Catherine and Mark turning dreams into memories
Author: Mrs A Location: Lake Bled, Slovenia We had driven past Lake Bled on our way to Bohinj and it looked lovely, but totally booked out in terms of camping opportunities. We could have done a day trip, but were really keen to see it in depth, so instead booked a hotel room for a …
Continue reading “18 – 21 July: Lake Bled woos us with its loveliness”
Author: Mr A Location: Lake Tabourie Today was an auspicious occasion as we finally managed to get on the water with our friends who also have a double Mirage kayak. But first there was black pudding to be barbecued, eggs, and bacon completing the breakfast of champion paddlers. The next job was to get the …
Continue reading “Saturday 17 February – It’s a double Mirage…doubled”
Author: Mrs A Location: Sydney, Australia The past week has been full of friends, colour and laughter, starting with a Christmas day feast, lunch catch up in the city, and finishing the year with a bollywood inspired new year’s eve fancy dress party. Coming to the end of the year, it’s a great time to …
Author: Mr A Location: Sydney, Australia We have had a couple of weeks already of our house sitting, based in Sydney’s lower north shore, catching up with friends, and getting out on the harbour in our kayak when the smoke haze allows. It has been great to spread out in a home once again, unpack …
Continue reading “16-24 December: Easing into a Sydney Christmas”
Author: Mr A Location: Broadford and Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK Scotland…the part of the British Isles that my parents fell in love with and retuned to for so many years of wonderful holidays, bird spotting, walking the hills when they could. To visit here and see some of the same places they must …
Continue reading “30 September – 2 October: Walking in my parents’ footsteps”
Author: Mr A Location: The Ridgeway – from Goring…heading west, Oxfordshire Friendship – where would Homo Sapiens have been without it? There’s an argument to be made that the ability to form friendships is one of the most critical skills that has enabled the development of our species. Being able to co-operate across large groups …
Continue reading “12-15 September: Three old mates on bikes”
Author: Mr (and Mrs) A Location: Dieppe to Newhaven ferry, English Channel, Europe And so after just over 4 months touring Europe (we find ourselves already distinguishing that from the UK!) and we are on our way back to the UK. A time to reflect on our experiences. 110 of those nights were spent camping, …
Author: Mrs A Location: Bayeux and Longues-sur-mer, Normandy, France Growing up in Hastings, in the south-east of the UK, it was hard to avoid mentions of the battle. In fact I have to say that all my life , when asked where I grew up, I tend to answer ‘Hastings, as in the battle-of, 1066’. …
Continue reading “3 September: Hastings girl gets to see the Bayeux Tapestry”
Author: Mrs A Location: Dinan, Léhon and Saint-Malo, Brittany, France We realised we had very little time to explore Brittany and so decided to speed past a good chunk of the region, heading north towards the town of Dinan. Dinan was created as a strategic town by combining three villages in the 1100s and much …
Author: Mr A Location: Locmariaquer and Carnac, Brittany, France I went to a secondary school in England that was run by a headmaster who went on to make a better curator of Oxford museum than, in reflection, he did a headmaster of a boys school. I left school with very little passion ignited for learning. …