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If there is one thing that should be clear to anyone who reads this blog it is that my husband and I love to travel to the U.K. We have been to London a number of times. The last time was a couple of years ago. Happily, we are going again in February. Our original plans were to go to Yorkshire for our next trip. However, this trip was planned after my husband was in a motorcycle accident last year and needed something to look forward to in order to get through a long and painful recovery. He couldn’t handle the thought of anything unfamiliar because the concussion made it seem too overwhelming. We have been to London enough that we know how to get around, we know where we like to stay, where we like to eat, and, most importantly, which bookshops I like to visit.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, my husband is still dealing with health issues from that accident and is currently once again out of work on medical leave. We thought he would be completely recovered by now and that is just not the case. We are still going on the trip because it is bought and paid for but it will be even more low-key than I originally thought.<\/p>\n

I am anticipating a week of coffee shops, museums, bookshops, and National Trust properties. So, really, not that different from our usual trips. Maybe just a bit slower with a few more naps. If any of you lovely readers from the London area have any suggestions for any of the above please let me know. Especially any suggestions for less well-known places. Do you have a favorite non-chain coffee shop? Is there some quirky little museum you love to visit? Bookshops, always bookshops. I know to go to Persephone and Daunt and Charing Cross Road but I really enjoy the little hole-in-the-corner secondhand shops. Do you know any of those? And finally, what about an easy, calm day trip out of London? We have done quite a few but we do like taking the train and seeing a bit of the world outside of London. Is there a town that you recommend visiting? It doesn’t have to be a huge destination. It just needs to be scenic and fun to wander around.<\/p>\n

It has been a rough year. My husband and son have both been ill. Life is a little uncertain right now. Hopefully, a visit to one of our favorite places will restore a bit of happiness and ease to our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there is one thing that should be clear to anyone who reads this blog it is that my husband and I love to travel to the U.K. We have been to London a number of times. The last time was a couple of years ago. Happily, we are going again in February. Our original plans were to go to Yorkshire for our next trip. However, this trip was planned after my husband was in a motorcycle accident last year and needed something to look forward to in order to get through a long and painful recovery. He couldn’t handle the thought of anything unfamiliar because the concussion made it seem too overwhelming. We have been to London enough that we know how to get around, we know where we like to stay, where we like to eat, and, most importantly, which bookshops I like to visit. Unfortunately, my husband is still dealing with health issues from that accident and is currently once again out of work on medical leave. We thought he would be completely recovered by now and that is just not the case. We are still going on the trip because it is bought and paid for but it will be even more low-key than I originally thought. I am anticipating a week of coffee shops, museums, bookshops, and National Trust properties. So, really, not that different from our usual trips. Maybe just a bit slower with a few more naps. If any of you lovely readers from the London area have any suggestions for any of the above please let me know. Especially any suggestions for less well-known places. Do you have a favorite non-chain coffee shop? Is there some quirky little museum you love to visit? Bookshops, always bookshops. I know to go to Persephone and Daunt and Charing Cross Road but I really enjoy the little hole-in-the-corner secondhand shops. Do you know any of those? And finally, what about an easy, calm day trip out of London? We have done quite a few but we do like taking the train and seeing a bit of the world outside of London. Is there a town that you recommend visiting? It doesn’t have to be a huge destination. It just needs to be scenic and fun to wander around. It has been a rough year. My husband and son have both been ill. Life is a little uncertain right now. Hopefully, a visit to one of our favorite places will restore a bit of happiness and ease to our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2541,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/2541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}