Today weve hired a car and plan to drive to Bilbao to see the Guggenheim Museum, and then onto the apparently iconic clifftop chapel at Gaztelugatxe on the coast north of Bilbao. The motorway is excellent and runs through spectacular terrain of steep lush green hills dotted with cute small farmhouses. The speed limit‘s 120 km/h most of the way, and theres no shortage of fiends keen to test it an Read on...
There is a traffic light in Gatlinburg that seriously has to be one of the most congested places on the face of the earth. And Ive been to India! It is just crazy disruptive as you roll down out of the hills and try to turn onto the main drag towards Great Smokey Mountains National Park. We had screwed the day before with the traffic. So we decided on an strategy. It required an early rise, but s Read on...
I really like Harpers Ferry. Geographically, scenically, geologically, infrastructurally, it has it all. The two defining rivers of the together, sweep through the mountains and flow East in a wide swathe of swirls and ripples. The in over a unique series of transverse rock formations, causing a long sequence of parallel cascades. The old town clings to the steep banks on the South side of the Pot Read on...
Today we‘ll be taking the three plus hour drive south east from here in Canmore to Lethbridge where Emma and Michael live.
Its a regular zoo out on the road. We start off on the Trans Canada Highway, which, as the name suggests, goes right across the country and is one of the worlds longest roads. This isnt enough however to stop deer appearing at random in front of trucks herbing along at 110 Read on...
I am now living in a warmer climate so a winter escape is not necessary but a summer escape sure is. The temperatures were 107 during the day and settling at 80 at night, entirely toooo hot for me. So north I went.
My first stop was at Cochiti Lake to visit my friend Lynne. It is located just west of Santa Fe, NM in a little higher elevation so the temps were warm but cooled off at night. We expl Read on...
The AirBnB we are staying in is actually the front unit of a pair of units. The bedroom we are sleeping in must adjoin a bedroom in Unit 2, the occupants of which like to wake to the sound of heavy metal music. Fortunately we have already been awake on each of the last three mornings when their heavy metal ‘alarm has started blaring through the wall.
Today we went sightseeing in Silverton. Silv Read on...
So all packed and checked out of hotel now a spot of lunch. We found a lovely little place called Sage - well did we find it truly, no Graham had been given the heads up that it is a great spot for brunch. It was a really stylish place. I loved the light fitting and might take that idea back to Blighty, anyway I had better mind my Ps and Qs. Back to the hotel and then the journey begins. We get to Read on...
Misty and moisty . That is what today felt like . I believe misty and moisty is a line from a Steeleye Span song . One misty moisty morning . . I cannot remember it but someone mentioned it to me . It seemed somewhat apt today . There was a little mist over the fields and mists seem to be the norm over the last few days . The wind has been keen today . Blowing me from side to side . Into the hedge Read on...
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. – Plato
Our latest adventure takes us to a very special place if youre a fan of certain genres of music. We were safely isolating on the beach in Florida when the call came in ... would Dave like to work at a pediatric hospital ..... in Memphis? This was too much to pass up, both profession Read on...
Day 344 - It is Friday and we are hurtling through February . We are into the second month of 2021 and still in lockdown . Nearly a year has passed by . Like water under a bridge it has floated away. Next month we will reach a milestone . A whole year since Boris first locked us down warning us not to go out . Shops closed . Panic buying and quiet . What has changed I wondered as I walked .? Not a Read on...