Sometimes you forget how beautiful your own country is and today after touring the heart of the English countryside I have once again been reminded.

So, I have a cunning plan — a trans-Atlantic cruise from New York to Southampton on one of the Cunard liners and then we hop on a Carnival ship for a British Isles cruise taking in the best of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland with a stop over at my house for tea and crumpets.

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There are few things more beautiful than the English countryside ………maybe Cameron Diaz dressed as a cheerleader comes close but today as the sun shines it would be hard to imagine a more beautiful place. We are staying at a stunning hotel and arrived yesterday afternoon.

Unfortunately the rooms do not have internet access as they are designed to take guests away from the stress of everyday life which basically means they are too cheap to add this service. However the raspberry does work so I thought I would drop you a quick thingy.

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