Our first visit to Cambridge. We travelled by train from Peterborough, collected a map when we arrived and settled down at Cafe. Euro for a delicious coffee while we planned what to do. We decided on a Hop on Hop off tour which would help us get an overview of the city. £13.50 each and we were on our way. We travelled about half way passing the Fitzwilliam Museum, Jesus College, the Cambridge Uni Read on...
I am no real astronomer, but on the internet I saw that over a five day period the moon would be alligned with Saturn, Jupiter. Venus, and Mercury. (No chance I could shoot Mercury.) I could only tell the planets by their relative position with the sunset and the rising moon, as per the internet information. With my simple camera I could not shoot Saturn with its dim light though it was visible to Read on...
Heading down to UCLA for a basketball game is normally a big deal. The Bruins play in Pauley Pavilion, and have won eleven NCAA National Championships, mostly under legendary Coach John Wooden. It was dedicated in 1965, named for UC Regent Edwin Pauley, who matched alumni contributions. It was renovated in Attending a game there, despite the teams modest success of late, is still quite magical. I Read on...
As Peru descends into political chaos, I try to be outside enough to see what the protests are like while avoiding getting mixed up in the crowd itself. I want to know whats going on but also avoid tear gas and Covid.
Trying to train for the Ausangate trek in two weeks, I went for a 7 mile hike today. Ive been wondering what the burn from early October looks like up close - and if anything is sta Read on...
Day 148 Sunday - Week 33 of the year. Week 22 of Covid 19. 229 days gone done and dusted and another 137 left to go. We left Hay and decided to head for the tiny towns of Knighton and Presteigne. We ended up at Presteigne first and parked up on a small car park just behind the police station . The lovely town offered us free parking for 2 hours . Just enough to explore this small border town . Pre Read on...
Day 3 was strange as a few people were still sick. After breakfast and packing, most of us left around 8 am. My roomie was worried she would not be able to go at all but we assured her there were options; we were still early in the trek, multiple guides, and it was not that busy on the trail so maybe she would be a half day behind. Another girl and one guy also stayed behind.
The rest of us made Read on...
Isafjordur la mot thanh pho nho cua Iceland. Co 3,000 song tai day, 1 post office, 2 tram xang, 1 tiem ban banh mi. Day la vung dat co tu 50 trieu nam ve truoc. Isafjordur la capital cua Westfjords region va la thanh pho lon nhat mien can tay nhat cua Au Chau. O Day mat troi bien mat 3 thang va xuat hien lien tuc trong 3 thang khac.
7 nuoc nam tren Arctic circle la Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Nor Read on...
Our mornings in Hanmer Springs so far had all started with cloud and a threat of rain but this morning the story was different with broken cloud and blue sky apparent. This bodes well for our drive over Lewis Pass and onto Lake Rotoiti when we expect the mountain scenery should be spectacular.
Gretchen had washed off much of the visible dust on the car that we had picked up in Molesworth Station Read on...
Yesterday was so much excitement with taking food to the outside of Yaurisque that Im exhausted today. After nine weeks of sitting on the couch, getting up early to go to the equivalent of Sams Club or Costco, then driving with the mayor of Yaurisque almost two hours from Cusco, then giving out food to over 200 families, all the way back to Cusco, was way more action than Ive had in nine It was im Read on...
Before we move on to the blog proper can we just acknowledge those events. Personally, except for the impacts of lockdowns and new precautions, and the need for Pip to take shielding care for health reasons - asthma - during the first lock down especially, we have been fortunate in our avoidance of the worst aspects of covid. No illness for ourself nor do we personally know of any family or friend Read on...