After my clusterfuck in India there were too many months when I finally I got back on the bike again, the first 500 m felt really weird and then I was back.
A couple of badly cooked bats or pangolins or maybe a stew of both stopped all plans for ventures out into our wonderful world.
Lock downs in every country and closed borders and the Swedes due to a different approach were the pariahs of so Read on...
There is something flowering all year on this island in Fukuoka Bay. These are the cosmos flowers in October.
I was sad when our 13 months in Fukuoka came to an end. I was also apprehensive to be leaving a country that had neither a huge covid outbreak nor a lockdown nor stringent restrictions in order to move to Europe where the streets were seemingly oozing with covid and no fun was to be had. Read on...
Travelling in the post pandemic world is full of stress and uncertainty- cancellations, staff shortages, queues. It is, then, a miracle to behold that two travelling parties, their origins on two separate continents can agree to meet on a third continent and arrive within 30 people in the passport queue. Particularly when one of those parties can answer with genuine ignorance when hes asked upon b Read on...
We have tickets to see the Andalucian horse show but it does not start till midday. All the same we want to make sure we are there in time so we leave in that general direction allowing minutes. In fact, it only takes us fifteen minutes and for once we find the place straight away.
OK so we are about an hour early but no matter we are allowed into the grounds. Our ticket allows us entry to the p Read on...
Today weve booked for the Time Travel tour, which is being led again by the very entertaining Mick, our indigenous guide from last evenings Stokes Hill sunset tour. Were not quite sure why its called the Time Travel tour, and are now thinking that we probably should have thought to ask when we booked. Perhaps unsurprisingly, our transport isnt something out of Back to the Future, it just looks li Read on...
Wow! We do I start.... Prague has just been enchanting... such a beautiful place and the most amazing buildings you will see anywhere and such a beautiful feel about the city wherever you walk! Its such a special place because it has remained relatively unscathed from World War II bombings this was because planes didnt have the range and also because bombing targets tended to be in Germany and ind Read on...
This morning at about 7.20am our bedroom window sounded as if it had been hit by a very strong gust of wind, although we did wonder if it was Meredith opening the sliding door in the next room? It turned out that the city was slightly shaken by an earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale this morning!
Today it was time to repack our bags and leave the city of churches behind us and head to t Read on...
Omdat we tegenwoordig vroeg en zonder te ontbijten vertrekken, moeten we onderweg een plekje vinden om te ontbijten. Meestal vinden we wel een bankje in een dorp, maar vandaag waren het twee trapjes tegen een staldeur aan. Because nowadays we leave early and without breakfast, we need to find a spot on the way to have breakfast. Usually we can find a bench in a village but this morning it was two Read on...
Reconstruction of the Fort Necessity stockade. National Register of Historic Places 66000664. IMG_1843
Returning home from a visit to Pittsburgh, we found the Pennsylvania Turnpike has been closed due to an accident. Traffic was detoured at New Stanton. We decided to follow US Highway 40 to where we could rejoin at Hancock, Maryland. Serendipitously, signs came up for For Necessity Battlefield. Read on...
With a shorter distance to travel today (70kms) there wasnt the urgency of yesterday to get away so early - I didnt rouse until 7am. It was a pretty liesurely preparation which saw us leaving the Paradise Caravan Park just after 8:30am. Our destination for the day was Yackandanda via Beechworth.
We started out of town on the Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail which will take us all the way to Bee Read on...