2011: East of England

We went on a road trip in Essex, but added Kent too.

We created a holiday out of John’s desire to revisit the area for nostalgic reasons. We started in Colchester and toured Essex including Maldon, Chelmsford and Southend. It was quite tiring! Once we’d finished we headed to one of John’s favourite cities, Canterbury. We stayed at the Chaucer Hotel, as John stayed there when he was younger. Not quite the same as it was a Travelodge this time. We had some nice steak and chips at what is now County Restaurant before heading home, 426 miles later.

Places to eat and drink
Things to do
Weather
Value for money
How likely we'd repeat the holiday?
What we liked
Seeing the sea
Canterbury
Nostalgic for John
What we didn't like
Going from place to place (road trip) was tiring
We had to stay in budget places due to our budget
Not really relaxing
3.4