Sand Castles and Cherrys

Unexpected lovely weekend, day trip to France thru the tunnel, although delays – not too bad – then croissants, visit to very small chocolate factory, crepes, beautiful french countryside and medieval towns on hill tops and always somehow find our way back to the sandy beach at Wissant where there always seems to be low […]

Thinking about….

the Lofoten Isles – later this summer or early next. Hoping sometime soon and without huge budget. Any advice, suggestions, places must see – would be welcome

little green road sweeper in Paris

In the dark Just a spark, Small and green, Barely seen, Wizzing here Wizzing there, Hoovering up the dirt and muck, like a little busy ant, but noisy like an elephant. Lights go on around the square… birds, flap their wings, somewhere, someone sings. Time to go People coming, Disappearing, hoovering, humming. m.joy […]

EU

know nothing (and dont want to know) about politics …but seems a crazy thing to want to encourage UK to pull out of EU althou we are an island we don’t have to be like one apart from the benefits for trade and business and looking for jobs and homes outside of our little bit […]

Keukenhof, Netherlands

this garden was very busy and everywhere you looked familys knee deep in tulips but lovely to see them and be there – the people, the light – lovely country most proud, drove round Amsterdam at 11pm and finding right exit off the ring road – most scary, pile up on M25 on way over […]

Tour de Yorkshire

This completly passed me by – the first three stages of the Tour de France are in England this year and begin in Leeds to Harrogate on the 5th July (York to Sheffield on the 6th and Cambridge to London on the 7th). This is a link to a competition to win one of 38 […]

Woke up in early hours and watched the Disney film, ‘Snow Buddies’. Thought it was a lovely film but looking up one of the quotes from the film, discovered the sadness connected to the making of it. Talon “Remember. Life may lead you where you least expect, but have faith, and you’ll know exactly where […]

Airline Pilot Secrets

Thirteen secrets that your pilots don’t want you to know ‘Reader’s Digest, the US publication, recently launched a new series entitled “13 Things Experts Won’t Tell You”. This month’s feature saw airline pilots reveal all’ – Telegraph Travel

Not long – London to Brighton Bike Ride

Étretat

Last weekend we made a long drive to Étretat along small roads of Picardy and Normandy following the coastline past Wissant, Dieppe and small port of Fécamp. From the tunnel we drove along some of the toll roads across large viaducts but enjoyed best driving along the smaller roads, watching tractors busy in the fields with the sea in the […]