What is going on in that nursery rhyme, "As I was going to St Ives..." As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to… Continue reading 16.2021
The big reopening (15.2021)
While countries across Europe are looking like into lockdown again, here in the UK we have reached a milestone in reopening - pubs and shops and hairdressers and gyms are now open for customers. Except pubs (and restaurants and cafes) are only open for custom in outside spaces. And yoga studios can't open because that… Continue reading The big reopening (15.2021)
Locked in, Locked out, Lucked out (14.2021)
I start this week's post with a tale of locks on a bridge in Bakewell. Maybe I don't have a romantic soul (although I'm pretty sure I do) but I don't understand the point of putting locks on a bridge. Most bridges aren't particularly romantic places (industrial architecture, traffic just two things spoiling the ambiance… Continue reading Locked in, Locked out, Lucked out (14.2021)
Spring, sprung, Easter (13.21)
It’s been a good news week this week - I had a follow up blood test after the gloomy results from December and my results came back much improved - all my hard work with healthy eating has paid off - sugar level and cholesterol are both down just from increasing my fruit and vegetable… Continue reading Spring, sprung, Easter (13.21)
Travel A to Z – Z
Congratulations for anyone who's made it with me all the way to the end. It was fun when it started but now we're at Z, I can admit there have been times when this has felt like a hard slog. Zadar and Zagreb, Croatia: Yes I'm going to combine two cities from the one country… Continue reading Travel A to Z – Z
Travel A to Z – Y
The penultimate post on my travel retrospective, in which I've been travelling in my mind while my physical self remains sat in a chair in my living room. York, England: York is a wonderful place to visit because it combines several layers of English history in one small space: Viking history, medieval history, Victorian history… Continue reading Travel A to Z – Y
Hi ho holiday week (12.21)
Yes, it's been a week of much excitement, a whole week off work! Not that I went very far as we are still in lockdown. But it has been fun to sit in another room and look at some different walls instead of my work screens and the walls of my 'office'. Actually I did… Continue reading Hi ho holiday week (12.21)
Travel A to Z – X
You were probably wonder how I was going to handle a tricky letter like X, but don't worry, I fully admit that I'm going to cheat here. Oxford, England In my first visit here back in (scratches head and thinks hard) 1997, I was sure you could still stick your head into the colleges and… Continue reading Travel A to Z – X
Travel A to Z – W
West Bay, England It was my sister's idea to go here. She had seen the TV series Broadchurch and wanted to see the beach and cliffs where the body was found. So we planned a convoluted route that would take us to Cornwall via West Bay (I'll make a small point here that these two… Continue reading Travel A to Z – W
Travel A to Z – V
I'm nearly at the end of my alphabetic tour through travel memories and I'm glad, although I have also enjoyed travelling back in my mind and reliving good - and sometimes not so good - moments. Venice, Italy Venice is beautiful, to visit is like walking into a painting. You've seen it in movies and… Continue reading Travel A to Z – V
