This was on a trip round Indochina - with a group, and the month was fantastic: We got to The Thai Park Hotel at 11.25am (where we were given individual rooms and it was all sort of posh). Then I had a shower and washed my hair, relaxed on the bed for ½ an hour … Continue reading A short cooking lesson in Bangkok…

It was about 5:30 PM and 22 °C with very bright sun out when we got in the car and set off for the Welcombe Nature Reserve for a little walk organised by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. There was a stop at the chemist, the usual route was taken to Stratford, and we disembarked from … Continue reading An evening Warwickshire Wildlife Trust tour of some local hills…

When we arrived at Marylebone at 12.10pm today, I saw a man having his shoes shined on a 'Shoe Shine Express seat'; and we went down the stairs to the Bakerloo line, got on to a tube that looked and felt like an overheated baked bean can, were off it within 4 minutes and on … Continue reading An excerpt of a day trip to London… (the last 1 before COVID hit)

When we set off this morning – for a day out at Kelmscott Manor - (built in around 1577 - a limestone manor house that was inhabited by William Morris - a textiles designer - from 1871 until his death in 1896) - with an old friend of my mothers, there was a quick stop … Continue reading A recent day out at Kelmscott Manor…

On board the plane to Doha, when asked what I’d like to drink, I went for oolong tea, said to the cabin crew man that I’d never had oolong tea and it sounded very interesting, which made him smile and he said ‘it’s very spicy’, and as usual in these situations, I had the vegetarian … Continue reading Observations in a Nepalese airport – part 2…

I know how lucky I am to have done all the travelling I’ve done (Greenland was the next one planned – until the pandemic hit), and airports are fascinating places – these were my observations in a Nepalese airport on my way home after a trip - a few years ago now - that didn’t … Continue reading Observations in a Nepalese airport…

At 8:45am, my roommate for the trip Kate was watching a celebrity gymnastics show from ITV on her iPod thingy while in the room and by 9:35am, I was having a frozen lemonade in Starbucks, Kate was having a bagel and saying I was worryingly thin, and then we set off again. She went into … Continue reading Tuesday 26th August 2014 –day 4 of Trek America – in Chicago

I got on at 4.45pm – just after my camel poo-ed – and got a bit scared when it got up really really suddenly, the man helping us on was wearing a long blue robe, the smell of poo was stunning, some people on quadbikes whizzed past, lots of grunting went on from the camels, … Continue reading A camel ride in Morocco – Monday 20th March 2017

This bear – who has a permanent place on my dressing table – gives me regular flashbacks to my interesting 18 day group trip on the Transmongolian Railway (where he - now named Fredeck - was sold to me). I had a look back through my notes recently, and this is an excerpt of day … Continue reading A bit of the Transmongolian Railway

This morning, the Teashops and Taverns book was on the table at breakfast time, and a walk was suggested for today, my mother made strange noises after her porridge, I chopped up an old sock in an experimental attempt to make insoles for a pair of slippers (which didn’t really work), Poppy the currently broody … Continue reading Another little countryside outing…