For the Covid Relief Projects third chocolatada, we started the clothes donations with outfits for new borns and babies up to a year old. This village is so high up in the mountains that the nearest possible place to buy clothes is over three hours away, if you can get a ride. Nobody in owns a car and the road definitely requires 4 wheel drive.
40 weeks is full term! Cusco has carried our Covid b Read on...
Nachdem ich diesmal schon in den Regionen Champagne und war, habe ich heute den Atlantik erreicht. Von Nantes bin ich also in Richtung Sden und zuerst habe ich in der Region La Rochelle am alten deutschen Bunker vorbei geschaut. Der ist auf einem abgeschlossenen Hafengelnde, aber auch aus der Ferne kann man ihn gut sehen. Dann berquerte ich eine Brcke zur bekannten le de R. Das ist eine absolute Read on...
We set sail for Volcanoes National Park today, and it was a bright and sunny day. We went due south of along route 11, passing by our favorite snorkeling area Two Step, stopping at a few buying some Kona Coffee (all beans are picked by hand, hence the price) from Mirandas, a Christian family business. We stopped at a black sand beach – evidently with very rounded lava, and saw our first 2 nene Read on...
We were supposed to have visited Corsica in the Med back in May but reared its ugly head just before we were due to leave New Zealand and of course we didnt even get onto the aeroplane to take us to Auckland and then faraway places.
Instead we traded our Air NZ tickets for flights to and from Christchurch and here we are Day One flying from Tauranga to Christchurch in the Air NZ Bombardier Q300 Read on...
The next day we were slept in a bit as our first plan of the day is Sunday roast!! yay! C made us reservations at the Ladbrooke Arms in Notting Hill, a highly place she found. We met K there and enjoyed (well, I did) the delicious meal. It was quite heavy, but I was in heaven with my Yorkshire pudding. I think C and K dont really get Yorkshire pudding, but that just leaves more for me! Takes me ba Read on...
When my friend, Mike, saw my HCMC bedroom for the first time, he described it as my shrine. A fitting epithet. The Cambridge dictionary defines ‘shrine as ‘a place for worship that is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object. Well, my bedroom is festooned with photos of holy people – my parents, my friends and myself! I marginally prefer ‘sanctum sanctorum (holy of holies) Read on...
Ok total change of plans today - its the last sunny day before (apparently) a week of rain, so I wanted to make sure I got up to Loen today, even if it meant extra back on my tracks. About half the drive was normal highway, half was the narrow roads - Im getting used to them at least..!
I went through this nice valley with super green waters and tiny waterfalls galore. Not many spots to stop, but Read on...
Having faced unexpected trials and tribulations during my first three days on the Larapinta Trail, it was with a fair degree of trepidation that I rose to greet the day on Thursday (August 12th), knowing that - according to the map guide at least - I was about to face one of the most difficult days on the trail. Still, it also promised to be one of the most spectacular, with the route climbing up Read on...
What do you have to do to get something listed ? I wondered as I stood in the early morning sunshine . I was on my way for a swim before it got too hot to bother . Another day of Lockdown in Wales. Another day of freedom in England . The numbers of infections of Covid have dropped over the last few days . It is hard to know what that means anymore. I stood for a while and I was taken back to the s Read on...
Walking has a bit of a bore. It was fine when I started walking around our Derbyshire village home as it was a novelty. I remember enjoying walking as a change to swimming . Investigating the village I had lived in and never entirely walked around . Cul de sacs, long lanes, the ponds, the lakes and the countryside . There were places I had never ventured down and I remember apart from my aching fe Read on...