I Want To Visit All Of England’s Counties! #TheList
I’ve decided that I want to visit every country in England. After our short weekend breakaway last week at Romney Sands, and having a thoroughly fab time, I realised how many weekends we waste away not really doing very much. We’ve got caught in a trap of working all week, and then catching up with housework and shopping on the weekend – what a snoozefest! There is so much of my home country that I have never seen, and it’s time for me to rectify that.
Whilst I have a huge wanderlust for overseas destinations; visiting places around England is within easier reach – and not as expensive to get to either!
So I’m making a list, a list of all the counties in England, and over the next couple of years I hope to cross them all off! There are several counties I’ve visited, and I’ve put a little tick mark next to them, but for this travel project, I’m starting afresh. Turns out, I’ve actually visited over half of the counties in England…so we’ll start with the ones that I’ve never visited!
Trips will involved me, my husband, and if he wants to come along, my son; who at nearly 16 isn’t as down with hanging out with us any more! (I’m starting to get empty nest syndrome!!) I’ve also linked to each county’s tourist information website, you know, for future planning!
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And don’t worry, I hope to get around to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland eventually!!
Which English county do you live in? Tell me one place I shouldn’t miss out on when visiting…just leave a comment in the Disqus comments section below this post.
Mum's Days
October 2, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
Awesome idea!!!! And snoozefest made me laugh :) Good luck, this will be so much fun…don’t forget to look me up when you come North – Northumberland/Tyne and Wear is my ‘hood!
Thanks for linking with #TheList it’s great to have you xxx
Michelle Ordever
October 2, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
Oh but it is lol! I think it will be a lot of fun, and already enjoying little drives out into our home county. Will be popping by for a cuppa when we’re oop norf! xxx
Emma Tustian
September 28, 2014 @ 10:09 pm
I’d love to do this too. With friends all over the place though, I’ve done quite a lot already. I’m in Oxfordshire, but you’ve already ticked that one off!
Michelle Ordever
October 1, 2014 @ 7:28 pm
Went there just the once for my cousin’s wedding at the university – haven’t seen anything else of it though!
spicers1976
September 27, 2014 @ 7:39 pm
You’ve done quite well already on the list. I have hardly done any but it does sound like a great challenge to complete.
Michelle Ordever
October 1, 2014 @ 7:28 pm
I know – I hadn’t realised until I started ticking off places we’ve been to! Starting over though for the purposes of my new mission!
♫ Alison M ♪
September 27, 2014 @ 6:03 pm
I have done quite a lot on the list, but definitely need to do loads more. Northumberland is definitely worth a visit, we have so much to see from Hadrians Wall, to the Northumberland coast, its castles and holy island. You also need to come to Tyne and Wear and see the Quayside, plenty of great shopping and museums. You will need a long time though!
Michelle Ordever
October 1, 2014 @ 7:28 pm
Sounds good! Further up north we’d have to do a longer stay, I reckon it would take 6 – 8 hours to drive up there!!
You Baby Me Mummy
September 27, 2014 @ 5:32 pm
Oh we live on the Berkshire/Hampshire border and you have done both of them. I am from Cheshire and you really need to go there, so pretty, spot of shopping in Alderley edge, walk round the city walls in Chester xx
Michelle Ordever
October 1, 2014 @ 7:29 pm
Thanks for the tips hun! xx I’m quite excited at the prospect of this challenge!
cherylp59
September 27, 2014 @ 6:13 am
What a fab idea. I posted my bucket list of 50 things to do before I die last week and I put visit all 50 US states on there, but this is certainly more doable :)
Michelle Ordever
September 27, 2014 @ 9:53 am
I’m still compiling my 40 before 40 list :D This will be part of it, if possible… I’m 40 in 2 years time. I would love to visit all 50 states too – need a bit of a lotto win for that though I think!!
MumReinvented
September 26, 2014 @ 9:17 pm
I love this idea! I’m a bit of a history geek so I’d go for the castles and stately homes kind of option when visiting the different counties. I’m from Kent and there’s so mant gorgeous properties there, from Hever and Leeds Castles, to Penshurst Place and Ightham Moat. In London it’d have to be The Tower of London and I love The Cotswolds for their picture postcard villages. Enjoy discovering the UK!
Michelle Ordever
September 27, 2014 @ 9:54 am
We love stuff like that too – we did go through a phase a few years ago of visiting local castles. We were at Romney Sands last weekend and drove past a couple of signs pointing to Leeds Castle. There is so much to see in the UK, just need to get out there and do it!