter system took place - IF you had something to barter with.  Even the German soldiers themselves were starving as the war carried on and supply runs to Guernsey from Germany were cut off by the British and her allies.  Most families had a German soldier living with them due to lack of housin