I cant put off writing this travel blog any longer. And I resent writing it now – as everyone who had fantastic travel plans and had to cancel them resents the way covid has changed the world. Though I should consider myself fortunate that covid has affected only my travel plans.
I had a week in Nepal in November 2019. I went from meeting to meeting not leaving Kathmandu to establish collaborat Read on...
We had a plan to day but it was thwarted by the weather . For July it is dreadful . It threatens rain every day . The skies are overcast . covering of grey with little to relieve it . The plan had been to do something most days . Hodnet Hall - only opens in the summer months on a Wednesday . Each week something else got in the way . Looked it the same would happen today . Cholmondeley Castle Garde Read on...
We found ourselves in town again . We seem to do this often. Today was another trip to the optician . We never would have done this in Chesterfield . There would have been any old excuse to stay at home . The plan thought did end up rather back to front . What we planned to do first was relegated to last. What was last ended up first .
Usual parking spot and the usual walk across St Giles Crescen Read on...
Montez jusqu la hauteur de Sville que nous avons contourne, vers lOuest o nous avons fait un arrt Niebla (voir blog prcdent) puis sommes descendus vers Huelva... avec lune ou lautre petite visite que vous dcouvrirez...
Pour arriver Huelva, dans la province du mme nom, il nous faut faire un grand dtour et ne pouvons nous y rendre par la cte tout simplement car l se trouve le parc national de Do Read on...
The island of Brac is located 15 km (representing a 50 minute ferry ride) off the coast of Split in the Adtiatic sea. To get there we had to board a Jadrolinija ferry and did this with our car. Nenad has been to Brac quite a few times with a yacht when sailing the archipelago of islands, but always stayed only in the marina of the town of Milna for an overnight stay. So he was looking forward visi Read on...
We had been warned. We had seen it on the weather forecast. Well several actually as, as you do, we checked others having found we didnt like the first one. No use. They were all of one mind, it was going to rain for 48 hours and rain it did.
I know there are lots of Spanish people who are saying....oh good, we need rain to fill the reservoirs but I do wish they could have waited until we had enj Read on...
The worldwide pandemic has turned our world upside down in so many ways. Some are severe like death, illness, lingering symptoms and families being separated from each other. Some have been more of mere hassles, like product shortages or wearing a mask. For those of us who love to travel, the pain in the form of being confined, being locked out of countries and being forced to put our adventures o Read on...
A little Facebook project of mine recently was to post photos of my favourite LP covers. I am with time on my hands, so every day I ransacked my memory, did some internet research and wrote a spiel for each cover. Little challenges like this keep an old mans brain ticking!
Now I have gathered all my spiels together, starting with ‘Sergeant Pepper. There is no space for all the cover pictures, Read on...
Fresno State visits Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field (University of Connecticutt) for the 1st time. Frederick Rentschler was the founder of Pratt & Whitney, & Rentschler Field was the airstrip where tested its engines. Columns around the stadium capture some of that history, including aviation pioneers who visited this site, like Charles Lindbergh & Amelia Earhart.
Of course, UCONN is Read on...
More than a few months back while planning this voyage to Canada, Merry Jo remarked that while in Newfoundland there existed a possibility to visit France..say what? Seems that off the west coast of Newfoundland there are the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, which are a territorial overseas collectivity of France—so says Wikipedia. parlance, although you are in Canada, you can take a ferry Read on...