XMAS IN LITTLE ENGLAND UPCOUNTRY

Four of us set off for a Christmas break in the town called "Little England", Nuwara Eliya, the coolest town in central Sri Lanka.

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As a group our code name is "The Travel Bucket List" as we have a passion for travel locations and events.

The drive takes just over five hours from Colombo to Nuwara Eliya, with many signs of landslides and debris, but most no longer impacting the roadways. An amazing job has been done by the government teams and volunteers. There has been at least one trip a year over twenty-two years of my living on this island. Never before have we done Xmas here, as the masses traditionally descend and it is hectic. This Christmas and New Year, however, for many known reasons, it is generally quieter. The roads here a few weeks ago were not passable.

Given it is Christmas, where else would we stay than the celebratory Hill Club, founded back in 1866.Old charm, great location and homely. There has been lots of upgrading and some better use of spaces. They have left the secret "ladies only" door to the club that became redundant when ladies could enter officially.