We decided that a weekend camping in the van was a bit silly after the morphine-fuelled week before, so got a B&B for the Saturday night before the 180th birthday party (my aunt Annabel, cousin […]
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seaside treats 4
On the Friday, it was Whitstable. Jane H was going to come, but had too much stressful stuff to sort, so Robin came instead. The tickets had to be used, as they were bought with […]
seaside treats 3
Our walk took us past some other treats that Littlehampton has to offer – dead boats in muddy docks and a bridge which once (although sadly no more) opened by winding itself back into a […]
seaside treats 1
This was the much-postponed trip for Marion’s birthday, and we finally made it to Littlehampton, and the Thomas Heatherwick-designed cafe. The food was really terrific, but the architecture? The most interesting side of the building […]
borders exit
On Sunday it was freezing, and threatening to rain, so we opted for a leisurely return to London, stopping briefly in Hay-on-Wye for photo opportunities and for Robin to buy a hard-to-find out-of-print paperback. Such […]
night borders
What more could you ever want? No ambient light from anywhere, so dark it takes ten minutes before the eyes adapt to seeing anything at all. And to top it all, my own personal shooting […]
borders 2
After we’d walked along the Long Mynd in the morning, a complete contrast to the valleys of the previous day, all moorland and huge horizons, we were off to Stokesay Castle. It’s is a wonderfully […]
borders 1
We got the very best out of the Easter weekend in the Welsh Borders with Tim and Jennie at their cottage in the most isolated of valleys. We walked up to Offa’s dyke and along […]
odds and sods
Exploits in Istanbul 10.2 Here is a lovely collection of public phones and wifi points gathered during our stay… … and more…
loose ends
Exploits in Istanbul 10.1 Last day mopping up – up the Galata tower, partly because it’s there, and it’s old and it has a great view, and also because it’s our local tower, and we […]