We checked out re-routing ourselves and heading as much as Scotland, to discover the well-known Scottish Highlands’ North Coast 500 as a substitute. However attempting to squash all of that driving into one moist week in September felt a bit too bold… even for us! The North Coast 500 is likely one of the must-drive routes on my bucket record, it’s simply that I might a lot choose to discover in Spring or Summer season as a substitute, in order that we not less than had an opportunity of some respectable climate to go along with the sightseeing…
One other suggestion was to ebook a forest break at Longleat Middle Parcs… one thing that neither Rob nor I had ever carried out. After we thought again to why our households hadn’t taken us there as youngsters, we realised it should’ve boiled all the way down to price. His household at all times favoured a European ski journey over a UK break, while mine liked a seashore vacation within the sunnier climes of Greece or Portugal.
Then a thought crossed each of our minds… Would we be too outdated to get pleasure from Middle Parcs???
*shrugs* We wouldn’t know till we went… so, collectively, with two different {couples}, we bagged ourselves a 4-night keep at Middle Parcs Longleat for a steal at £114 per individual (not together with meals or actions) and made plans to drive the 2-hour+ journey west from Surrey to Warminster, to see what all of the fuss was about… Somebody talked about they’ve cracking waterpark!
Our journey for the week- the all-new Kia XCeed PHEV – is a sporty various to the standard SUVs you will discover proper now in the marketplace. Partly all the way down to it’s slick design, underneath the path of Gregory Guillaume, Vice President of Design for Kia Motors Europe. A stunning chap I had the pleasure of assembly just a few years again, after I attended one other of the Kia press occasions.