After two days we left the Spitzkoppe Lodge with its unique setting amidst boulders and sand, heading for the Atlantic Coast. Passing the desert of the Dorob National Park we thought for a minute to be in Arabia. The sand structure changed from red into known yellowish tint. The shape of the dunes reminded us of our Arabic Emirates excursion, we had in 2018. Dorob, means dry land, which indeed it Read on...
The walk from Boscobel House to the White Ladies Priory was sign posted as one mile away . We had a choice . Trust the sign . They are sometimes under egged and the walk turns out much further . That was coupled with the heat , a pair of new shoes being broken in and the horse flies which had a taste by this time for my blood . Like vampires they swooped . In the end we decided to drive down what Read on...
Sunday: Miami is certainly a bit of culture shock from my last 2 months in Alabama and Georgia! So many sky scapers and its just an urban sprawl. Found a city trail which was really a fitness loop around a ritzy country club. But it was listed on all trails so its kind of a hike? Either way it was a nice morning workout. After that I stocked up on groceries from Trader Joes which I hadnt been to f Read on...
This morning weve got tickets for Torontos iconic gothic revival style mansion, Casa Loma, and then this afternoon we plan to head to the beach. well that was the idea, but we look out the window at grey skies and rain, which might put paid to the bit about the beach. The beach we planned to go to was at Scarborough Bluffs a few kilometres further along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. We saw some Read on...
This is a great story, please read! Other bicycle facts: If youve ever ridden a tandem bike, you know that it can be tricky to get one moving. So just imagine how hard it must have been to ride a bike that stretched for 135 feet and 10.7 inches, making it the longest bicycle in the world. Crafted by Santos and the University of South Australia in 2015, a group of cyclists did manage to ride the bi Read on...
Breakfast was in house here with a modern breakfast facility and was really big. Only a light breakfast of yoghurt, banana and OJ today. We had planned to get a Taxi down to Fenway Park the famous home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to start the day and we asked reception around 9.00am to call a Taxi for us to make sure we arrived in time for our 10.00am tour and he said dont pay $70- catch t Read on...
The reason to Kingussie was to visit the Highland Wildlife Park but now thats ticked off, we decided we should see more of the place. Things to do include walking and biking and we dont have bikes, so a walk it was.
Theres plenty of walking markers dotted around, so Glyn researched online and found a short circular walk via Creag Bheag. A small chance of see red squirrels in the woods sealed the Read on...
This blog entry is going to indulgent, so please dont hold it against me as it was all novelty for us! Anyway, we did the online as required, 24 hours before our flight and we discovered that we had been upgraded to Business Class, or Club Class as they call it on British Airways. Yippee - time to start gloating to our poor offspring, who are with us on this holiday.
We had tried to go for the Read on...
Having been allowed a until what calls almost lunchtime7:30am..we headed into town. Glasgow was very quiet and yes I know its Sunday but, for such a populous city, the streets were mainly devoid of what you may know as people. Great stuff.
We had a few hours until we were due to checkout so plenty of time to walk to the cathedral and necropolis. There are plenty of old buildings in Glasgow to p Read on...
I missed my walk yesterday due to the ice on the pavements . I have had to get my head round a different regime since arriving in Wales . Back in Derbyshire I shopped on a Saturday , Walked on a Saturday . Here shopping as moved to the early hours of Tuesday morning .Xmas and New Year have been so different this year and it is hard to get my head around lockdown It is Day 228 of Lockdown and our w Read on...