We've book our flight to the UK via Japan as per usual ... JAL gets our vote every time. The hotels in Tokyo (The Oak; hopefully room 417)and Kyoto (The Palace Side) have confirmed our booking so that we know we have somewhere to rest our weary heads. Even more exciting, is the prospect of having a small kitchen in Kyoto. We already know where there are two excellent supermarkets, around the corner from the hotel, so the taste buds are drooling at the prospect. We have yet to book our JR pass so that we can shinkansen ourselves senseless to, from and around Kyoto.
Nothing booked in the UK means crossed bits-and-pieces until our friend, and property manager, finds an appropriate apartment somewhere in Sheffield - yes, back to Knife, Fork and Spoon Ville. Our friends, who live in the Peak Distric Park, are storing our tent so if all else fails ...
Other plans afoot: Venice (of course) and a list of possibly places as long as my arm - that's the list not the places ...
We'll have some time in Devon and Cornwall this time - family have moved there - and several visits to Lincoln and its shire.
That's all for now ... it's the Life of Riley and no mistake. (Who was Riley anyway ...)
It's better to travel than arrive ... then again ...