We had a very quiet night in Medford...even though there were 30 or cars in the motel, we didnt hear a sound all night, and everyone who left early were very quiet! Restored a bit of my faith in humanity! Unfortunately, the rest of the early morning was not as pleasant...I got coffee for us from the breakfast room...but it was undrinkable...the eggs were very salty, and I realized I had forgotten Read on...
Ive been back for over a month on the road...shall we say its back to the old days. Part of the trip was business, part leisure, and even a great part for a cool family visit. So no, Im not going to blog about Congo or Belgium. But rather, Im going to give you this blog and a little side trip to Bulgaria that happened over 2 weeks ago in the next blog. Back in the skies...not a lot have changed if Read on...
First stop this morning is the Darwin Museum and Art Gallery ......well the museum at least; it seems that the art gallery bit is temporarily closed while they get it set up for a major exhibition.
The Museum includes a large section on Cyclone Tracy which hit Darwin on Christmas Eve in 1974. The residents didnt take warnings about Tracy all that seriously as theyd been warned about another cyclo Read on...
Today it was sadly time to move on from San Antonio, which has to be our favourite place so far this holiday - sorry Houston and New Orleans. We were heading to Dallas today, but as Austin is on the route so we through we would stop there on the way.
Austin is the capital of Texas and is the site of the Texas State Capitol. We found it very easily and were also easily (and surprisingly) able to p Read on...
The Downings Bay hotel can be Great meal last night and an early continental breakfast to get us on our way to make the first ferry at 10.40 after 32km over Lough Swilly at Rathmullen. This 1st section was vicious with a series of steep hills after 3km before our legs were warmed up. The views and the descent were a good reward for the effort but may upset a few riders so early in the day. After t Read on...
We tried the Tres Tapis (3 steps) entry to hunt for turtles today, and we can see why this is gaining in popularity since they installed a few palapas and signage – the swim out to the seagrass is not as far as from the entrance at Boca Catalina. We were out there with about 6 other people at 8 am and found 6 turtles into the shallower water and cruising around the sandy areas. We were lucky to Read on...
Ok we are off to Caerleon . Our camper stop book tells us that there is a good night stop in the town so off we set . The drive back over the Severn was not the most brilliant . The rain picked up and splattered Gabbys windscreen . The metronomic rhythym of the wipers broke the silence . We had not expected to be driving even more miles today. More miles of stop and start . Things had not improved Read on...
I have uploaded photos that should have been included in earlier blogs about Budapest. There is one picture of a bathroom sign, that explains how different cultures can be. I can remember being in a bathroom, in between flights, tired from the 4 oclock alarm, not quite sure what country/city I was in until I saw the sign that instructed people to put used toilet paper in the bin and not the toilet Read on...
I taught English at Old Swinford Hospital School from My first headmaster there was L. W. Peter Sheppard. In 1953 he wrote the following history of the school - which may be of interest to former students and staff.
I have decided to make it more widely available to interested parties by publishing it on the various OSH websites and, in order to facilitate this, I have copied it onto my blog, ad Read on...
Yippee! Monday, January 11th arrived quicker than we planned. All of a sudden, it was here! We arrived at the Celebration (Advent Health) Hospital 10 minutes before 5:00 AM. It was chilly here in balmy Florida but I was told to wear shorts! Brrrrrrrrrrrr. They would not open the front door until exactly five oclock. Brrrrrrrrrrr. Finally, we were allowed in and followed the same route we had tread Read on...