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My travelogue.
The day before we go back to Malaysia, we went to Saltburn-by-the-Sea (commonly referred to as Saltburn) for a visit and also to have lunch there. We went in the late morning. The sun was very bright but the wind from the sea was really chilly. People were in their summer clothes but I was all wrapped up like a dumpling hahaha!
Time flies when we’re having fun. After lunch, we went back to pack for the next day flight.
Kirkleatham Museum (Kirkleatham, Redcar TS10 5NW, United Kingdom) is where you can learn about the history of Borough of Redcar & Cleveland. We went there on a Sunday during the summer holiday. It was quite busy. Here’s the compilation of my posts that I did on my Instagram. Also, I’ve uploaded some videos I’ve taken at the Owl Centre.
The museum is housed in a magnificent 1709 Queen Anne building built by Cholmley Turner. It used to be a Free School for Boys. The museum was opened on 5th October 1981. The admission is free.
After visiting the museum, we went over to the Owl Centre. It was established in 1990. Fun fact, it’s UK’s oldest established Owl Centre. Aside from that, it’s the only Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre specializes in treating hundreds of wildlife casualties each year in the area.
You’ll have to pay for the entrance. If you would like to go out and return on the same day, just get your hand stamped and you can re-enter without paying.
Few more posts to go to complete this year’s UK summer holiday trip.
How time flies!?! It’s 2025 in a few days time. Wishing you a happy new year in advance.
Part 1 of my 4D3N Stratford-Upon-Avon stay can be found here.
Staying for 4 days and 3 nights is not too long or too short. The duration is just nice. It should be enough for you to cover the town on foot. No harm to visit the museum if you want. You’ll get to learn a lot about William Shakespeare. You can also find many famous quotes of his engraved around the town. Of course, lots of souvenirs and even books to buy too.
That’s about it. Time to bit farewell to this interesting town. There are few more attractions that we went to when we’re back to the north. Stay tuned for the posts.
Stratford-Upon-Avon was our next destination after spending 2 days at Legoland Windsor. After checking out from the Coppid Beech Hotel , we went to Swindon Designer Outlet . By the time we reached our Airbnb, it’s quite late already. So we quickly got our things offloaded from our car, showered, and called it a night.
It is situated on the River Avon, 91 miles (146 km) north-west of London, 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Birmingham and 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Warwick. -Wikipedia
This town is very easy to walk. All the major attractions are located centrally. There is no need drive at all. You can spend 3-4 days here to slowly explore this history-rich town. It’s the birthplace of William Shakespeare . You see more tourists here than locals. There are many holiday accommodations in Stratford-Upon-Avon to cater for visitors.
I’ve updated about this trip on my Instagram and I’m compiling it here. All the details are in the posts. if you would like to see the rest of the posts, feel free to head over to my Instagram account.
Part 2 will come soon. This is trip happened during the summer holiday. It’s now winter in the UK! Hahahaha! I guess I’ll only finish posting about this trip early next year 😛 As usual… It happened to last year’s UK trip too. I only managed to finish the postings early this year.
Anyway, Christmas is near, 2025 is on the way. Take care for now.
After checking out of Coppid Beech Hotel, we went to Swindon Designer Outlet (Kemble Dr, Swindon SN2 2DY, United Kingdom) for lunch and shopping. We thought that we won’t be here for long but we ended up spending half day here from lunch to dinner.
UK used to be a great place for shopping for us because we can get tax return. However, it’s no longer the case now. When this is the case, you’ll have to take a lot of time hunting for bargains and be very calculative. This is because sometimes buying it at home will be similar or sometimes cheaper.
After the long-hour shopping, we drove to our Airbnb at Stratford-Upon-Avon. It was very dark when we arrived. It’s almost midnight once we got everyone settled down.
I wonder what do you usually buy in the UK as a tourist? Especially back then when they had tax return programme.