Another early start as I was off to another UNESCO World heritage Village today, the village of Xidi. I headed back to the bus station to get the 8 am bus. I was going to take the official bus today, as the minivans dont run to Xidi, but drop you on the main road, which is about a 3 km walk away from the village. Some bloke found out the hard way in the mini van the day before. The bus journey was Read on...
Woke up to a cloudy day for our first half of our travels home. One last morning walk on the beach with Leo. The winds and surf had picked up since yesterday. Not too many out on the beach early. Just a few walkers and another dog getting a morning walk. Storms expected along our route home. We packed up our belongings into the truck to head home. We ate an assortment of leftovers for breakfast. S Read on...
... nous avons fait de la route pour arriver Baveno, toujours en Italie. Nous tions pass ici pour une nuit laller, un camping bruyant par la quantit de petits enfants pleurant dans tous les coins... Nous tions mieux situs cette fois et avons pu mieux dormir... Une belle promenade aussi dans la ville de Baveno, pas bien grande et tonnante car part un marchand de glaces et deux ou trois restauran Read on...
I made the early morning train from Santander to Quintanilla with four minutes to spare. Cycling into Santander by moonlight I took a few wrong turns even with Google maps doing its best to keep me right. Although sometimes I really wonder why it chooses the routes it does.
Quintanilla at 9am on a Saturday morning is a very sleepy little village. I easily found the road to Alar del Rey. As Id hop Read on...
We made a nervous return to Mana Island, keen not to repeat our previous experience of a bure full of monstrous spiders (refer 2002 blog entitled Sacred Peaks and Eight Legged Freaks). We booked a first floor room in a looking building in the hope that Manas spiders werent of the climbing variety. Im not quite sure what we were thinking - Im pretty certain theres no such thing as a spider. This Read on...
As directed by ‘Walking in London by Peter Aylmer, we began the walk from Camden Town station. Following signposts, we walked through bustling high street with a number of independent shops selling interesting looking items.
We entered Regent Park from northeast gate and passed chestnut lined Broad walk and head for Queen Marys gardens. Roses were not out yet, but there were lot of flowers bloo Read on...
Driving from Cheyenne to Colorado Springs on took about three and a half hours. We stayed in Colorado Springs on Sunday night. Colorado Springs is right at the foot of the Rocky Mountains and close to Pikes Peak. Our objective was to travel to the summit of Pikes Peak, 14,115 feet (4302 m), on Monday.
Pikes Peak is a poplar destination which one can ascend by train, by road or by hiking. The Man Read on...
A very cool start to the day but the temperature will be climbing from 15 to 23 degrees between am. Its another sunny day and will get to 30 degrees today. We have vouchers to have free breakfast at Porters and I had an omelette and Kerry had the fruit parfait along with some fresh OJ.
We later caught the Springdale town shuttle from the front of the hotel down to the Zion NP entrance. Its Satur Read on...
From the Washington Post: Across the country, pollen season is starting earlier and intensifying because of rising global temperatures and carbon dioxide concentrations. Previous research showed that pollen season lengthened by 20 days over the past three decades across North America, while pollen concentrations increased by 21 percent. The most affected places were the U.S. Southeast and Midwest. Read on...
Thursday: Back to Bikes & Riders after a night sleeping in the Sleeping under a piece of plastic a very rare if ever, previous experience for me. At the bike shop we fitted lowering links to my new bike, due to me being vertically challenged & nearly unable to reach the ground. Out of Mt Isa by around 10am on sealed roads heading East for Mckinlay.
We stopped for lunch at the Mckinlay Walkabout Read on...