Bomma is gevallen met de fiets. Maar leeft nog. Gisteren, dinsdag rond de middag op een afgepijlde 30 km lange rondrit door de wijngaarden rond Chateauneuf du Pape kreeg ze in een afdaling een klapband op het achterwiel van haar fiets. De buitenband en een deel van de binnenband schoot van de velg en blokkeerde het achterwiel waardoor die fiets zowat onbestuurbaar werd met val tot gevolg. Tegen de Read on...
We are heading for Bilbao but as it would be a long drive we decide to break the journey about half way at Oviedo. (note cant set Oviedo as a location for this entry so have picked Llanes on the coast). We chose Oviedo for convenience and because we find a reasonably priced apartment there. Doing a little checking I think, as this is a large place, I should also be able to find some BMW somewhere Read on...
Today we are in Crab Bay, surrounded by forests, beautiful mountains and a peaceful inlet. For the morning activity, Ken decided on another bushwhack, while I chose the bushwhack light or as I came to call it, the Baby Bushwhack. The normal one was a excursion through the brush, and I just wasnt sure I wanted to thrash through the forest for that long.
Prior to landing with our skiff on the sho Read on...
This is a post aimed at people considering vacationing to the Vail Valley, namely the resort towns of Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone and Beaver Creek. Its also going to provide some useful information to travelers heading up to Aspen.
You see, for as long as I can remember, the best way to access these resort towns if you were flying in from out of state (or out of country), was to fly into Denver Read on...
Baranof Warm Springs Bay. The river emptying into the bay is a rushing rapid, not snow or ice. Alaska004p1
After calling at Wrangell and Sitka, Maana II docked at Warm Springs Bay. Warm Springs Bay is on the opposite side of Baranof Island from Sitka. It would be called off the grid today. The were rustic wooden bunkhouses. There was no electricity. At night, we had to light kerosene lamps for il Read on...
Back in London again and sponging off the Canberra nurses in Hammersmith, the first task for the day to renew the rego on the Kombi, which we did with no problems. I then caught up with cousin Peter for lunch before making my way over to the Chelsea apartment of a good friend from Sydney, Janie. I chatted with her and her flatmate Annie before we adjourned to the pub for several jars. We then deci Read on...
Here wo go again. Ray Charles sang it in 1979 already. Now it is our turn to sing it. And Linda and I have reasons to sing. After three years of self imposed quarantine we hit the road again. With our little Volkswagen Polo well leave The Netherlands, cross Germany, cross Czech Republic, cross Slovakia, slowly traveling from spot to spot. Near the border with the Ukraine we will turn and travel ba Read on...
We are staying in Boulia tonight at the caravan park, and once again the town and the park in particular, is full. The park that the recent volume of vans has been twice what they would normally expect – we assume everyone just wants a break away because they missed travelling last year.
We had planned on two nights here, hoping for a powered site but as it is so busy we have an unpowered one. Read on...
The Cascades Of Time Gardens are a little oasis just minutes walking distance from downtown Banff and this morning Pam took us to these beautiful gardens but not before showing stunning views from both sides of the bridge overlooking the Bow River.
Parks Canada took over the Brett Sanatorium and Hotel built in the 1880s, when it burned down in 1930 and converted it into the present day gardens. O Read on...
With the Australian Government banning International travel and States closing their borders, due to Covid 19, it has been a difficult year, wishing I could get out and about again on the trails.
I decided therefore to do some blogs on local tracks which I use, around my home base in Cairns. These are tracks and trails which I train on, but if you are ever in Far North Queensland, would be good t Read on...