Ive always had a soft spot for Saab cars and so, as we are passing, have to visit the Saab Museum at Trollhatten.
In the 60s Saab built a great reputation as rally cars and then in the 70s launched the Saab Turbo which quickly became my dream car. J sits this one out – which is probably sensible – as though I love the museum its not for everyone.
I always wished my father had bought a Saab, Read on...
Google the Giraffe . That is what the sign said . The instruction was writ large beneath a metal sculpture of a giraffe alongside the M6. What was that all about? You could hardly drive past without googling the Giraffe . It was a clever piece of marketing . We expected something like the Angel of the North . What did we get - a advertisement for a local company..
So why are we driving up the M6? Read on...
Heute habe ich wieder gut gefrhstckt (u.a. wie gestern mit Croissant) und fuhr dann zum Chateau Das war gewissermaen zum Aufwrmen. Auch dort kann man schn ohne Fhrung herum laufen und es gab auch einige Mbel in den Zimmern. Von dort ging es weiter nach Angers. Dort war ich im Starbucks und dann in der Altstadt mit dem Chteau dAngers. Dieses hat hohe Mauern und einen riesigen Wandteppich zum Thema Read on...
This is a entry for the 10 days in the Annecy area when Ive been a with a paragliding tour. The tour has been expertly run by a German/Kiwi and has been more of a course than tour, although there has been a fair amount of touring. For me one of the best things about how this trip has been organised is that we have travelled in the area, and over the 10 days we have stayed in Doussard, Albertville Read on...
We were up early as we wanted to travel a good distance today. The guys staying in the motel unit next to ours were packing all their gear into their pickup and all dressed in camo, ready or a days hunting....bear. Leaving here the temperature hovered between 5 degrees and not much over 7 for the first hour or so. After around 5 miles we our NEBDR route 3.
Some of the riding was single track/tra Read on...
Today is the highlight of my trip and it doesnt disappoint; we are doing a partial transit of the Panama Canal. Its a southbound transit – ships travel northbound through the locks north in the morning and south in the afternoon - so we are picked up by a minibus around midday.
First, we have time to watch some of the Panama Ironman, with the cycling discipline passing by our hotel. The event s Read on...
We covered a lot of ground today. We set out from Sceale Bay about 8.30am and pretty much repeated yesterdays trip, but joined the Eyre Highway at Wudinna rather than Minnipa. Wudinna is the home of the Australian Farmer Statue. First conceived in 1992 the eight metre, 70 tonne granite sculpture, carved by Marijan Bekic, was unveiled in 2009.
With another 100 kilometres on the odometer we found o Read on...
One thing I did not mention in my previous blog the WC are mixed - yes mixed - and there are no toilet seats, however, at least they were not just foot wells with a long drop!
It was a quiet day so we decided to go into Orleans which was a bit of a walk and then a tram into the centre - which was nice using different transport.
We found the cathedral in the centre and it looked splendid with all Read on...
The walk from Xianhu Road subway station to the entrance to Fairy Lake Botanical Garden was about ten minutes. There wasnt much to see as it was through a residential area. I had already bought my ticket online through their WeChat account, and it looks like this is the way to go as the ticket offices are closed due to Covid. The ticket was 15 RMB. I made my way through the large gate and scanned Read on...
Moving on from Denmark towards Albany on the Bibbulmun Track entails getting either around or across Wilson Inlet first. Unlike each of the other inlets encountered along the Southern Ocean coastline, this crossing can be done neither by wading nor by paddling - unless you have your own canoe or kayak. And so it was that I found myself forking out sixty dollars to the manager of the Blue Wren host Read on...