Tyntesfield
For this week’s National Trust daytrip I visited Tyntesfield, a Victorian era Gothic Revival style house, located a few miles South of Bristol. Continue reading
Author: Fred Hart
🛻🇺🇦 What’s a 4×4 actually used for in Ukraine?
Every 4×4 donated by Driving Ukraine is carefully modified by volunteers after delivery to Ukraine, and sent straight into action. For someone in a war zone, it could be the difference between life and death. Continue reading
🚙💛Help Me Deliver an Evacuation Vehicle to Ukraine 🇺🇦
My mission is being done with the backing and support of Driving Ukraine, a humanitarian project supplying 4x4s and ambulances to the Ukrainian frontlines. These are used by evacuation teams, medics, hospitals, and first responders working in some of the most dangerous parts of the country. Continue reading
Driving Ukraine: Fundraising for a long journey
I seem to have accidentally volunteered to drive a 4×4 to Ukraine, to be donated to Ukraine to help evacuate soldiers from the front lines. They are desperately in need of vehicles. Continue reading
Basildon Park
On Monday I went on a day trip to Basildon Park, a lovely National Trust property in Lower Basildon, Berkshire. Continue reading
Une excursion d’une journée en Suisse: Genève, Lausanne, Montreux
This week saw my second Extreme Day Trip (EDT), this time heading over to mainland Europe for a day trip to Switzerland. Continue reading
Croft Castle
On Friday I did one of my National Trust day trips, and went to visit Croft Castle and Parkland, a short distance North of Leominster in Herefordshire. Continue reading
Aviation & Family History
Safely back home in Cirencester, I enjoyed sight-seeing on Sunday before I left Surrey. Continue reading
Old Houses and More Animals
Saturday was a lovely Sunny day which, after sitting outside for breakfast, started with a tour of West Horsley Place – the old country house where the BBC comedy series Ghosts was filmed. This was followed by lunch with my cousin Tom at Polesden Lacey, a National Trust property – before a walk in the hills near the cabin and dinner at the local pub. Continue reading
Talking to the Animals
Move over Doctor Dolittle – Fred’s spent the day talking to the animals! Yesterday I spent the day at the British Wildlife Centre in Lingfield, just over 3 miles from East Grinstead. Continue reading