Continuing our journey along the Savannah Way, we discovered Pinnarendi Staion on WikiCamps. The station has been in the Atkinson Family for over five generations, and Ronnie and his wife Nadine, have opened up a section of the property for farm stays. The property is 1,571 hectares of land, and sits on top of the Great Dividing Range at an altitude of 750 metres, with around 325v hectares of clea Read on...
On Mon 23rd, after one final morning stint with the birds, we reluctantly packed up and headed south towards the Tablelands. It was really sad to leave and even once we got to our destination at Mareeba Gorge, the cooler weather, and civilisation made us question whether we should have stayed just a few more days?? The upside though was that we would get to spend more time in this region, as we we Read on...
Day 148 Sunday - Week 33 of the year. Week 22 of Covid 19. 229 days gone done and dusted and another 137 left to go. We left Hay and decided to head for the tiny towns of Knighton and Presteigne. We ended up at Presteigne first and parked up on a small car park just behind the police station . The lovely town offered us free parking for 2 hours . Just enough to explore this small border town . Pre Read on...
Well it was a really quiet day today with not a lot going on if I am honest. We all had to go for our PCR tests so we can board the ship on Saturday. The tests across the road from our hotel so not to much of a faff we thought until we got to the desk and the lady asks us for our QR codes. To which we all said we have not got one. The poor lady then tried to explain to us that we needed one and ho Read on...
Today was planned to be a day of leisure as we seem to have been dashing somewhere every day so far. A shower, leisurely breakfast, stroll along the fields beyond the campsite and maybe a coffee in Churwalden village. It rained, as forecast, in the night and the campsite looked rather spectacular when we woke with lumps of white cloud hanging around over everything. It did rather reinforce the ide Read on...
What a rude awakening! We had to be at our disembarkation point by 7:15. We ate a quick picnic breakfast, packed the last few things, and joined the crowds on the elevator and in the hallway near our exit.
Actually, the disembarkation was a marvel of efficiency. Heavy luggage collected the night before had tags. Passengers and their departure times were organized by transportation mode and times Read on...
Yesterday was our last full day in Puerto Penasco and another service project and at the end of course was another dinner party.
Our goal was to survey and fix up the water treatment plant the Red Rock club installed back in 2015. The purpose was to supply water to schools in the area. Tap water here is not suitable to be consumed by humans. The plant is set up to take the local water, filter and Read on...
I really am scraping the barrel as they say with words of wisdom. A thought for the day ripped off my calendar . I never got one this year. I promised I would buy one once Christmas was over . Then it went on to January and Febuary . Many places had run out of stocks and by March with one quarter of the year gone Amazon had some at double the price they should be . Being ever so frugal I made the Read on...
Butte du Lion - Lions Mound on the battlefield of Waterloo. Installed in 1826 and inscribed XVIII JUNI MDCCCXV - 18 June 1815, the date of the battle. The mound is 141 ft. (43 m) in height. About 1/4 M. to the right rises the Mound of the Belgian Lion, 200 ft. in height, thrown up on the spot where the Prince of Orange was wounded in the battle. The lion was cast by Cockerill of Lige, with the met Read on...
Weve taken the trains and the tube a LOT over the past five days, so I thought this quote was appropriate 😀. We take another train early tomorrow morning, from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport, for our flight to Dubrovnik. We are so excited about going to Croatia!
But first, weve had a pleasant last two days in Eastbourne. Yesterday we had a relaxing day, walking into town with Carol Ann, and doi Read on...