Now that the sun is out and spring seems to be here I have finally got around to starting to fix various of my creatures which have got damaged over the years. It’s very satisfying. […]
cole hair passes to a new generation
Here is Dan and Em’s very fine new small person (as yet without a name, as they thought they had another two-and-a-half weeks to resolve the last differences of opinion). The Cole/Cressey hair (a fine […]
triumph, disaster, small triumph
Last year I planted sprouting broccoli in the front garden, thinking that if it worked we’d have lovely fresh purple sprouts to eat – it hardly being likely that it would be the local scallies’ […]
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 […]
ayran
Exploits in Istanbul 9.2 Our local kebab restaurant not only has very good kebabs and the entertainment of watching the cooks making the pide and other bready things, but it has proper ayran. Ayran is […]
bicycles and aqueducts
Exploits in Istanbul 9.1 Istanbul is probably the least bike-friendly city I’ve been to – evil hills, scary taxi drivers, unusable pavements for pedestrians and cobbles and potholes for all. So it’s surprising how many […]
grand stations
Exploits in Istanbul 8.2 Project 2: to visit the two grand railway stations in Istanbul, the one European, the other Asian. The trains used to be put on a ferry and shipped across the Bosphorus, […]
totally different
Exploits in Istanbul 8.1 Went walking around a totally different kind of area today, up the west side of the Golden Horn. The streets are tiny and the houses have bay fronts. Parts are almost […]
fishing and more ferries
Exploits in Istanbul 7.3 Back on the European side in Rumeli Kavagi, we had an hour to wander before picking up the return half of the official Bosphorus Tour to get back to Istanbul. And […]