Our Highgate Literary Walk on 2 May finished at Waterlow Park – we liked its beautiful scenery of the park – and we decided to visit there on 9th May.
We strolled through main ponds, looked at waterfowls, aquatic plants and explored the park in the sunny afternoon. We found the park was situated on the hill; after climbing up towards Highgate Village, it offered breathtaking views of central Read on...
Day 2 - following silly sat nag . We put in Dundrennan . She should have found it . She got one on her and we ended up down a narrow lane with no sign of an abbey of any kind . We switched her off and got out the map. She was not far wrong . Probably if we had continued along the narrow road we would out in the village of Dundrennan and found the abbey. Instead we turned round in an old abandoned Read on...
In my everyday life, I tend to live fairly simply. I work a great deal and when to decisions of spending money on coffee, fancy clothes or extravagant dinners, I usually opt to pass. That money is then put in my Vacation Fund bank account (yes, it is named this on my banks website) so when time to travel, I am fully funded and ready to go. Although I usually dont buy Starbucks on my day off, I wil Read on...
Leaving Lewisburg, we had around 20 miles on the highway before we reached our route. We passed quite a few Mennonites or Amish kids either walking, cycling, or horse & carting probably on their way to school. One cart had about 5 kids in it and looked like it was driven by a teenage girl. We saw a woman pedalling for all she was worth up a slight hill. I guess you could say their religious belief Read on...
If youre reading this in the future do you remember Covid19? Well because of it the Canadian/American borders are closed to non essential traffic so I have to take the long way around Lake Superior adding many hours and kilometres to the trip. That means driving up through cottage country north of Toronto on a long weekend and since its 800Km from home to Sault Ste. Marie I decided to break it ove Read on...
After our one night of executive, art deco luxury in the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, it was time to head further north. I reflect on the Morecambe visit with a bit of sadness. The majority of people I speak to look somewhat puzzled by the choice of destination. What the town has to offer is lost on most and there is a definite refusal to give it chance to bounce back. Bill Bryson said as such in o Read on...
notebook, hey, this is the one I took to Costa Rica last summer. The Bible verses are from I Corinthians
After landing in Miami,our next flight had already started boarding. This flight should take close to
three hours. And we shall change two time zones. The juice / cola cart came by first. In a little while,
Steve gave us a tour of the facility. The bedrooms all have bunk beds. There is a kit Read on...
Since we cannot go to Stewart Island today, our time has been freed up to do other things so we set off to explore around the area and leave the town and gardens for tomorrow.
Tomorrow there is a running race from the Sandy Point Domain into town so we figure it best to go there today while peace reigns. Our B&B is just off the Sandy Point Road so it was an easy drive straight down the peninsula. Read on...
We were up early, our hotel in Wangen was AWESOME. We all decided last night that we would meet for breakfast at this new restaurant around the corner from Marias apartment.
We all arrived around 9:00 am and had a wonderful time laughing and continuing our discussions of Hedy and Bill it was close to 11 am when Kirsten and I said we need to hit the road and look for some good weather.
We said ou Read on...
Gestern verabredete ich mich mit einem Kollegen, den ich noch aus dem Helmstdter Projekt kenne und der vielleicht in Stuttgart mein Nachfolger wird, auf dem Cannstatter Wasen. Dieses war die letzten beiden Jahre geschlossen und es ist ein Maskulin im Gegensatz zur Wiesn in Mnchen. Nachdem ich vor 3 Jahren schon Leute mit Tracht in der Stuttgarter SSB gesehen hatte, ist dies nun ein schner Abschlus Read on...