Category: Memorial Day Weekend UK 2026
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Punting and Pubs: One Last Stop in Cambridge 🇬🇧
For the final post of our trip, we popped into central Cambridge to soak up the last few hours of our journey. The British sunshine didn’t let up—in fact, the heat was pretty high by mid-afternoon, making the shaded waterways of the River Cam the absolute best place to be.We hopped onto a little boat…
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A Quiet Sanctuary on the Hill: Visiting the Cambridge American Cemetery 🇬🇧
As we turned off the main road just west of Cambridge, the bustling energy of our road trip instantly fell away. Tucked gently into the rolling hills of Madingley, the Cambridge American Cemetery stands as a serene, beautifully manicured sanctuary of memory and gratitude. Under today’s brilliant, clear skies, the site felt profoundly peaceful—a striking…
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A Flawless Day on the Jurassic Coast: Sunshine, Sand, and Cinematic Flights 🇬🇧
There is nothing quite like waking up in Salisbury with the promise of blue skies and an open coastal road ahead. Today, the British weather gave us an absolute masterclass—shattering every stereotype of dreary gray skies with a day of brilliant, uninterrupted sunshine, calm seas, and perfect flying conditions.By flipping the traditional route on its…
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Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Stonehenge, Haunted Pubs, and Unexpected Ties to the USA 🇬🇧
If day one was about finding our bearings, day two was about stepping back into deep time. Today, we watched the morning mist clear off the Wiltshire plains, walked among the world’s most famous monoliths, and ended up having a pint inside a building that is older than the United States itself.Here is how our…
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From the Eastern Shore to Old Sarum: Our Memorial Day Weekend Kickoff 🇬🇧
We have officially landed! Our Memorial Day weekend adventure got off to a bit of a sluggish start after picking up the rental car at Stansted. Let’s just say the holiday traffic heading southwest toward Salisbury tried its absolute best to test our patience. But once we finally arrived, stretched our legs, and watched the…